ISSMP Contracts

(ISC)² Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISC2 ISSMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISSMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 - 666
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing ISSMP 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.010% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £613
75th Percentile £625 - £619
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £613

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISSMP 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,306 11,551 14,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.46% 29.78% 27.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,346 7,272 9,164
10th Percentile £298 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +0.46%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 823 761 694
10th Percentile £17.96 £14.16 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.23 £21.37 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.40 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.20
% change year-on-year -48.21% -6.96% +15.99%

ISSMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISSMP in the UK

ISSMP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISSMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISSMP

ISSMP
Top 2 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISSMP within the UK over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 1 £600 - 1
England - 1 £600 - 1

ISSMP
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft