CISMP Contracts

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 674 836
Rank change year-on-year +101 +162 -115
Contract jobs citing CISMP 11 23 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.041% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.084% 0.15% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 15 9
10th Percentile - £514 £444
25th Percentile £575 £588 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -9.80%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £625
90th Percentile - £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate - £625 £588
% change year-on-year - +6.38% +51.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £86.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £86.25 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISMP 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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,062 15,003 18,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.91% 27.01% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,100 9,981 12,683
10th Percentile £310 £349 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £740 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,112 750 778
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.19 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.34 £21.67 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%
75th Percentile £63.49 £68.75 £59.22
90th Percentile £76.15 £80.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISMP in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CISMP in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CISMP in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +72 9 £600 -4.00% 9
UK excluding London +22 8 - - 9
South West -3 7 - - 2
Work from Home +112 2 - - 6
London +75 1 £600 -2.04% 2
South East +15 1 - -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 7 (63.64%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) French Language
3 1 (9.09%) German Language
3 1 (9.09%) Local Government
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Architect
1 7 (63.64%) Lead
1 7 (63.64%) Lead Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Security Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) CESG
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Information Security
2 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (63.64%) Information Assurance
3 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
4 2 (18.18%) Contract Management
4 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Security Management
5 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CISSP
2 10 (90.91%) CISM
3 9 (81.82%) CEH
4 8 (72.73%) CISA
4 8 (72.73%) SSCP
5 7 (63.64%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (63.64%) ISACA
5 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
5 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
6 3 (27.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (18.18%) CSSLP
7 2 (18.18%) GCIH
8 1 (9.09%) CRISC
8 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) NIST
2 9 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (63.64%) GDPR
3 7 (63.64%) HIPAA
3 7 (63.64%) PCI DSS
4 3 (27.27%) COBIT
5 1 (9.09%) GRC