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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 405 400 554
Rank change year-on-year -5 +154 -112
Permanent jobs citing CISM 631 830 907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.82% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.30% 2.52% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 508 623 622
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,444 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,999 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,563 £85,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.39% -0.38% +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 27,489 32,962 42,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,297 14,888 18,855
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,276 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.55% +0.50%

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 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CISM in the UK

CISM
Top 19 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 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +8 549 £72,500 - 104
UK excluding London -41 349 £65,000 +0.39% 52
London +58 243 £80,000 +0.31% 51
Work from Home -73 237 £72,500 +3.57% 49
North of England +45 103 £60,000 +1.69% 10
North West +36 86 £52,084 +5.22% 6
South West +8 80 £68,500 -5.52% 9
Midlands -42 55 £70,000 -4.11% 10
Scotland -45 44 £57,500 -11.20% 6
South East -41 37 £65,000 +8.33% 9
West Midlands -43 36 £75,000 +2.74% 6
East of England +28 24 £50,000 -28.57% 6
East Midlands 0 18 £65,750 +1.15% 4
Yorkshire +48 9 £79,842 +33.07% 4
North East -3 8 £79,842 -15.96%
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Northern Ireland +16 1 £57,500 +61.40% 1
Wales -13 1 £85,000 +103.19% 2
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 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 157 (24.88%) Azure
2 120 (19.02%) AWS
3 45 (7.13%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.91%) GCP
5 27 (4.28%) SaaS
6 16 (2.54%) Power Platform
7 12 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (1.90%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.90%) IaaS
7 12 (1.90%) PaaS
8 10 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (0.95%) Azure Service Fabric
10 4 (0.63%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.32%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.32%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.16%) Dropbox
12 1 (0.16%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 100 (15.85%) Firewall
2 44 (6.97%) Network Security
3 35 (5.55%) WAN
4 33 (5.23%) SD-WAN
5 21 (3.33%) DNS
6 20 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 20 (3.17%) VPN
7 19 (3.01%) LAN
8 14 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (1.74%) Cisco IPT
10 7 (1.11%) VoIP
11 6 (0.95%) 5G
12 5 (0.79%) Internet
12 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.63%) NetScaler
14 3 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
14 3 (0.48%) X.509
15 2 (0.32%) Wireless
16 1 (0.16%) Broadband
16 1 (0.16%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.54%) Power BI
2 6 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.63%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.48%) Big Data
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (2.54%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.32%) JIRA
3 1 (0.16%) AppScan
3 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.16%) Metasploit
General
1 186 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 162 (25.67%) Finance
3 52 (8.24%) Legal
4 51 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.13%) Law
6 44 (6.97%) Military
7 40 (6.34%) Public Sector
8 29 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (4.60%) Telecoms
9 28 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.69%) Banking
11 16 (2.54%) Marketing
12 13 (2.06%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.74%) Back Office
13 11 (1.74%) Retail
14 9 (1.43%) Automotive
15 7 (1.11%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.11%) Electronics
16 5 (0.79%) Advertising
16 5 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 116 (18.38%) Architect
2 96 (15.21%) Analyst
3 94 (14.90%) Security Architect
4 87 (13.79%) Security Manager
5 86 (13.63%) Consultant
6 84 (13.31%) Lead
7 77 (12.20%) Security Consultant
8 72 (11.41%) Senior
9 64 (10.14%) Security Analyst
10 51 (8.08%) Information Manager
10 51 (8.08%) Information Security Manager
11 39 (6.18%) Lead Architect
12 36 (5.71%) Security Engineer
13 34 (5.39%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 29 (4.60%) Vulnerability Manager
15 27 (4.28%) Lead Security Architect
15 27 (4.28%) Senior Architect
16 25 (3.96%) Enterprise Architect
16 25 (3.96%) Information Analyst
16 25 (3.96%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.58%) OAuth
1 10 (1.58%) SAML
2 9 (1.43%) ModSecurity
3 8 (1.27%) REST
3 8 (1.27%) Web Services
4 7 (1.11%) web3js
5 6 (0.95%) SOAP
6 4 (0.63%) Kafka
7 3 (0.48%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.32%) EDI
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 205 (32.49%) Management Information System
2 63 (9.98%) Security Posture
3 46 (7.29%) Cyber Threat
4 37 (5.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 31 (4.91%) Operational Technology
6 30 (4.75%) PKI
7 27 (4.28%) Data Centre
8 26 (4.12%) Cyberattack
9 23 (3.65%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (2.38%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.90%) iPhone
13 11 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
14 10 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.27%) Blockchain
16 7 (1.11%) Cloud Native
16 7 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
16 7 (1.11%) IoT
16 7 (1.11%) Web3
17 6 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.92%) Windows
2 24 (3.80%) Linux
3 19 (3.01%) Unix
4 14 (2.22%) Mac OS X
5 9 (1.43%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.63%) CentOS
6 4 (0.63%) Solaris
6 4 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.63%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (65.61%) Cybersecurity
2 400 (63.39%) Information Security
3 217 (34.39%) Risk Management
4 147 (23.30%) Incident Response
5 131 (20.76%) Security Architecture
6 104 (16.48%) Computer Science
7 88 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (13.95%) Vulnerability Management
8 83 (13.15%) Incident Management
9 82 (13.00%) Application Security
10 79 (12.52%) Data Protection
11 73 (11.57%) Roadmaps
12 72 (11.41%) Cloud Security
13 69 (10.94%) Security Operations
14 65 (10.30%) Security Management
15 62 (9.83%) OWASP
15 62 (9.83%) Penetration Testing
16 56 (8.87%) Threat Modelling
17 53 (8.40%) SIEM
18 52 (8.24%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.44%) Python
2 12 (1.90%) SQL
3 8 (1.27%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.79%) C
4 5 (0.79%) Java
4 5 (0.79%) R
4 5 (0.79%) Scala
5 3 (0.48%) Bash
6 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 596 (94.45%) CISSP
2 212 (33.60%) Degree
3 198 (31.38%) CISA
4 179 (28.37%) CRISC
5 133 (21.08%) Security Cleared
6 118 (18.70%) SC Cleared
7 77 (12.20%) Cisco Certification
8 66 (10.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 63 (9.98%) AWS Certification
10 59 (9.35%) Azure Certification
11 58 (9.19%) CCSP
11 58 (9.19%) CEH
12 55 (8.72%) CESG Certified Professional
13 53 (8.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 48 (7.61%) GIAC
15 47 (7.45%) Computer Science Degree
16 46 (7.29%) Master's Degree
17 40 (6.34%) CompTIA Security+
18 36 (5.71%) CCSK
19 26 (4.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (39.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 215 (34.07%) NIST
3 79 (12.52%) GDPR
4 73 (11.57%) GRC
5 70 (11.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 59 (9.35%) PCI DSS
7 51 (8.08%) NCSC
8 50 (7.92%) COBIT
9 41 (6.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (2.69%) NIST 800
11 13 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (1.74%) HIPAA
12 11 (1.74%) JSP 440
12 11 (1.74%) RMADS
13 10 (1.58%) QA
14 9 (1.43%) Data Quality
15 8 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (1.27%) ISO 22301
16 7 (1.11%) IASME
16 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 33 (5.23%) Docker
2 28 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (6.66%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (2.54%) Ansible
4 14 (2.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 9 (1.43%) Nessus
6 8 (1.27%) CASB
7 1 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 73 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.65%) Dell
3 16 (2.54%) Alibaba
4 14 (2.22%) Qualys
4 14 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.90%) Citrix
5 12 (1.90%) Google
6 11 (1.74%) Cisco
7 10 (1.58%) Oracle
8 9 (1.43%) SAP
9 5 (0.79%) Meraki
9 5 (0.79%) VMware
10 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.63%) Splunk
11 2 (0.32%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.32%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.32%) Sophos
11 2 (0.32%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.16%) Trustwave