CISMP Contract Job Trends in Wales

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISMP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.42% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £325
% change year-on-year -5.21% +46.15% -43.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

CISMP 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 142 172 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.83% 40.66% 35.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 90 120
10th Percentile £163 £167 £174
25th Percentile £241 £267 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £504
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -10.67% -1.71%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £705 £678 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 12
10th Percentile £16.65 £16.68 £14.12
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.83 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -35.69% +63.22%
75th Percentile £33.00 £40.26 £53.19
90th Percentile £84.75 £49.63 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

CISMP job vacancy trend in Wales

CISMP
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISMP

CISMP
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the Wales region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 Wales - 2 - -
CISMP
UK

CISMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft