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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 340 447
Rank change year-on-year +28 +107 -34
Contract jobs citing CISM 277 410 470
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.72% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% 2.65% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 301 349
10th Percentile £425 £463 £456
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £688
90th Percentile £825 £835 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £553 £625
% change year-on-year -4.16% -11.52% +20.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 9
10th Percentile - £59.73 £47.72
25th Percentile - £69.25 £59.00
Median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £71.08
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.67% +11.50%
75th Percentile - £74.00 £81.23
90th Percentile - £78.58 £87.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £71.08
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.67% +11.50%

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 12,850 15,448 18,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.16% 27.16% 21.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,971 10,324 12,515
10th Percentile £308 £325 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 774 766
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.06 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.60 £19.57
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -26.31% +23.50% +17.20%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £58.66
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.33 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% +42.86% +1.33%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +36 236 £600 -7.69% 127
London +25 136 £650 - 54
UK excluding London +51 106 £530 -4.16% 79
Work from Home +18 96 £575 -8.00% 44
South West +18 32 £500 -20.00% 10
South East -6 28 £600 -1.64% 23
North of England +29 27 £550 +13.17% 14
North West +14 20 £550 +13.17% 8
Scotland +50 15 £500 +16.28% 8
Yorkshire +16 5 £563 -10.00% 6
Midlands +21 2 £738 +11.32% 15
West Midlands +16 2 £738 +11.32% 11
North East - 2 £525 -
Wales - 2 £781 -
East of England +6 1 £400 +84.76% 9

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 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.36%) Confluence
2 1 (0.36%) IBM Notes
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (15.52%) Azure
2 39 (14.08%) AWS
3 12 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (3.25%) GCP
6 8 (2.89%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.89%) SaaS
7 7 (2.53%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.17%) IaaS
9 5 (1.81%) PaaS
10 3 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.72%) GitHub
11 2 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.36%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.36%) Serverless
12 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 52 (18.77%) Network Security
2 25 (9.03%) Firewall
3 8 (2.89%) DNS
3 8 (2.89%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (2.53%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (1.44%) DHCP
5 4 (1.44%) Internet
5 4 (1.44%) SAN
5 4 (1.44%) VLAN
5 4 (1.44%) VPN
6 3 (1.08%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.72%) Broadband
7 2 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.72%) SNMP
7 2 (0.72%) SSL
8 1 (0.36%) DMZ
8 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.36%) Modbus
8 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.53%) Power BI
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 76 (27.44%) Finance
2 63 (22.74%) Social Skills
3 49 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.30%) Banking
5 19 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.05%) Financial Institution
7 14 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.89%) Legal
9 8 (2.89%) Military
9 8 (2.89%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.17%) French Language
11 5 (1.81%) Front Office
12 4 (1.44%) German Language
12 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.08%) Police
13 3 (1.08%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (23.83%) Architect
2 55 (19.86%) Analyst
2 55 (19.86%) Security Architect
3 35 (12.64%) Consultant
4 30 (10.83%) Lead
4 30 (10.83%) Security Analyst
4 30 (10.83%) Security Manager
5 29 (10.47%) Project Manager
5 29 (10.47%) Security Consultant
6 22 (7.94%) Security Project Manager
7 20 (7.22%) Security Engineer
8 18 (6.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 11 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 10 (3.61%) CISSP Manager
10 10 (3.61%) Information Security Consultant
10 10 (3.61%) Information Security Officer
10 10 (3.61%) Lead Architect
10 10 (3.61%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
10 10 (3.61%) Risk Analyst
10 10 (3.61%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.81%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.44%) Web Services
3 3 (1.08%) .NET
3 3 (1.08%) SAML
4 2 (0.72%) LDAP
4 2 (0.72%) OAuth
4 2 (0.72%) OpenID
4 2 (0.72%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.72%) SPML
5 1 (0.36%) CSS
5 1 (0.36%) HTML
5 1 (0.36%) JSP
5 1 (0.36%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.36%) REST
5 1 (0.36%) SOAP
5 1 (0.36%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.33%) Management Information System
2 27 (9.75%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (3.61%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (3.25%) PKI
7 8 (2.89%) CESG
7 8 (2.89%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.53%) PMI
9 6 (2.17%) IoT
9 6 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.81%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.81%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.44%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.44%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.08%) Industry 4.0
13 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.97%) Windows
2 4 (1.44%) Linux
2 4 (1.44%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.36%) Unix
3 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (62.45%) Cybersecurity
2 136 (49.10%) Information Security
3 79 (28.52%) Risk Management
4 57 (20.58%) Security Architecture
5 52 (18.77%) Cloud Security
5 52 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (12.27%) Decision-Making
6 34 (12.27%) Security Operations
7 33 (11.91%) Security Management
8 32 (11.55%) Agile
8 32 (11.55%) Project Management
9 31 (11.19%) TOGAF
10 29 (10.47%) Information Security Management
10 29 (10.47%) Risk Assessment
10 29 (10.47%) SIEM
11 28 (10.11%) Incident Response
12 25 (9.03%) SABSA
13 24 (8.66%) Identity Access Management
14 23 (8.30%) Computer Science
15 22 (7.94%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.81%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.44%) Python
3 4 (1.44%) SQL
4 3 (1.08%) Bash
5 2 (0.72%) Java
6 1 (0.36%) ABAP
6 1 (0.36%) C++
6 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 261 (94.22%) CISSP
2 114 (41.16%) CISA
3 70 (25.27%) Security Cleared
4 50 (18.05%) Degree
5 48 (17.33%) SC Cleared
6 46 (16.61%) CRISC
7 38 (13.72%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (11.19%) CEH
9 28 (10.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (8.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 22 (7.94%) DV Cleared
12 19 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (5.78%) Master's Degree
14 15 (5.42%) CISMP
15 13 (4.69%) CCNP
15 13 (4.69%) SANS
16 12 (4.33%) CREST Certified
17 10 (3.61%) CCSP
17 10 (3.61%) PMI Certification
18 9 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (38.63%) NIST
2 92 (33.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (9.03%) GDPR
4 24 (8.66%) COBIT
5 23 (8.30%) NIST 800
5 23 (8.30%) PCI DSS
6 20 (7.22%) NCSC
7 19 (6.86%) GRC
8 12 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.25%) HIPAA
10 8 (2.89%) QA
11 7 (2.53%) ISO 31000
12 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (1.44%) ISO 22301
12 4 (1.44%) JSP 440
12 4 (1.44%) RMADS
13 3 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.97%) Nessus
2 4 (1.44%) QRadar
3 2 (0.72%) CASB
3 2 (0.72%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (0.72%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.36%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.36%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.36%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 47 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.14%) Cisco
3 10 (3.61%) Qualys
4 8 (2.89%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.53%) Juniper
6 6 (2.17%) ScienceLogic
7 4 (1.44%) AlienVault
7 4 (1.44%) ArcSight
7 4 (1.44%) Splunk
8 3 (1.08%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.08%) Google
8 3 (1.08%) Okta
8 3 (1.08%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.08%) Symantec
9 2 (0.72%) CA
9 2 (0.72%) Cadence
9 2 (0.72%) ForeScout
9 2 (0.72%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle
9 2 (0.72%) SAP