CISM Contracts in the UK excluding London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 335 350
Rank change year-on-year +46 +15 -24
Contract jobs citing CISM 106 115 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.50% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 1.53% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 72 120
10th Percentile £425 £413 £456
25th Percentile £475 £475 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £552 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% -11.76% +21.48%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £713
90th Percentile £810 £749 £763
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £606
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.09% +10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £59.73 £51.47
25th Percentile - £68.33 £57.55
Median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £69.83
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +4.51% +9.11%
75th Percentile - £74.20 £79.58
90th Percentile - £80.48 £82.15
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,425 7,538 7,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.59% 32.77% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,302 5,049 5,188
10th Percentile £269 £286 £260
25th Percentile £425 £420 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £703 £675
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 607 530
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.91 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.30 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +42.86% +1.33%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.02
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.02
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South West +26 32 £500 -20.00% 8
South East -8 28 £600 -0.83% 18
North of England +29 27 £550 +13.17% 13
North West +17 20 £550 +13.17% 8
Scotland +40 15 £500 +16.28% 9
Yorkshire +17 5 £563 -10.00% 5
Midlands +18 2 £738 +11.32% 12
West Midlands +17 2 £738 +11.32% 8
North East - 2 £525 -
Wales - 2 £781 -
East of England +6 1 £400 +84.76% 8
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.26%) Azure
2 9 (8.49%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (5.66%) AWS
4 5 (4.72%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.83%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.83%) IaaS
5 3 (2.83%) PaaS
5 3 (2.83%) SaaS
6 1 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.94%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.04%) Network Security
2 8 (7.55%) Firewall
3 6 (5.66%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (5.66%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (2.83%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (1.89%) Internet
6 1 (0.94%) Broadband
6 1 (0.94%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.72%) Power BI
2 1 (0.94%) Tableau
General
1 24 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.49%) Manufacturing
4 9 (8.49%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (8.49%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (7.55%) Military
6 7 (6.60%) Finance
7 6 (5.66%) Legal
8 5 (4.72%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.77%) French Language
9 4 (3.77%) German Language
10 3 (2.83%) Police
11 2 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (22.64%) Analyst
2 20 (18.87%) Lead
3 15 (14.15%) Consultant
3 15 (14.15%) Project Manager
4 13 (12.26%) Security Analyst
4 13 (12.26%) Security Consultant
5 12 (11.32%) Architect
6 11 (10.38%) Security Manager
7 9 (8.49%) Security Project Manager
8 8 (7.55%) Lead Architect
9 7 (6.60%) SOC Manager
10 6 (5.66%) Network Analyst
10 6 (5.66%) Network Security Analyst
10 6 (5.66%) Security Engineer
11 5 (4.72%) Information Manager
11 5 (4.72%) Information Security Manager
11 5 (4.72%) Vulnerability Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
12 4 (3.77%) Cloud Security Consultant
12 4 (3.77%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.83%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.89%) LDAP
3 1 (0.94%) CSS
3 1 (0.94%) HTML
3 1 (0.94%) JSP
3 1 (0.94%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.94%) REST
3 1 (0.94%) SAML
3 1 (0.94%) SOAP
3 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.15%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.49%) Security Posture
3 8 (7.55%) CESG
3 8 (7.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (6.60%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.77%) PMI
6 3 (2.83%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.89%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.89%) Insider Threat
7 2 (1.89%) IoT
7 2 (1.89%) NHS
7 2 (1.89%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.94%) Contactless
8 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.94%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.94%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.77%) Linux
2 1 (0.94%) Unix
2 1 (0.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (64.15%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (46.23%) Information Security
3 33 (31.13%) Risk Management
4 21 (19.81%) Decision-Making
4 21 (19.81%) Security Operations
5 19 (17.92%) Cloud Security
6 13 (12.26%) Information Assurance
7 11 (10.38%) Security Architecture
8 10 (9.43%) Agile
8 10 (9.43%) Incident Response
8 10 (9.43%) Security Management
9 9 (8.49%) Information Security Management
9 9 (8.49%) Risk Assessment
10 8 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (7.55%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (7.55%) Mentoring
10 8 (7.55%) Programme Management
10 8 (7.55%) Security Monitoring
10 8 (7.55%) SIEM
10 8 (7.55%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.60%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.94%) ABAP
3 1 (0.94%) Bash
3 1 (0.94%) Java
3 1 (0.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.94%) Python
3 1 (0.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (91.51%) CISSP
2 51 (48.11%) Security Cleared
3 40 (37.74%) CISA
4 34 (32.08%) SC Cleared
5 19 (17.92%) CompTIA Security+
5 19 (17.92%) DV Cleared
6 18 (16.98%) CRISC
7 17 (16.04%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (15.09%) Degree
9 14 (13.21%) CISMP
10 11 (10.38%) CEH
11 10 (9.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (8.49%) CCNP
13 8 (7.55%) ISACA
13 8 (7.55%) SSCP
14 6 (5.66%) Master's Degree
14 6 (5.66%) MBA
15 5 (4.72%) CCSP
16 4 (3.77%) ISSAP
16 4 (3.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (43.40%) NIST
2 44 (41.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (16.04%) GDPR
4 13 (12.26%) COBIT
5 12 (11.32%) PCI DSS
6 9 (8.49%) NIST 800
7 8 (7.55%) GRC
7 8 (7.55%) HIPAA
8 7 (6.60%) NCSC
9 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (3.77%) JSP 440
10 4 (3.77%) RMADS
11 3 (2.83%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (1.89%) COSO
13 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (6.60%) Nessus
2 1 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.49%) Cisco
3 6 (5.66%) Juniper
3 6 (5.66%) Palo Alto
3 6 (5.66%) Qualys
3 6 (5.66%) ScienceLogic
4 3 (2.83%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.94%) Ariba
5 1 (0.94%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (0.94%) Cadence
5 1 (0.94%) Concur
5 1 (0.94%) ForeScout
5 1 (0.94%) Okta
5 1 (0.94%) OneTrust
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle
5 1 (0.94%) SAP
5 1 (0.94%) Splunk
5 1 (0.94%) Thycotic