CISM Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 239 286
Rank change year-on-year +6 +47 +94
Contract jobs citing CISM 71 106 195
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 0.69% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.57% 2.50% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 87 158
10th Percentile £400 £463 £463
25th Percentile £491 £500 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £719 £775
90th Percentile £675 £750 £838
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £69.80
25th Percentile - - £70.64
Median hourly rate - - £72.65
75th Percentile - - £74.03
90th Percentile - - £74.49
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £72.69
% change year-on-year -26.27% +14.75% +5.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CISM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CISM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CISM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CISM.

CISM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CISM over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CISM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CISM.

CISM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) Azure
2 11 (15.49%) AWS
3 8 (11.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (11.27%) GCP
4 3 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.82%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.41%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.41%) IaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.41%) PaaS
6 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.08%) Firewall
2 8 (11.27%) Network Security
3 3 (4.23%) SSL
4 2 (2.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.82%) NGFW
5 1 (1.41%) BGP
5 1 (1.41%) DNS
5 1 (1.41%) LAN
5 1 (1.41%) Modbus
5 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.41%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.41%) VPN
5 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) GitLab
1 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.41%) SonarQube
General
1 38 (53.52%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.68%) Finance
4 5 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Retail
5 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.23%) Banking
6 3 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Military
7 2 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (26.76%) Senior
2 18 (25.35%) Architect
3 13 (18.31%) Security Architect
4 11 (15.49%) Security Engineer
5 10 (14.08%) Analyst
5 10 (14.08%) Information Security Specialist
5 10 (14.08%) Information Specialist
5 10 (14.08%) Security Specialist
6 9 (12.68%) Consultant
6 9 (12.68%) Security Manager
7 8 (11.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 8 (11.27%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 8 (11.27%) Senior Information Security Specialist
7 8 (11.27%) Senior Security Engineer
7 8 (11.27%) Senior Security Specialist
8 7 (9.86%) Security Analyst
8 7 (9.86%) Security Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) Information Manager
9 4 (5.63%) Information Security Manager
9 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.27%) Web Services
2 3 (4.23%) LDAP
2 3 (4.23%) SAML
3 1 (1.41%) OAuth
3 1 (1.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Security Posture
2 9 (12.68%) Management Information System
2 9 (12.68%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.04%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.23%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.23%) Insider Threat
6 2 (2.82%) PKI
7 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.41%) Life Science
7 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.04%) Windows
2 3 (4.23%) Linux
2 3 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (59.15%) Information Security
2 28 (39.44%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (38.03%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (28.17%) Incident Response
5 18 (25.35%) Security Architecture
6 16 (22.54%) Risk Management
7 15 (21.13%) Computer Science
8 14 (19.72%) Threat Modelling
9 13 (18.31%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (16.90%) Risk Assessment
10 12 (16.90%) SIEM
11 11 (15.49%) Security Operations
12 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (14.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 8 (11.27%) Cloud Security
13 8 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (11.27%) DevSecOps
13 8 (11.27%) Identity Access Management
13 8 (11.27%) Roadmaps
13 8 (11.27%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.31%) Python
2 8 (11.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.41%) Bash
3 1 (1.41%) PHP
3 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (87.32%) CISSP
2 26 (36.62%) Degree
3 14 (19.72%) Security Cleared
4 13 (18.31%) CISA
5 11 (15.49%) CEH
6 9 (12.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (12.68%) CRISC
7 8 (11.27%) DV Cleared
8 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared
9 5 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (7.04%) GIAC
9 5 (7.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 5 (7.04%) Master's Degree
10 4 (5.63%) GCIH
11 3 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (2.82%) CCSP
12 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 2 (2.82%) PMP
12 2 (2.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (47.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (40.85%) NIST
3 17 (23.94%) GDPR
4 10 (14.08%) PCI DSS
5 8 (11.27%) GRC
6 5 (7.04%) HIPAA
7 4 (5.63%) NIST 800
8 2 (2.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (2.82%) COBIT
8 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (2.82%) NCSC
8 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (2.82%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (4.23%) Terraform
2 2 (2.82%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.82%) QRadar
2 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.41%) CASB
3 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (9.86%) CyberArk
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
1 7 (9.86%) Qualys
2 4 (5.63%) Splunk
3 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Tenable
5 1 (1.41%) Centrify
5 1 (1.41%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.41%) Gemalto
5 1 (1.41%) Google
5 1 (1.41%) IBM
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.41%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.41%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) Thales
5 1 (1.41%) Thycotic