CISM Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISM 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.76% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £492 £640 £595
% change year-on-year -23.13% +7.51% -14.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 90 42 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 34.09% 30.43% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 26 34
10th Percentile £186 £356 £357
25th Percentile £343 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -13.33%
75th Percentile £543 £534 £525
90th Percentile £624 £686 £584
South East median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £15.97 -
25th Percentile - £17.42 £20.75
Median hourly rate £37.12 £19.83 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.19% -7.77% -2.98%
75th Percentile - £22.25 £43.63
90th Percentile - £23.69 £56.45
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £56.75 £58.30
% change year-on-year -47.82% -2.67% +22.74%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

CISM job vacancy trend in West Sussex

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing CISM

CISM
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 4 March 2026. 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
Crawley - 1 - - 3
Worthing - 1 £450 -
CISM
South East

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Governance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSK
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) RMADS