CISM Contract Job Trends 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 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 291 215
Rank change year-on-year +38 -76 +177
Contract jobs citing CISM 126 80 227
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 0.46% 1.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.26% 1.34% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 59 155
10th Percentile £402 £415 £452
25th Percentile £445 £500 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £598
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% +0.42% +3.91%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £667
90th Percentile £788 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile £28.12 - £68.26
25th Percentile £29.02 - £69.73
Median hourly rate £32.11 - £73.31
75th Percentile £36.63 - £78.36
90th Percentile £39.82 - £81.82
UK median hourly rate £32.74 £73.60 £73.31
% change year-on-year -55.52% +0.40% +146.67%

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 5,569 5,987 7,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.49% 34.15% 34.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,350 3,471 4,594
10th Percentile £208 £256 £280
25th Percentile £386 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -2.79% +3.37%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 739 521 605
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.00 £15.73
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.99 £23.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.90
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -3.66% +15.54%
75th Percentile £38.22 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £79.17 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.58
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.35% +19.07%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CISM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CISM

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 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CISM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CISM

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 5 October 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 5 October 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
North of England -4 38 £531 -17.03% 27
South East +28 28 £563 -6.25% 34
Yorkshire +1 22 £509 -21.65% 14
South West +28 21 £675 +35.00% 12
North West -12 16 £585 -5.65% 11
Midlands -14 15 £458 -8.50% 10
Scotland -5 11 £445 +21.92% 12
East Midlands -8 10 £437 -27.17% 5
East of England +10 9 £500 -13.04% 7
West Midlands -8 5 £963 +92.50% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (9.52%) Confluence
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 30 (23.81%) Azure
2 26 (20.63%) AWS
3 22 (17.46%) GCP
4 5 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.97%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.17%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.59%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.79%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.79%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.79%) IaaS
7 1 (0.79%) PaaS
7 1 (0.79%) SaaS
7 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (19.05%) Network Security
2 19 (15.08%) Firewall
3 7 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (5.56%) VPN
4 4 (3.17%) Kerberos
5 3 (2.38%) HTTP
6 1 (0.79%) SSH
6 1 (0.79%) SSL
6 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.97%) Power BI
2 4 (3.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (19.84%) JIRA
2 8 (6.35%) Postman
2 8 (6.35%) SoapUI
3 3 (2.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.79%) TestDirector
General
1 48 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 35 (27.78%) Finance
3 21 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.97%) Electronics
6 5 (3.97%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.97%) Marketing
7 4 (3.17%) Banking
8 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Military
9 1 (0.79%) Automotive
9 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.79%) Legal
9 1 (0.79%) Local Government
9 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (19.05%) Consultant
2 21 (16.67%) Analyst
3 16 (12.70%) Architect
3 16 (12.70%) Security Consultant
4 13 (10.32%) Security Architect
4 13 (10.32%) Security Specialist
5 12 (9.52%) Security Analyst
5 12 (9.52%) Security Engineer
6 11 (8.73%) Senior
7 9 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 9 (7.14%) Lead
8 8 (6.35%) Security Manager
9 7 (5.56%) Test Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 4 (3.17%) Senior Consultant
12 4 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
13 3 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 3 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 3 (2.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.35%) SailPoint
2 7 (5.56%) OAuth
2 7 (5.56%) SAML
3 3 (2.38%) LDAP
4 2 (1.59%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.59%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.59%) OpenID
5 1 (0.79%) SLSA
5 1 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.87%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.94%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (6.35%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.17%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.38%) BYOD
8 3 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.59%) IoT
9 2 (1.59%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.59%) PKI
9 2 (1.59%) SCADA
9 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.59%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.79%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Licensing
10 1 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Windows
2 4 (3.17%) Linux
3 2 (1.59%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.59%) Unix
4 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (34.13%) Information Security
3 38 (30.16%) Incident Response
3 38 (30.16%) Risk Management
4 35 (27.78%) Cloud Security
5 28 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
6 26 (20.63%) Agile
7 24 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
8 23 (18.25%) Security Operations
8 23 (18.25%) Threat Modelling
9 21 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (13.49%) CI/CD
11 17 (13.49%) DevSecOps
12 16 (12.70%) SIEM
13 15 (11.90%) Penetration Testing
14 14 (11.11%) ISMS
14 14 (11.11%) Privileged Access Management
15 13 (10.32%) Kanban
15 13 (10.32%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.97%) Python
2 4 (3.17%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.59%) Bicep
4 1 (0.79%) Bash
4 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 108 (85.71%) CISSP
2 32 (25.40%) Security Cleared
3 28 (22.22%) CISA
4 24 (19.05%) Degree
5 23 (18.25%) SC Cleared
6 17 (13.49%) CRISC
6 17 (13.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 12 (9.52%) CEH
8 10 (7.94%) DV Cleared
9 9 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 8 (6.35%) ISTQB
10 8 (6.35%) OSCP
11 7 (5.56%) CESG Certified Professional
12 6 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (4.76%) GIAC
12 6 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (3.17%) PMI Certification
14 4 (3.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (61.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (49.21%) NIST
3 31 (24.60%) GDPR
4 25 (19.84%) PCI DSS
5 14 (11.11%) COBIT
5 14 (11.11%) NIST 800
6 11 (8.73%) NCSC
7 9 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (6.35%) GRC
8 8 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (5.56%) QA
10 6 (4.76%) HIPAA
10 6 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (3.97%) RMADS
12 4 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (3.17%) PMO
13 3 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (2.38%) JSP 440
14 2 (1.59%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 4 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.59%) Firmware
3 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.76%) RSA Archer
3 4 (3.17%) QRadar
4 3 (2.38%) Fluentd
5 2 (1.59%) EnCase
5 2 (1.59%) FTK
5 2 (1.59%) PingFederate
5 2 (1.59%) Terraform
6 1 (0.79%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.79%) Nagios
6 1 (0.79%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 29 (23.02%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.11%) CyberArk
3 12 (9.52%) Thycotic
4 9 (7.14%) BeyondTrust
4 9 (7.14%) Splunk
5 8 (6.35%) BiZZdesign
5 8 (6.35%) Google
6 7 (5.56%) Rapid7
7 6 (4.76%) SAP
8 4 (3.17%) Alteryx
8 4 (3.17%) Centrify
8 4 (3.17%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.38%) ArcSight
9 3 (2.38%) Cribl.io
9 3 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (2.38%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.38%) Tenable
10 2 (1.59%) Darktrace
10 2 (1.59%) Ping Identity
10 2 (1.59%) Qualys