CISM Contracts in England

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 341 432
Rank change year-on-year +22 +91 -20
Contract jobs citing CISM 236 331 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.69% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.11% 2.49% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 245 274
10th Percentile £425 £474 £463
25th Percentile £500 £550 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £764 £725
90th Percentile £825 £845 £788
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £606
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.09% +10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £59.73 £43.07
25th Percentile - £68.33 £53.22
Median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +6.42% +6.33%
75th Percentile - £74.20 £79.04
90th Percentile - £80.48 £81.85
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £69.83
% change year-on-year +14.29% +4.51% +9.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISM is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,211 13,306 15,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.83% 27.56% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,924 8,917 10,049
10th Percentile £313 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £716
UK median daily rate £531 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 966 691 684
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.81 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.26
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +30.42% +4.56%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in England

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in England.

Daily rate trend for CISM in England

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in England

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in England.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in England

CISM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
London +42 135 £650 - 47
South West +35 33 £500 -20.00% 8
South East -1 28 £600 -0.83% 14
North of England +23 27 £550 +13.17% 15
North West +17 20 £550 +13.17% 9
Yorkshire +22 5 £563 +11.11% 6
Midlands +23 2 £738 +11.32% 13
West Midlands +10 2 £738 +11.32% 10
North East - 2 £525 -
East of England +8 1 £400 +84.76% 6
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.42%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (18.22%) Azure
2 38 (16.10%) AWS
3 11 (4.66%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.81%) GCP
6 8 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.39%) SaaS
7 7 (2.97%) IaaS
8 5 (2.12%) PaaS
9 3 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.27%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.85%) GitHub
10 2 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.42%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.42%) Serverless
11 1 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 40 (16.95%) Network Security
2 19 (8.05%) Firewall
3 7 (2.97%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (2.97%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (1.69%) DNS
4 4 (1.69%) Internet
4 4 (1.69%) SAN
4 4 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.85%) Broadband
5 2 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.85%) SNMP
5 2 (0.85%) SSL
6 1 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.42%) DMZ
6 1 (0.42%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.42%) Modbus
6 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.27%) Power BI
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 68 (28.81%) Finance
2 47 (19.92%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.32%) Banking
5 16 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.93%) Financial Institution
6 14 (5.93%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.51%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.81%) Legal
10 8 (3.39%) Military
11 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.54%) French Language
13 5 (2.12%) Front Office
14 4 (1.69%) German Language
15 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.27%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.27%) Police
15 3 (1.27%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.85%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (24.58%) Architect
2 47 (19.92%) Security Architect
3 43 (18.22%) Analyst
4 30 (12.71%) Security Manager
5 29 (12.29%) Project Manager
6 28 (11.86%) Consultant
7 26 (11.02%) Security Consultant
8 25 (10.59%) Lead
9 23 (9.75%) Security Analyst
10 22 (9.32%) Security Project Manager
11 20 (8.47%) Security Engineer
12 11 (4.66%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 11 (4.66%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 10 (4.24%) CISSP Manager
13 10 (4.24%) Lead Architect
13 10 (4.24%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
13 10 (4.24%) Risk Analyst
14 9 (3.81%) Information Security Officer
14 9 (3.81%) Security Officer
15 8 (3.39%) Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) SailPoint
1 4 (1.69%) Web Services
2 3 (1.27%) .NET
2 3 (1.27%) SAML
3 2 (0.85%) LDAP
3 2 (0.85%) OAuth
3 2 (0.85%) OpenID
3 2 (0.85%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.85%) SPML
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
4 1 (0.42%) JSP
4 1 (0.42%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.42%) REST
4 1 (0.42%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.80%) Management Information System
2 24 (10.17%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.66%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (4.66%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (4.24%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (3.81%) PKI
6 8 (3.39%) CESG
6 8 (3.39%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.97%) PMI
8 6 (2.54%) IoT
8 6 (2.54%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.69%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.27%) Industry 4.0
11 2 (0.85%) Derivative
11 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.66%) Windows
2 4 (1.69%) Linux
3 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.42%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (62.29%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (48.31%) Information Security
3 67 (28.39%) Risk Management
4 52 (22.03%) Security Architecture
5 48 (20.34%) Cloud Security
6 37 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (12.29%) Agile
7 29 (12.29%) Security Operations
8 27 (11.44%) Project Management
8 27 (11.44%) TOGAF
9 26 (11.02%) Decision-Making
9 26 (11.02%) SIEM
10 25 (10.59%) Risk Assessment
10 25 (10.59%) Security Management
11 24 (10.17%) Incident Response
12 23 (9.75%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (9.32%) Information Assurance
13 22 (9.32%) Information Security Management
13 22 (9.32%) SABSA
14 21 (8.90%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.97%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (2.54%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.69%) Python
3 4 (1.69%) SQL
4 3 (1.27%) Bash
5 1 (0.42%) ABAP
5 1 (0.42%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 223 (94.49%) CISSP
2 99 (41.95%) CISA
3 54 (22.88%) Security Cleared
4 39 (16.53%) Degree
5 38 (16.10%) CRISC
6 36 (15.25%) SC Cleared
7 31 (13.14%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (11.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 26 (11.02%) CEH
10 21 (8.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 21 (8.90%) DV Cleared
11 15 (6.36%) CISMP
12 13 (5.51%) CCNP
12 13 (5.51%) Master's Degree
12 13 (5.51%) SANS
13 12 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (4.66%) CREST Certified
15 10 (4.24%) CCSP
15 10 (4.24%) PMI Certification
16 9 (3.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (37.71%) NIST
2 78 (33.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (10.17%) COBIT
4 23 (9.75%) PCI DSS
5 21 (8.90%) GDPR
6 20 (8.47%) NCSC
6 20 (8.47%) NIST 800
7 18 (7.63%) GRC
8 12 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.81%) HIPAA
10 8 (3.39%) QA
11 7 (2.97%) ISO 31000
12 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (1.69%) ISO 22301
12 4 (1.69%) JSP 440
12 4 (1.69%) RMADS
13 3 (1.27%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.24%) Nessus
2 4 (1.69%) QRadar
3 2 (0.85%) CASB
3 2 (0.85%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.42%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.42%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 44 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.20%) Cisco
3 8 (3.39%) Palo Alto
4 7 (2.97%) Juniper
5 6 (2.54%) ScienceLogic
6 5 (2.12%) AlienVault
6 5 (2.12%) ArcSight
6 5 (2.12%) Splunk
7 4 (1.69%) Qualys
8 3 (1.27%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.27%) Google
8 3 (1.27%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.27%) Symantec
9 2 (0.85%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.85%) CA
9 2 (0.85%) Carbon Black
9 2 (0.85%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.85%) Okta
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle
9 2 (0.85%) SAP