CISM Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > Yorkshire

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 101 116
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 +24
Contract jobs citing CISM 22 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.36% 0.068% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.58% 0.32% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 2
10th Percentile £349 - £569
25th Percentile £404 - £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.65% +8.33% +54.84%
75th Percentile £563 - £616
90th Percentile £663 - £621
England median daily rate £575 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% -2.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 394 310 381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 24.32% 21.19% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 212 271
10th Percentile £235 £221 £285
25th Percentile £375 £400 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -8.65% +6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £616
90th Percentile £684 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 7
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.95 £19.31
25th Percentile £25.07 £36.25 £24.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +33.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £56.25 £37.04
90th Percentile - £63.75 £46.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.77
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.36% +19.48%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

CISM
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing CISM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing CISM

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in Yorkshire

CISM
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 October 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 Yorkshire - 21 £500 - 9
West Yorkshire -8 1 £600 -7.69% 3
CISM
England

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) AWS
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 9 (40.91%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Kerberos
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) SSH
Development Applications
1 15 (68.18%) JIRA
2 8 (36.36%) Postman
2 8 (36.36%) SoapUI
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
1 7 (31.82%) Test Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Security Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Design Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Lead Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Lead Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Audit Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Compliance Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) OAuth
1 5 (22.73%) SAML
2 1 (4.55%) LDAP
2 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
2 1 (4.55%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Identity Access Management
2 16 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (59.09%) Privileged Access Management
4 10 (45.45%) DevSecOps
5 9 (40.91%) CI/CD
5 9 (40.91%) Cloud Security
6 8 (36.36%) Agile
6 8 (36.36%) API Testing
6 8 (36.36%) Kanban
6 8 (36.36%) Scrum
6 8 (36.36%) Security Testing
6 8 (36.36%) Software Testing
6 8 (36.36%) Test Management
7 7 (31.82%) Decision-Making
7 7 (31.82%) Project Governance
7 7 (31.82%) Technical Debt
8 6 (27.27%) Incident Response
8 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (27.27%) Security Operations
8 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (90.91%) CISSP
2 8 (36.36%) ISTQB
3 6 (27.27%) Degree
4 5 (22.73%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
6 3 (13.64%) CISA
6 3 (13.64%) PhD
7 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (4.55%) CCSK
7 1 (4.55%) CIMA
7 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (4.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) GDPR
1 7 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (31.82%) NIST
2 6 (27.27%) PCI DSS
3 2 (9.09%) QA
4 1 (4.55%) GRC
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) CyberArk
2 11 (50.00%) Thycotic
3 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
4 8 (36.36%) BeyondTrust
4 8 (36.36%) Google
5 6 (27.27%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (18.18%) Centrify
7 1 (4.55%) SAP