ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 368 446
Rank change year-on-year +34 +78 -23
Contract jobs citing CISM 283 395 483
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.66% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.13% 2.42% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 285 359
10th Percentile £426 £463 £456
25th Percentile £500 £531 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £689
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 11
10th Percentile - £57.68 £47.41
25th Percentile - £62.11 £54.61
Median hourly rate £83.41 £72.69 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% +5.99% +7.16%
75th Percentile - £73.90 £80.13
90th Percentile - £76.69 £84.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £68.58
% change year-on-year +14.29% +6.42% +6.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISM is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM.

Daily rate trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the UK

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +65 241 £600 -7.69% 120
London +41 131 £650 - 56
UK excluding London +69 111 £530 -11.67% 73
Work from Home +48 106 £575 -11.54% 56
South West +41 35 £475 -24.00% 15
North of England +50 32 £575 -7.07% 14
South East +1 25 £533 -13.33% 14
North West +26 22 £575 -7.07% 10
Scotland +38 15 £500 +16.28% 8
Yorkshire +25 8 £575 +13.58% 3
Midlands +16 4 £575 -11.54% 12
West Midlands +22 3 £575 -11.54% 8
North East - 2 £525 - 1
East of England +13 1 £400 +84.76% 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 4

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
3 1 (0.35%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 15 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.61%) Azure
2 35 (12.37%) AWS
3 14 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.89%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (2.83%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.83%) GCP
5 8 (2.83%) SaaS
6 7 (2.47%) IaaS
7 6 (2.12%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.77%) PaaS
9 3 (1.06%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.71%) GitHub
10 2 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.35%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.35%) Serverless
11 1 (0.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.02%) Network Security
2 25 (8.83%) Firewall
3 8 (2.83%) DNS
3 8 (2.83%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.47%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (2.47%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (2.12%) SAN
6 5 (1.77%) Internet
7 4 (1.41%) DHCP
7 4 (1.41%) VLAN
7 4 (1.41%) VPN
8 3 (1.06%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.71%) Broadband
9 2 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.71%) SNMP
9 2 (0.71%) SSL
10 1 (0.35%) DMZ
10 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.35%) Modbus
10 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.12%) Power BI
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 75 (26.50%) Finance
2 61 (21.55%) Social Skills
3 46 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.42%) Banking
5 18 (6.36%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.95%) Financial Institution
6 14 (4.95%) Manufacturing
6 14 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.53%) Legal
8 9 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.83%) Military
10 7 (2.47%) French Language
10 7 (2.47%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.41%) German Language
11 4 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.06%) Police
12 3 (1.06%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.71%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (24.03%) Architect
2 60 (21.20%) Analyst
3 56 (19.79%) Security Architect
4 40 (14.13%) Consultant
5 36 (12.72%) Security Consultant
6 34 (12.01%) Lead
7 32 (11.31%) Security Analyst
8 29 (10.25%) Project Manager
9 27 (9.54%) Security Manager
10 22 (7.77%) Security Project Manager
11 19 (6.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 17 (6.01%) Security Engineer
13 12 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 11 (3.89%) Information Security Consultant
14 11 (3.89%) Senior
15 10 (3.53%) CISSP Manager
15 10 (3.53%) Information Security Officer
15 10 (3.53%) Lead Architect
15 10 (3.53%) Risk Analyst
15 10 (3.53%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.41%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.06%) SAML
3 2 (0.71%) OAuth
3 2 (0.71%) OpenID
3 2 (0.71%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.71%) SPML
4 1 (0.35%) LDAP
4 1 (0.35%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.35%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.31%) Management Information System
2 25 (8.83%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.01%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (3.89%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (3.53%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (3.18%) PKI
7 8 (2.83%) CESG
7 8 (2.83%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.47%) PMI
9 6 (2.12%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.12%) IoT
9 6 (2.12%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.41%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.41%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.06%) Industry 4.0
12 2 (0.71%) Derivative
12 2 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.71%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.24%) Windows
2 4 (1.41%) Linux
3 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (63.25%) Cybersecurity
2 136 (48.06%) Information Security
3 83 (29.33%) Risk Management
4 67 (23.67%) Security Architecture
5 52 (18.37%) Cloud Security
5 52 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (13.07%) Security Management
7 35 (12.37%) Decision-Making
8 34 (12.01%) Information Security Management
9 32 (11.31%) Security Operations
10 31 (10.95%) Project Management
10 31 (10.95%) Risk Assessment
10 31 (10.95%) TOGAF
11 30 (10.60%) SIEM
12 29 (10.25%) Incident Response
12 29 (10.25%) SABSA
13 28 (9.89%) Agile
14 26 (9.19%) Data Protection
14 26 (9.19%) Identity Access Management
15 24 (8.48%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.77%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.41%) Python
4 3 (1.06%) Bash
4 3 (1.06%) SQL
5 1 (0.35%) ABAP
5 1 (0.35%) C++
5 1 (0.35%) Java
5 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 266 (93.99%) CISSP
2 113 (39.93%) CISA
3 75 (26.50%) Security Cleared
4 53 (18.73%) SC Cleared
5 51 (18.02%) CRISC
6 50 (17.67%) Degree
7 44 (15.55%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (10.95%) CEH
9 29 (10.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 25 (8.83%) CompTIA Security+
11 24 (8.48%) DV Cleared
12 17 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (5.30%) CISMP
13 15 (5.30%) Master's Degree
13 15 (5.30%) SANS
14 13 (4.59%) CCNP
15 12 (4.24%) CREST Certified
16 11 (3.89%) ISACA
17 10 (3.53%) CCSP
17 10 (3.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (36.04%) NIST
2 99 (34.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (9.89%) GDPR
4 26 (9.19%) NCSC
5 25 (8.83%) PCI DSS
6 24 (8.48%) COBIT
6 24 (8.48%) NIST 800
7 20 (7.07%) GRC
8 12 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.18%) HIPAA
9 9 (3.18%) ISO 31000
10 6 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (2.12%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (1.41%) ISO 22301
11 4 (1.41%) JSP 440
11 4 (1.41%) QA
12 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.06%) RMADS
12 3 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.71%) IASME
System Software
1 8 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (3.53%) Nessus
2 4 (1.41%) QRadar
3 2 (0.71%) CASB
3 2 (0.71%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.35%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 53 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.01%) Cisco
3 10 (3.53%) Qualys
4 8 (2.83%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.47%) Juniper
6 6 (2.12%) ScienceLogic
7 5 (1.77%) AlienVault
7 5 (1.77%) ArcSight
8 4 (1.41%) Splunk
9 3 (1.06%) Google
9 3 (1.06%) Okta
9 3 (1.06%) OneTrust
9 3 (1.06%) Rapid7
9 3 (1.06%) Symantec
10 2 (0.71%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.71%) CA
10 2 (0.71%) Cadence
10 2 (0.71%) Carbon Black
10 2 (0.71%) NetIQ
10 2 (0.71%) SAP