CISM Contracts in the UK excluding London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 289 355
Rank change year-on-year +54 +66 -8
Contract jobs citing CISM 101 111 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.79% 0.53% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 1.44% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 73 65
10th Percentile £440 £425 £394
25th Percentile £513 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £530 £591
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% -10.26% -4.55%
75th Percentile £665 £650 £700
90th Percentile £740 £810 £775
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £51.25 - £59.73
25th Percentile £53.62 - £68.33
Median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.98
Median % change year-on-year -26.27% +14.29% +6.42%
75th Percentile £62.24 - £74.20
90th Percentile £72.72 - £80.48
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.69
% change year-on-year -26.27% +14.75% +5.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CISM 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +66 45 £625 +17.26% 69
Midlands +33 15 £588 +2.22% 21
Scotland +12 14 £509 +1.70% 16
North of England 0 13 £613 +6.52% 44
South West +22 11 £613 +28.95% 28
West Midlands +21 10 £588 +2.22% 13
North West +1 6 £680 +18.26% 27
East Midlands +14 5 - - 7
Yorkshire +4 4 £640 +11.30% 10
North East +1 3 £534 +1.71% 8
East of England +31 2 £510 +27.38% 24
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.98%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.78%) Azure
2 9 (8.91%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (7.92%) AWS
3 8 (7.92%) GCP
4 7 (6.93%) SaaS
5 4 (3.96%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.96%) IaaS
5 4 (3.96%) PaaS
5 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.88%) Network Security
2 11 (10.89%) Firewall
3 3 (2.97%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.97%) NGFW
3 3 (2.97%) SSL
4 2 (1.98%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.99%) BGP
5 1 (0.99%) DNS
5 1 (0.99%) LAN
5 1 (0.99%) Modbus
5 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.99%) VPN
5 1 (0.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) Power BI
2 1 (0.99%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.99%) GitLab
1 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.99%) JIRA
1 1 (0.99%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.86%) Public Sector
4 12 (11.88%) Finance
5 11 (10.89%) Banking
5 11 (10.89%) Telecoms
6 8 (7.92%) Legal
7 5 (4.95%) Military
8 4 (3.96%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.98%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.98%) Retail
11 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (26.73%) Senior
2 25 (24.75%) Architect
3 22 (21.78%) Consultant
4 21 (20.79%) Security Architect
5 18 (17.82%) Information Specialist
5 18 (17.82%) Security Specialist
5 18 (17.82%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 16 (15.84%) Information Security Specialist
6 16 (15.84%) Security Consultant
6 16 (15.84%) Senior Security Specialist
7 15 (14.85%) Senior Information Security Specialist
8 9 (8.91%) Security Manager
9 8 (7.92%) DevSecOps Architect
9 8 (7.92%) DevSecOps Consultant
9 8 (7.92%) Information Manager
9 8 (7.92%) Security Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 4 (3.96%) Information Assurance Manager
11 4 (3.96%) Information Security Manager
11 4 (3.96%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.94%) Web Services
2 3 (2.97%) SAML
3 1 (0.99%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.83%) Management Information System
2 15 (14.85%) Security Posture
3 9 (8.91%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (8.91%) Private Cloud
4 8 (7.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (5.94%) Operational Technology
5 6 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.97%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.98%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.99%) CESG
8 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.99%) PKI
8 1 (0.99%) PMI
8 1 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.92%) Windows
2 6 (5.94%) Linux
3 2 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (50.50%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (42.57%) Information Security
3 37 (36.63%) Risk Management
4 22 (21.78%) Incident Response
5 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (19.80%) Security Architecture
6 20 (19.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (17.82%) Security Management
7 18 (17.82%) Threat Modelling
7 18 (17.82%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (16.83%) DevSecOps
9 15 (14.85%) Risk Assessment
10 14 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (13.86%) SIEM
11 13 (12.87%) Information Assurance
11 13 (12.87%) Roadmaps
11 13 (12.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 12 (11.88%) Security Operations
13 11 (10.89%) DevOps
13 11 (10.89%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.93%) Python
2 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.99%) Bash
Qualifications
1 82 (81.19%) CISSP
2 29 (28.71%) Security Cleared
3 23 (22.77%) CEH
4 21 (20.79%) Degree
5 19 (18.81%) CISA
6 15 (14.85%) DV Cleared
7 13 (12.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 13 (12.87%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (11.88%) CRISC
8 12 (11.88%) SC Cleared
9 10 (9.90%) CCSP
9 10 (9.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (9.90%) OSCP
10 7 (6.93%) GIAC
11 6 (5.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (4.95%) ISACA
12 5 (4.95%) SANS
12 5 (4.95%) SSCP
13 4 (3.96%) Master's Degree
14 3 (2.97%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (47.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (41.58%) NIST
3 18 (17.82%) PCI DSS
4 15 (14.85%) GDPR
5 12 (11.88%) GRC
6 9 (8.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (7.92%) COBIT
8 6 (5.94%) NCSC
8 6 (5.94%) NIST 800
9 5 (4.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (3.96%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.98%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.99%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.99%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.99%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.98%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.98%) Terraform
3 1 (0.99%) CASB
3 1 (0.99%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.99%) Nessus
3 1 (0.99%) OPNET
3 1 (0.99%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.92%) Qualys
3 7 (6.93%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.98%) Ariba
4 2 (1.98%) Cisco
4 2 (1.98%) Proofpoint
4 2 (1.98%) Splunk
4 2 (1.98%) Tenable
4 2 (1.98%) VMware
5 1 (0.99%) Centrify
5 1 (0.99%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.99%) F5
5 1 (0.99%) Forcepoint
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle
5 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.99%) Thycotic