CISM Contracts

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 329 444
Rank change year-on-year -8 +115 -14
Contract jobs citing CISM 252 408 476
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.73% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.96% 2.67% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 299 349
10th Percentile £425 £461 £456
25th Percentile £513 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £688
90th Percentile £823 £835 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £553 £625
% change year-on-year -1.45% -11.52% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 8
10th Percentile - £59.73 £49.03
25th Percentile - £71.20 £65.25
Median hourly rate - £72.98 £72.42
Median % change year-on-year - +0.77% +14.05%
75th Percentile - £74.00 £82.00
90th Percentile - £78.58 £89.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.98 £72.42
% change year-on-year - +0.77% +14.05%

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 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

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 1 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 1 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 -1 217 £625 -3.85% 141
London +36 132 £700 +7.69% 70
Work from Home +3 87 £588 -9.62% 71
UK excluding London +1 86 £545 -1.45% 70
South West +18 27 £500 -23.08% 13
North of England +21 24 £525 +8.02% 17
South East -21 22 £600 - 15
North West +16 19 £525 +8.02% 11
Scotland +35 8 £488 +13.37% 6
Yorkshire +19 3 £525 -16.00% 6
Midlands +10 2 £700 +24.44% 14
North East - 2 £525 -
Wales - 2 £781 -
East of England +1 1 £400 +84.76% 5
West Midlands 0 1 £900 +60.00% 7
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 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 7 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) IBM Notes
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (17.86%) Azure
2 43 (17.06%) AWS
3 13 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.76%) GCP
5 9 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (3.17%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.17%) SaaS
7 6 (2.38%) IaaS
8 5 (1.98%) PaaS
9 4 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.79%) GitHub
10 2 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.79%) 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 51 (20.24%) Network Security
2 23 (9.13%) Firewall
3 8 (3.17%) DNS
3 8 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (1.59%) DHCP
5 4 (1.59%) VLAN
5 4 (1.59%) VPN
6 3 (1.19%) Cisco IPT
6 3 (1.19%) SAN
7 2 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.79%) Internet
7 2 (0.79%) SNMP
7 2 (0.79%) 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 (1.19%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 75 (29.76%) Finance
2 54 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 43 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.73%) Banking
5 16 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.37%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.78%) Front Office
10 7 (2.78%) Military
11 5 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.98%) Legal
11 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.19%) French Language
12 3 (1.19%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.79%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.79%) International Banking
13 2 (0.79%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (26.19%) Architect
2 55 (21.83%) Security Architect
3 44 (17.46%) Analyst
4 31 (12.30%) Security Manager
5 30 (11.90%) Consultant
6 28 (11.11%) Project Manager
7 25 (9.92%) Security Analyst
8 24 (9.52%) Lead
9 23 (9.13%) Security Consultant
10 21 (8.33%) Security Project Manager
11 18 (7.14%) Security Engineer
12 16 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 12 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 11 (4.37%) Information Security Consultant
15 10 (3.97%) Lead Architect
15 10 (3.97%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
15 10 (3.97%) Risk Analyst
15 10 (3.97%) SOC Manager
16 9 (3.57%) CISSP Manager
16 9 (3.57%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.98%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.59%) Web Services
3 3 (1.19%) .NET
3 3 (1.19%) SAML
4 2 (0.79%) LDAP
4 2 (0.79%) OAuth
4 2 (0.79%) OpenID
4 2 (0.79%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.79%) 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 42 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 29 (11.51%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (5.16%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (4.76%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.97%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.17%) CESG
7 8 (3.17%) Operational Technology
7 8 (3.17%) PKI
8 7 (2.78%) PMI
9 5 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.59%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.59%) IoT
10 4 (1.59%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.19%) Industry 4.0
11 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.79%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.97%) Windows
2 4 (1.59%) Linux
2 4 (1.59%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.40%) Unix
3 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
2 127 (50.40%) Information Security
3 66 (26.19%) Risk Management
4 54 (21.43%) Security Architecture
5 47 (18.65%) Cloud Security
6 44 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (13.10%) Agile
8 31 (12.30%) Project Management
8 31 (12.30%) Security Operations
9 30 (11.90%) SIEM
9 30 (11.90%) TOGAF
10 28 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
11 27 (10.71%) Decision-Making
11 27 (10.71%) Security Management
12 26 (10.32%) Application Security
13 25 (9.92%) SABSA
13 25 (9.92%) Threat Modelling
14 24 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
15 22 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (8.73%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.98%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.59%) Python
3 4 (1.59%) SQL
4 3 (1.19%) Bash
5 1 (0.40%) ABAP
5 1 (0.40%) Java
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 238 (94.44%) CISSP
2 101 (40.08%) CISA
3 66 (26.19%) Security Cleared
4 47 (18.65%) SC Cleared
5 44 (17.46%) Degree
6 35 (13.89%) CRISC
7 33 (13.10%) CEH
8 31 (12.30%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
10 20 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (7.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 18 (7.14%) DV Cleared
13 16 (6.35%) Master's Degree
14 12 (4.76%) SANS
15 11 (4.37%) CISMP
15 11 (4.37%) CREST Certified
16 10 (3.97%) CCNP
16 10 (3.97%) CCSK
17 9 (3.57%) PMI Certification
17 9 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (40.08%) NIST
2 78 (30.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (11.11%) GDPR
4 25 (9.92%) PCI DSS
5 23 (9.13%) NIST 800
6 17 (6.75%) NCSC
7 16 (6.35%) COBIT
8 12 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (3.97%) QA
10 9 (3.57%) GRC
10 9 (3.57%) HIPAA
11 7 (2.78%) ISO 31000
12 4 (1.59%) RMADS
13 3 (1.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (1.19%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.19%) JSP 440
13 3 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.79%) COSO
14 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.57%) Nessus
2 4 (1.59%) QRadar
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.79%) CASB
4 2 (0.79%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
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%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 45 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.56%) Cisco
3 7 (2.78%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.38%) Juniper
5 5 (1.98%) ScienceLogic
6 4 (1.59%) AlienVault
6 4 (1.59%) ArcSight
6 4 (1.59%) Google
7 3 (1.19%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.19%) Okta
7 3 (1.19%) SAP
7 3 (1.19%) Splunk
7 3 (1.19%) Symantec
8 2 (0.79%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (0.79%) CA
8 2 (0.79%) Cadence
8 2 (0.79%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.79%) Oracle
8 2 (0.79%) Qualys
8 2 (0.79%) Rapid7