ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 421 390 572
Rank change year-on-year -31 +182 -136
Permanent jobs citing CISM 632 772 941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.82% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.26% 2.41% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 500 595 615
10th Percentile £47,450 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,444 £55,000 £57,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISM.

Salary trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CISM in the UK

CISM
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -7 552 £70,000 -3.45% 141
UK excluding London -42 347 £65,000 - 70
London +65 248 £80,000 -3.03% 70
Work from Home -83 228 £73,750 +5.36% 70
North of England +32 105 £60,000 +1.69% 17
North West +29 87 £52,084 -2.93% 11
South West -4 81 £68,500 -5.52% 13
Midlands -30 52 £71,250 +1.79% 14
Scotland -49 44 £60,000 -3.81% 6
South East -53 38 £65,000 +8.33% 15
West Midlands -45 35 £75,000 +5.26% 7
East of England +6 21 £50,000 -28.57% 5
East Midlands -5 16 £66,500 +2.31% 7
Yorkshire +24 11 £79,842 +22.83% 6
North East -6 7 £79,842 -15.96%
Isle of Man -15 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Wales -6 1 £85,000 +103.19%
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

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 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 161 (25.47%) Azure
2 128 (20.25%) AWS
3 43 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.91%) GCP
5 24 (3.80%) SaaS
6 21 (3.32%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.42%) IaaS
8 9 (1.42%) PaaS
9 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (0.95%) Azure Service Fabric
11 4 (0.63%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.47%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.32%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.16%) Dropbox
14 1 (0.16%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 113 (17.88%) Firewall
2 48 (7.59%) Network Security
3 35 (5.54%) WAN
4 33 (5.22%) SD-WAN
5 23 (3.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 22 (3.48%) DNS
7 20 (3.16%) VPN
8 19 (3.01%) TCP/IP
9 18 (2.85%) LAN
10 12 (1.90%) Cisco IPT
10 12 (1.90%) VoIP
11 5 (0.79%) 5G
11 5 (0.79%) Internet
11 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.63%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (0.47%) X.509
14 1 (0.16%) HTTP
14 1 (0.16%) SAN
14 1 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.32%) Power BI
2 6 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.63%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.32%) Big Data
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (2.69%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 184 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 161 (25.47%) Finance
3 55 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.59%) Law
5 44 (6.96%) Military
6 41 (6.49%) Legal
7 40 (6.33%) Public Sector
8 33 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (4.43%) Telecoms
10 27 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.69%) Banking
12 16 (2.53%) Marketing
13 14 (2.22%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.74%) Retail
15 9 (1.42%) Automotive
16 8 (1.27%) Back Office
17 7 (1.11%) Aerospace
17 7 (1.11%) Electronics
18 6 (0.95%) Advertising
19 5 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 113 (17.88%) Architect
2 108 (17.09%) Analyst
3 94 (14.87%) Security Architect
4 88 (13.92%) Lead
5 85 (13.45%) Security Manager
6 83 (13.13%) Consultant
7 78 (12.34%) Senior
8 74 (11.71%) Security Consultant
9 72 (11.39%) Security Analyst
10 50 (7.91%) Information Manager
10 50 (7.91%) Information Security Manager
11 39 (6.17%) Lead Architect
12 37 (5.85%) Security Engineer
13 35 (5.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 29 (4.59%) Vulnerability Manager
15 28 (4.43%) Security Officer
15 28 (4.43%) Senior Architect
16 27 (4.27%) Lead Security Architect
17 25 (3.96%) Information Analyst
17 25 (3.96%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.58%) OAuth
1 10 (1.58%) SAML
2 9 (1.42%) ModSecurity
3 8 (1.27%) REST
3 8 (1.27%) Web Services
4 6 (0.95%) SOAP
4 6 (0.95%) web3js
5 4 (0.63%) Kafka
6 3 (0.47%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.32%) EDI
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 199 (31.49%) Management Information System
2 68 (10.76%) Security Posture
3 47 (7.44%) Cyber Threat
4 38 (6.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 33 (5.22%) Operational Technology
6 28 (4.43%) PKI
7 27 (4.27%) Cyberattack
8 26 (4.11%) Data Centre
9 19 (3.01%) Security Operations Centre
10 18 (2.85%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (2.37%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.90%) Cyber Security Posture
14 10 (1.58%) iPhone
15 7 (1.11%) Blockchain
15 7 (1.11%) Cloud Native
15 7 (1.11%) IoT
15 7 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 6 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 6 (0.95%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.59%) Windows
2 25 (3.96%) Linux
3 18 (2.85%) Unix
4 14 (2.22%) Mac OS X
5 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.63%) CentOS
6 4 (0.63%) Solaris
6 4 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (65.35%) Information Security
2 410 (64.87%) Cybersecurity
3 207 (32.75%) Risk Management
4 160 (25.32%) Incident Response
5 130 (20.57%) Security Architecture
6 107 (16.93%) Computer Science
7 98 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (14.72%) Vulnerability Management
9 90 (14.24%) Incident Management
10 80 (12.66%) Application Security
11 78 (12.34%) Security Operations
12 74 (11.71%) Data Protection
13 69 (10.92%) Roadmaps
14 68 (10.76%) Cloud Security
15 67 (10.60%) OWASP
15 67 (10.60%) SIEM
16 64 (10.13%) Security Management
17 58 (9.18%) Penetration Testing
18 57 (9.02%) Threat Modelling
19 51 (8.07%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (5.22%) Python
2 12 (1.90%) SQL
3 9 (1.42%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.79%) C
4 5 (0.79%) Java
4 5 (0.79%) R
4 5 (0.79%) Scala
5 3 (0.47%) Bash
6 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 596 (94.30%) CISSP
2 210 (33.23%) CISA
3 209 (33.07%) Degree
4 170 (26.90%) CRISC
5 129 (20.41%) Security Cleared
6 115 (18.20%) SC Cleared
7 76 (12.03%) Cisco Certification
8 65 (10.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 62 (9.81%) AWS Certification
10 56 (8.86%) Azure Certification
10 56 (8.86%) CCSP
11 55 (8.70%) CEH
11 55 (8.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 52 (8.23%) CESG Certified Professional
13 50 (7.91%) GIAC
14 46 (7.28%) Computer Science Degree
15 45 (7.12%) Master's Degree
16 36 (5.70%) CCSK
17 33 (5.22%) CompTIA Security+
18 25 (3.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (40.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 221 (34.97%) NIST
3 86 (13.61%) GDPR
4 75 (11.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 73 (11.55%) GRC
6 60 (9.49%) PCI DSS
7 52 (8.23%) NCSC
8 48 (7.59%) COBIT
9 44 (6.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (2.69%) NIST 800
11 13 (2.06%) HIPAA
11 13 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (1.74%) QA
13 10 (1.58%) JSP 440
13 10 (1.58%) RMADS
14 9 (1.42%) ISO 22301
15 8 (1.27%) IASME
16 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 7 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.95%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 33 (5.22%) Docker
2 25 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.70%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (2.69%) Ansible
4 14 (2.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 9 (1.42%) CASB
6 8 (1.27%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 79 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.64%) Dell
3 16 (2.53%) Alibaba
4 14 (2.22%) Qualys
5 12 (1.90%) Citrix
5 12 (1.90%) Google
6 10 (1.58%) Cisco
7 8 (1.27%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.27%) Splunk
8 6 (0.95%) Oracle
8 6 (0.95%) SAP
9 5 (0.79%) Meraki
9 5 (0.79%) VMware
10 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.47%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.32%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.32%) Rapid7
12 2 (0.32%) Sophos
13 1 (0.16%) CyberArk