CISMP Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 129 134
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 +52
Contract jobs citing CISMP 1 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.053% 0.094% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.24% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £293
25th Percentile - - £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £600 £325
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +84.62% -48.00%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - £343
South East median daily rate £350 £563 £325
% change year-on-year -37.78% +73.08% -55.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

CISMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 729 820 1,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.33% 38.50% 41.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 489 688
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £623
90th Percentile £613 £698 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £528 £535
% change year-on-year -5.21% -1.40% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 59 62
10th Percentile £18.87 £29.20 £18.65
25th Percentile £20.50 £48.18 £46.01
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% -1.33% +196.77%
75th Percentile £29.61 £72.28 £71.87
90th Percentile £80.80 £100.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% -2.77% +33.33%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

CISMP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CISMP
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CISMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CISMP

CISMP
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +5 1 £350 -41.67% 4
CISMP
South East

CISMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST