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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 278 242
Rank change year-on-year +47 -36 +120
Contract jobs citing CISM 78 74 226
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.77% 0.51% 0.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.65% 1.97% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 58 187
10th Percentile £373 £474 £459
25th Percentile £431 £513 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £618
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -8.91% +7.39%
75th Percentile £688 £734 £775
90th Percentile £750 £738 £860
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - £74.79
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £72.69
% change year-on-year - - +2.27%

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 2,940 3,757 5,928
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.04% 25.66% 24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,933 2,427 3,995
10th Percentile £350 £331 £375
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £620 £637 £650
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 252 239
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £19.00
25th Percentile £27.17 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £53.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.42% -28.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67.13 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.48 £85.00 £79.40
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £40.94 £55.85
% change year-on-year -31.75% -26.70% +25.51%

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 4 July 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 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.33%) Azure
2 12 (15.38%) AWS
3 9 (11.54%) GCP
4 8 (10.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.85%) SaaS
7 2 (2.56%) GitHub
8 1 (1.28%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.28%) IaaS
8 1 (1.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.26%) Firewall
2 7 (8.97%) Network Security
3 3 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.56%) Modbus
5 1 (1.28%) BGP
5 1 (1.28%) DNS
5 1 (1.28%) LAN
5 1 (1.28%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.28%) SSL
5 1 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.28%) VPN
5 1 (1.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) Power BI
2 2 (2.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) GitLab
1 2 (2.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 37 (47.44%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (21.79%) Finance
3 6 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.85%) Retail
6 2 (2.56%) Banking
6 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Electronics
6 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Legal
6 2 (2.56%) Marketing
6 2 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Senior
2 13 (16.67%) Consultant
3 12 (15.38%) Architect
3 12 (15.38%) Security Manager
4 11 (14.10%) Analyst
4 11 (14.10%) Security Engineer
5 10 (12.82%) Security Consultant
6 9 (11.54%) Security Architect
6 9 (11.54%) Security Specialist
7 8 (10.26%) Senior Security Engineer
8 7 (8.97%) Information Security Specialist
8 7 (8.97%) Information Specialist
8 7 (8.97%) Security Analyst
9 6 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 6 (7.69%) Senior Information Security Specialist
9 6 (7.69%) Senior Security Specialist
10 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 4 (5.13%) Information Manager
11 4 (5.13%) Information Security Consultant
11 4 (5.13%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.26%) Web Services
2 4 (5.13%) SailPoint
3 3 (3.85%) SAML
4 2 (2.56%) OAuth
4 2 (2.56%) OpenID
5 1 (1.28%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.82%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (10.26%) Security Posture
3 7 (8.97%) Cloud Native
4 6 (7.69%) Operational Technology
5 5 (6.41%) Management Information System
6 4 (5.13%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.56%) PKI
8 2 (2.56%) SCADA
8 2 (2.56%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.56%) YARA
9 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.28%) BYOD
9 1 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.41%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Linux
2 3 (3.85%) Mac OS
2 3 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (57.69%) Information Security
2 37 (47.44%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 19 (24.36%) Incident Response
5 18 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (21.79%) Security Architecture
6 17 (21.79%) Threat Modelling
6 17 (21.79%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (20.51%) Agile
7 16 (20.51%) Security Operations
8 14 (17.95%) DevSecOps
9 13 (16.67%) SIEM
9 13 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (15.38%) Zero Trust
11 11 (14.10%) DevOps
11 11 (14.10%) Roadmaps
12 10 (12.82%) Computer Science
13 9 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
13 9 (11.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.54%) Python
2 3 (3.85%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.56%) Bash
4 1 (1.28%) PHP
4 1 (1.28%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (84.62%) CISSP
2 22 (28.21%) Degree
3 20 (25.64%) Security Cleared
4 14 (17.95%) CISA
4 14 (17.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 10 (12.82%) SC Cleared
6 8 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (8.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (8.97%) CRISC
7 7 (8.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 6 (7.69%) GCIH
9 5 (6.41%) CEH
9 5 (6.41%) GCIA
9 5 (6.41%) GIAC
10 4 (5.13%) DV Cleared
10 4 (5.13%) OSCP
11 3 (3.85%) CCSP
11 3 (3.85%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (58.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (38.46%) NIST
3 18 (23.08%) GDPR
4 12 (15.38%) PCI DSS
5 10 (12.82%) GRC
5 10 (12.82%) NCSC
6 7 (8.97%) COBIT
6 7 (8.97%) NIST 800
7 6 (7.69%) SOC 2
8 5 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (6.41%) RMADS
9 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (3.85%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (1.28%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.56%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.56%) QRadar
4 2 (2.56%) Terraform
5 1 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.28%) Istio
5 1 (1.28%) linkerd
5 1 (1.28%) Nessus
5 1 (1.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 7 (8.97%) Qualys
2 6 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Splunk
4 4 (5.13%) CyberArk
4 4 (5.13%) Google
4 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.85%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.56%) Saba
6 2 (2.56%) SAP
6 2 (2.56%) Tenable
7 1 (1.28%) Centrify
7 1 (1.28%) Gemalto
7 1 (1.28%) Oracle
7 1 (1.28%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.28%) Thales
7 1 (1.28%) Thycotic
7 1 (1.28%) Zscaler