CISM Contracts

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CISM 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 343 343 446
Rank change year-on-year 0 +103 -24
Contract jobs citing CISM 249 404 459
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.73% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.91% 2.69% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 296 339
10th Percentile £425 £453 £455
25th Percentile £513 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £588
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% +6.82%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £688
90th Percentile £823 £835 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 8
10th Percentile - £59.73 £49.03
25th Percentile - £68.76 £65.25
Median hourly rate - £72.84 £72.42
Median % change year-on-year - +0.57% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £74.59 £82.00
90th Percentile - £79.06 £89.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.98 £72.42
% change year-on-year - +0.77% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISM 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%

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 12 June 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 16 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 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 0 216 £650 - 130
London +25 131 £700 +3.70% 56
UK excluding London -3 88 £550 - 73
Work from Home -3 84 £600 -4.00% 71
South West +14 26 £500 -23.08% 12
North of England +15 24 £525 +8.02% 15
South East -11 22 £600 +0.79% 18
North West +10 19 £525 +8.02% 10
Scotland +47 8 £488 +13.37% 6
Midlands +6 5 £700 +21.74% 17
East Midlands - 4 £500 - 6
Yorkshire +15 3 £525 -16.00% 5
Wales +22 2 £781 +56.25%
North East - 2 £525 -
West Midlands +3 1 £900 +56.52% 11
East of England +1 1 £400 +84.76% 6

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 7 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) IBM Notes
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (18.47%) AWS
2 44 (17.67%) Azure
3 12 (4.82%) GCP
3 12 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (3.21%) SaaS
6 7 (2.81%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.41%) IaaS
8 5 (2.01%) PaaS
9 4 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.80%) GitHub
10 2 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.80%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.40%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.40%) Serverless
11 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 50 (20.08%) Network Security
2 24 (9.64%) Firewall
3 8 (3.21%) DNS
3 8 (3.21%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.41%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.41%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (1.61%) DHCP
5 4 (1.61%) VLAN
5 4 (1.61%) VPN
6 3 (1.20%) Cisco IPT
6 3 (1.20%) SAN
7 2 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.80%) Internet
7 2 (0.80%) SNMP
7 2 (0.80%) SSL
8 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.40%) Modbus
8 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (0.40%) Power BI
1 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 79 (31.73%) Finance
2 56 (22.49%) Social Skills
3 41 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.84%) Banking
5 15 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (4.82%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.82%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.42%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Front Office
9 7 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.81%) Military
10 6 (2.41%) Legal
11 4 (1.61%) Retail
11 4 (1.61%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.20%) French Language
12 3 (1.20%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.80%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.80%) International Banking
13 2 (0.80%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 62 (24.90%) Architect
2 51 (20.48%) Security Architect
3 41 (16.47%) Analyst
4 33 (13.25%) Security Manager
5 30 (12.05%) Consultant
6 29 (11.65%) Project Manager
7 24 (9.64%) Security Analyst
8 23 (9.24%) Lead
8 23 (9.24%) Security Consultant
9 22 (8.84%) Security Project Manager
10 20 (8.03%) Security Engineer
11 15 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 14 (5.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 11 (4.42%) Information Security Consultant
13 11 (4.42%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
14 10 (4.02%) SOC Manager
15 9 (3.61%) CISSP Manager
15 9 (3.61%) IT Analyst
15 9 (3.61%) Lead Architect
15 9 (3.61%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.01%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.61%) Web Services
3 3 (1.20%) .NET
3 3 (1.20%) SAML
4 2 (0.80%) LDAP
4 2 (0.80%) OAuth
4 2 (0.80%) OpenID
4 2 (0.80%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.80%) SPML
5 1 (0.40%) CSS
5 1 (0.40%) HTML
5 1 (0.40%) JSP
5 1 (0.40%) REST
5 1 (0.40%) SOAP
5 1 (0.40%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 44 (17.67%) Management Information System
2 28 (11.24%) Security Posture
3 16 (6.43%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.82%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.02%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (3.61%) PKI
7 8 (3.21%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.81%) CESG
8 7 (2.81%) PMI
9 5 (2.01%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.61%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.61%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.61%) IoT
10 4 (1.61%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.20%) Industry 4.0
11 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.61%) Windows
2 6 (2.41%) Linux
3 4 (1.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (60.24%) Cybersecurity
2 127 (51.00%) Information Security
3 66 (26.51%) Risk Management
4 51 (20.48%) Security Architecture
5 49 (19.68%) Cloud Security
6 40 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (12.85%) Agile
7 32 (12.85%) Project Management
7 32 (12.85%) SIEM
8 30 (12.05%) Security Operations
9 29 (11.65%) TOGAF
10 27 (10.84%) Security Management
11 26 (10.44%) Application Security
11 26 (10.44%) Decision-Making
12 25 (10.04%) Risk Assessment
13 24 (9.64%) Information Security Management
13 24 (9.64%) SABSA
13 24 (9.64%) Threat Modelling
14 22 (8.84%) Coaching
14 22 (8.84%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.81%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (2.41%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.41%) Python
3 4 (1.61%) SQL
4 3 (1.20%) Bash
5 1 (0.40%) ABAP
5 1 (0.40%) Java
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 233 (93.57%) CISSP
2 98 (39.36%) CISA
3 64 (25.70%) Security Cleared
4 45 (18.07%) SC Cleared
5 41 (16.47%) Degree
6 33 (13.25%) CEH
6 33 (13.25%) CRISC
7 31 (12.45%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (10.84%) CompTIA Security+
9 20 (8.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (7.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 18 (7.23%) DV Cleared
12 16 (6.43%) Master's Degree
13 12 (4.82%) SANS
14 11 (4.42%) CREST Certified
15 10 (4.02%) CCNP
15 10 (4.02%) CISMP
16 9 (3.61%) CCSK
16 9 (3.61%) PMI Certification
17 8 (3.21%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (39.76%) NIST
2 76 (30.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (10.84%) GDPR
4 26 (10.44%) PCI DSS
5 24 (9.64%) NIST 800
6 15 (6.02%) NCSC
7 14 (5.62%) COBIT
8 12 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (4.02%) QA
10 8 (3.21%) GRC
10 8 (3.21%) HIPAA
11 5 (2.01%) ISO 31000
12 3 (1.20%) RMADS
12 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.80%) COSO
13 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.80%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.80%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.40%) ISA99
System Software
1 7 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.80%) Snort
2 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.61%) Nessus
2 4 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.61%) QRadar
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.80%) CASB
4 2 (0.80%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.80%) logstash
4 2 (0.80%) Terraform
5 1 (0.40%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.40%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.40%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 40 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.62%) Cisco
3 7 (2.81%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.41%) Juniper
5 5 (2.01%) ScienceLogic
6 4 (1.61%) Google
6 4 (1.61%) Splunk
7 3 (1.20%) AlienVault
7 3 (1.20%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.20%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.20%) SAP
7 3 (1.20%) Symantec
8 2 (0.80%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (0.80%) CA
8 2 (0.80%) Carbon Black
8 2 (0.80%) ForeScout
8 2 (0.80%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.80%) Okta
8 2 (0.80%) Oracle