ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 315 342 455
Rank change year-on-year +27 +113 -39
Contract jobs citing CISM 277 409 465
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.72% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% 2.63% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 300 344
10th Percentile £425 £462 £456
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £606
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +3.09% +10.23%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £688
90th Percentile £825 £835 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £532 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -3.36% -12.00% +21.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 10
10th Percentile - £59.73 £45.24
25th Percentile - £69.25 £54.66
Median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £69.83
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +4.51% +9.11%
75th Percentile - £74.00 £80.68
90th Percentile - £78.58 £85.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.41 £72.98 £69.83
% change year-on-year +14.29% +4.51% +8.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,821 15,525 18,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.13% 27.19% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,940 10,364 12,432
10th Percentile £307 £330 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,052 789 770
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.77
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%
75th Percentile £61.35 £67.50 £58.66
90th Percentile £76.15 £79.30 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.63% +42.68% -1.41%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for CISM in the UK

CISM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 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
England +22 236 £600 -4.00% 113
London +42 135 £650 - 46
UK excluding London +42 107 £532 -3.36% 68
Work from Home +27 97 £575 -8.00% 44
South West +35 33 £500 -20.00% 8
South East -1 28 £600 -0.83% 14
North of England +23 27 £550 +13.17% 16
North West +17 20 £550 +13.17% 9
Scotland +52 15 £500 +16.28% 9
Yorkshire +22 5 £563 +11.11% 7
Midlands +23 2 £738 +11.32% 13
West Midlands +10 2 £738 +11.32% 10
North East - 2 £525 -
Wales - 2 £781 - 1
East of England +8 1 £400 +84.76% 7

CISM
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 15 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.88%) Azure
2 38 (13.72%) AWS
3 11 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
3 11 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.25%) GCP
5 8 (2.89%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.89%) SaaS
6 7 (2.53%) IaaS
6 7 (2.53%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.81%) PaaS
8 3 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.72%) GitHub
9 2 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.36%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.36%) Serverless
10 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 52 (18.77%) Network Security
2 25 (9.03%) Firewall
3 8 (2.89%) DNS
3 8 (2.89%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (2.53%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (1.44%) DHCP
5 4 (1.44%) Internet
5 4 (1.44%) SAN
5 4 (1.44%) VLAN
5 4 (1.44%) VPN
6 3 (1.08%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.72%) Broadband
7 2 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.72%) SNMP
7 2 (0.72%) SSL
8 1 (0.36%) DMZ
8 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.36%) Modbus
8 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.53%) Power BI
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 78 (28.16%) Finance
2 63 (22.74%) Social Skills
3 49 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.30%) Banking
5 19 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.05%) Financial Institution
7 14 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.25%) Legal
10 8 (2.89%) Military
11 7 (2.53%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.17%) French Language
13 5 (1.81%) Front Office
14 4 (1.44%) German Language
14 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.08%) Police
15 3 (1.08%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 67 (24.19%) Architect
2 56 (20.22%) Analyst
2 56 (20.22%) Security Architect
3 35 (12.64%) Consultant
4 30 (10.83%) Lead
4 30 (10.83%) Security Analyst
4 30 (10.83%) Security Manager
5 29 (10.47%) Project Manager
5 29 (10.47%) Security Consultant
6 22 (7.94%) Security Project Manager
7 20 (7.22%) Security Engineer
8 18 (6.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 11 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 10 (3.61%) CISSP Manager
10 10 (3.61%) Information Security Consultant
10 10 (3.61%) Information Security Officer
10 10 (3.61%) Lead Architect
10 10 (3.61%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
10 10 (3.61%) Risk Analyst
10 10 (3.61%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.81%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.44%) Web Services
3 3 (1.08%) .NET
3 3 (1.08%) SAML
4 2 (0.72%) LDAP
4 2 (0.72%) OAuth
4 2 (0.72%) OpenID
4 2 (0.72%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.72%) SPML
5 1 (0.36%) CSS
5 1 (0.36%) HTML
5 1 (0.36%) JSP
5 1 (0.36%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.36%) REST
5 1 (0.36%) SOAP
5 1 (0.36%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.97%) Management Information System
2 27 (9.75%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.42%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (3.61%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (3.25%) PKI
7 8 (2.89%) CESG
7 8 (2.89%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.53%) PMI
9 6 (2.17%) IoT
9 6 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.81%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.44%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.44%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.08%) Industry 4.0
13 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.97%) Windows
2 4 (1.44%) Linux
3 3 (1.08%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (62.45%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (49.46%) Information Security
3 79 (28.52%) Risk Management
4 59 (21.30%) Security Architecture
5 52 (18.77%) Cloud Security
5 52 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (12.27%) Decision-Making
6 34 (12.27%) Security Operations
7 33 (11.91%) Security Management
8 32 (11.55%) Agile
9 31 (11.19%) Project Management
9 31 (11.19%) TOGAF
10 30 (10.83%) SIEM
11 29 (10.47%) Incident Response
11 29 (10.47%) Information Security Management
11 29 (10.47%) Risk Assessment
12 26 (9.39%) SABSA
13 24 (8.66%) Identity Access Management
14 23 (8.30%) Computer Science
15 22 (7.94%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.44%) Python
3 4 (1.44%) SQL
4 3 (1.08%) Bash
5 2 (0.72%) Java
6 1 (0.36%) ABAP
6 1 (0.36%) C++
6 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 262 (94.58%) CISSP
2 113 (40.79%) CISA
3 69 (24.91%) Security Cleared
4 50 (18.05%) Degree
5 47 (16.97%) SC Cleared
6 46 (16.61%) CRISC
7 38 (13.72%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (11.19%) CEH
9 28 (10.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (8.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 22 (7.94%) DV Cleared
12 19 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (5.78%) Master's Degree
14 15 (5.42%) CISMP
15 13 (4.69%) CCNP
15 13 (4.69%) SANS
16 12 (4.33%) CREST Certified
17 10 (3.61%) CCSP
17 10 (3.61%) PMI Certification
18 9 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (38.27%) NIST
2 92 (33.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (9.03%) GDPR
4 24 (8.66%) COBIT
5 23 (8.30%) NIST 800
5 23 (8.30%) PCI DSS
6 20 (7.22%) NCSC
7 19 (6.86%) GRC
8 12 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.25%) HIPAA
10 8 (2.89%) QA
11 7 (2.53%) ISO 31000
12 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (1.44%) ISO 22301
12 4 (1.44%) JSP 440
12 4 (1.44%) RMADS
13 3 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.97%) Nessus
2 4 (1.44%) QRadar
3 2 (0.72%) CASB
3 2 (0.72%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (0.72%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.36%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.36%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.36%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 48 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.14%) Cisco
3 10 (3.61%) Qualys
4 8 (2.89%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.53%) Juniper
6 6 (2.17%) ScienceLogic
7 5 (1.81%) AlienVault
7 5 (1.81%) ArcSight
7 5 (1.81%) Splunk
8 3 (1.08%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.08%) Google
8 3 (1.08%) Okta
8 3 (1.08%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.08%) Symantec
9 2 (0.72%) CA
9 2 (0.72%) Cadence
9 2 (0.72%) LogRhythm
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle
9 2 (0.72%) SAP
9 2 (0.72%) VMware