CISM Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 106 95
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 +71
Contract jobs citing CISM 8 3 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.46% 0.16% 1.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 0.49% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 21
10th Percentile £613 - £500
25th Percentile £763 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -9.09% +13.40%
75th Percentile £1,188 - £688
90th Percentile £1,280 - £750
England median daily rate £600 £600 £615
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -1.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 593 615 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.04% 32.28% 27.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 395 365
10th Percentile £221 £310 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £586 £635 £606
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 16 22
10th Percentile - £14.00 £13.78
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.12 £18.90
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.69% +16.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile £43.44 £50.63 £67.50
90th Percentile £50.75 £58.00 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -49.70% -8.36% +21.24%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the West Midlands

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the West Midlands

CISM
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Warwickshire -6 2 - - 2
Birmingham - 2 £663 - 4
Solihull - 2 £1,234 -
CISM
England

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) TestDirector
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Development Director
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Advisor
2 1 (12.50%) Operations Director
2 1 (12.50%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Data Security
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (37.50%) Attestation
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
3 3 (37.50%) SIEM
3 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (25.00%) Presales
4 2 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) SFIA
4 2 (25.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (75.00%) CEH
3 4 (50.00%) CISA
4 3 (37.50%) CRISC
4 3 (37.50%) GIAC
4 3 (37.50%) PCI QSA
5 2 (25.00%) OSCP
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (12.50%) CSSLP
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
4 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Proofpoint