ISMS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ISMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISMS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 392 465
Rank change year-on-year +16 +73 -45
Contract jobs citing ISMS 23 46 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.23% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 26 36
10th Percentile £165 £463 £381
25th Percentile £388 £531 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £569
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +5.49% +28.59%
75th Percentile £598 £703 £691
90th Percentile £608 £806 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £73.20 -
UK median hourly rate - £73.20 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

ISMS is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,325 20,337 27,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.38% 89.23% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,289 13,953 19,001
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,130 1,241 1,347
10th Percentile £12.42 £10.63 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.50 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISMS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
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 ISMS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Scotland +43 14 £595 -0.25%
South East 0 5 £170 -75.18% 9
North of England +22 3 £490 +8.89% 11
North West +16 3 £490 +8.89% 3
Midlands +12 1 £500 -23.08% 6
West Midlands +8 1 £500 -37.50% 4
ISMS
UK

ISMS
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) SCCP
2 3 (13.04%) Network Security
General
1 14 (60.87%) Public Sector
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Billing
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Security Advisor
2 5 (21.74%) Information Security Specialist
2 5 (21.74%) Information Specialist
2 5 (21.74%) Security Specialist
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Information Security Advisor
5 1 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 18 (78.26%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.04%) Wiki
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Information Security
2 10 (43.48%) Business Process Analysis
2 10 (43.48%) Threat Modelling
3 8 (34.78%) Business Continuity
3 8 (34.78%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (30.43%) Information Security Management
4 7 (30.43%) Security Management
5 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (26.09%) Internal Audit
5 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
6 4 (17.39%) Incident Management
6 4 (17.39%) Logistics
6 4 (17.39%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (17.39%) Risk Register
6 4 (17.39%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
8 2 (8.70%) Information Security Governance
8 2 (8.70%) Secure Coding
8 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) CISSP
1 14 (60.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 10 (43.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 4 (17.39%) CGEIT
3 4 (17.39%) CISA
3 4 (17.39%) CISM
3 4 (17.39%) CLAS
3 4 (17.39%) CRISC
3 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (95.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (30.43%) NIST
3 5 (21.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (13.04%) GRC
6 2 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Darktrace
2 1 (4.35%) Rapid7
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow