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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 338 450
Rank change year-on-year +11 +112 -49
Contract jobs citing CISM 217 337 371
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.71% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.92% 2.56% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 249 276
10th Percentile £425 £475 £459
25th Percentile £506 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £619
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +12.50%
75th Percentile £770 £775 £725
90th Percentile £825 £840 £788
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 7
10th Percentile - £59.73 £45.70
25th Percentile - £71.20 £63.17
Median hourly rate - £72.98 £71.08
Median % change year-on-year - +2.67% +11.94%
75th Percentile - £74.00 £80.13
90th Percentile - £78.58 £82.46
UK median hourly rate - £72.98 £72.42
% change year-on-year - +0.77% +16.95%

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 11,283 13,151 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.55% 27.54% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,990 8,833 10,320
10th Percentile £313 £349 £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 £745 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,005 654 675
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.18 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +37 132 £700 +7.69% 75
South West +22 27 £500 -23.08% 13
North of England +27 24 £525 +8.02% 17
South East -22 22 £600 - 16
North West +11 19 £525 +8.02% 11
Yorkshire +22 3 £525 -16.00% 6
Midlands +12 2 £700 +24.44% 13
North East - 2 £525 -
East of England +4 1 £400 +84.76% 7
West Midlands +1 1 £900 +60.00% 6
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 7
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 4 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) IBM Notes
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (20.28%) Azure
2 43 (19.82%) AWS
3 12 (5.53%) GCP
3 12 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.15%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (3.69%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.69%) SaaS
6 6 (2.76%) IaaS
7 5 (2.30%) PaaS
8 4 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.92%) GitHub
9 2 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.92%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.46%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.46%) Serverless
10 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 40 (18.43%) Network Security
2 17 (7.83%) Firewall
3 6 (2.76%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (2.76%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (1.84%) DNS
4 4 (1.84%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.38%) SAN
6 2 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.92%) Internet
6 2 (0.92%) SNMP
6 2 (0.92%) SSL
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.46%) Modbus
7 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (0.46%) Power BI
1 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) JIRA
General
1 66 (30.41%) Finance
2 41 (18.89%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.68%) Banking
5 15 (6.91%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 11 (5.07%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.23%) Front Office
9 7 (3.23%) Military
10 6 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.30%) Legal
11 5 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.38%) French Language
13 3 (1.38%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.92%) Dutch Language
14 2 (0.92%) International Banking
14 2 (0.92%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 59 (27.19%) Architect
2 48 (22.12%) Security Architect
3 37 (17.05%) Analyst
4 29 (13.36%) Security Manager
5 28 (12.90%) Project Manager
6 23 (10.60%) Consultant
7 21 (9.68%) Security Project Manager
8 20 (9.22%) Security Consultant
9 19 (8.76%) Lead
9 19 (8.76%) Security Analyst
10 18 (8.29%) Security Engineer
11 12 (5.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 11 (5.07%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 10 (4.61%) Lead Architect
13 10 (4.61%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
13 10 (4.61%) Risk Analyst
13 10 (4.61%) SOC Manager
14 9 (4.15%) CISSP Manager
14 9 (4.15%) Information Security Consultant
14 9 (4.15%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.84%) SailPoint
1 4 (1.84%) Web Services
2 3 (1.38%) .NET
2 3 (1.38%) SAML
3 2 (0.92%) LDAP
3 2 (0.92%) OAuth
3 2 (0.92%) OpenID
3 2 (0.92%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.92%) SPML
4 1 (0.46%) CSS
4 1 (0.46%) HTML
4 1 (0.46%) JSP
4 1 (0.46%) REST
4 1 (0.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.59%) Management Information System
2 24 (11.06%) Security Posture
3 11 (5.07%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.07%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (4.61%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.69%) CESG
6 8 (3.69%) Operational Technology
6 8 (3.69%) PKI
7 7 (3.23%) PMI
8 5 (2.30%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.84%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.84%) IoT
9 4 (1.84%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.38%) Industry 4.0
11 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.92%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.61%) Windows
2 4 (1.84%) Linux
2 4 (1.84%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.46%) Unix
3 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (60.37%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (49.31%) Information Security
3 55 (25.35%) Risk Management
4 48 (22.12%) Security Architecture
5 43 (19.82%) Cloud Security
6 33 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (13.82%) Agile
8 29 (13.36%) Security Operations
9 26 (11.98%) Project Management
9 26 (11.98%) TOGAF
10 25 (11.52%) SIEM
11 24 (11.06%) Risk Assessment
12 23 (10.60%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (10.14%) Information Assurance
13 22 (10.14%) Threat Modelling
14 21 (9.68%) Application Security
14 21 (9.68%) SABSA
15 20 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (9.22%) Static Application Security Testing
16 19 (8.76%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (2.30%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.84%) Python
3 4 (1.84%) SQL
4 3 (1.38%) Bash
5 1 (0.46%) ABAP
5 1 (0.46%) Java
5 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 204 (94.01%) CISSP
2 88 (40.55%) CISA
3 51 (23.50%) Security Cleared
4 36 (16.59%) SC Cleared
5 33 (15.21%) Degree
6 28 (12.90%) CRISC
7 26 (11.98%) CompTIA Security+
8 25 (11.52%) CEH
9 23 (10.60%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (7.83%) DV Cleared
11 16 (7.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (5.99%) Master's Degree
13 12 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (5.53%) SANS
14 11 (5.07%) CREST Certified
15 10 (4.61%) CCNP
15 10 (4.61%) CCSK
16 9 (4.15%) CISMP
16 9 (4.15%) PMI Certification
16 9 (4.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (37.79%) NIST
2 65 (29.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (11.06%) PCI DSS
4 23 (10.60%) GDPR
5 20 (9.22%) NIST 800
6 17 (7.83%) NCSC
7 14 (6.45%) COBIT
8 12 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (4.61%) QA
10 9 (4.15%) GRC
10 9 (4.15%) HIPAA
11 7 (3.23%) ISO 31000
12 4 (1.84%) RMADS
13 3 (1.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (1.38%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.38%) JSP 440
13 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.92%) COSO
14 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (3.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (3.69%) Nessus
2 4 (1.84%) QRadar
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.92%) CASB
4 2 (0.92%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.92%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.46%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.46%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.46%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 41 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.45%) Cisco
3 7 (3.23%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.76%) Juniper
5 5 (2.30%) ScienceLogic
6 4 (1.84%) AlienVault
6 4 (1.84%) ArcSight
6 4 (1.84%) Google
7 3 (1.38%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.38%) SAP
7 3 (1.38%) Splunk
7 3 (1.38%) Symantec
8 2 (0.92%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (0.92%) CA
8 2 (0.92%) Cadence
8 2 (0.92%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.92%) Okta
8 2 (0.92%) Oracle
8 2 (0.92%) Qualys
8 2 (0.92%) Rapid7