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

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 410 399 587
Rank change year-on-year -11 +188 -158
Permanent jobs citing CISM 636 762 940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.82% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.26% 2.40% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 495 586 615
10th Percentile £47,200 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% +2.14% +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 - - +11.12%

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 28,090 31,716 46,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.39% 33.96% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,218 14,326 19,252
10th Percentile £28,664 £32,000 £30,861
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,844 £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 5 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 5 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 -3 556 £70,000 -3.45% 109
UK excluding London -41 350 £65,000 - 64
London +57 251 £80,000 -3.03% 45
Work from Home -80 230 £72,500 +3.57% 63
North of England +17 106 £60,000 +1.69% 16
North West +30 87 £52,084 -2.93% 9
South West -15 80 £68,500 -5.52% 11
Midlands -29 54 £71,250 +1.79% 14
Scotland -54 44 £60,000 -3.81% 6
South East -47 40 £65,000 +8.33% 13
West Midlands -45 37 £75,000 +3.45% 7
East of England -11 20 £50,000 -28.57% 4
East Midlands -9 16 £66,500 +4.31% 7
Yorkshire +27 12 £79,842 +22.83% 7
North East -11 7 £79,842 -15.96%
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Wales -11 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 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 160 (25.16%) Azure
2 131 (20.60%) AWS
3 43 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.87%) GCP
5 24 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 24 (3.77%) SaaS
6 13 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.42%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.42%) IaaS
7 9 (1.42%) PaaS
8 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (0.94%) Azure Service Fabric
10 4 (0.63%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.47%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.31%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.16%) Dropbox
13 1 (0.16%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 116 (18.24%) Firewall
2 47 (7.39%) Network Security
3 35 (5.50%) WAN
4 33 (5.19%) SD-WAN
5 27 (4.25%) Intrusion Detection
6 22 (3.46%) DNS
7 20 (3.14%) VPN
8 19 (2.99%) TCP/IP
9 18 (2.83%) LAN
10 15 (2.36%) VoIP
11 12 (1.89%) Cisco IPT
12 5 (0.79%) 5G
12 5 (0.79%) Internet
12 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.63%) NetScaler
14 3 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
14 3 (0.47%) X.509
15 1 (0.16%) SAN
15 1 (0.16%) SMTP
15 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.77%) Power BI
2 6 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.63%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.31%) Big Data
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (2.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 185 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 166 (26.10%) Finance
3 57 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (7.86%) Law
5 44 (6.92%) Military
6 42 (6.60%) Legal
7 40 (6.29%) Public Sector
8 34 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (4.40%) Telecoms
10 27 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.67%) Banking
12 16 (2.52%) Marketing
13 14 (2.20%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.73%) Retail
15 9 (1.42%) Automotive
16 8 (1.26%) Back Office
17 7 (1.10%) Electronics
18 6 (0.94%) Advertising
18 6 (0.94%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 113 (17.77%) Architect
2 111 (17.45%) Analyst
3 94 (14.78%) Security Architect
4 90 (14.15%) Security Manager
5 89 (13.99%) Lead
6 81 (12.74%) Consultant
7 78 (12.26%) Senior
8 74 (11.64%) Security Analyst
9 72 (11.32%) Security Consultant
10 54 (8.49%) Information Manager
10 54 (8.49%) Information Security Manager
11 39 (6.13%) Lead Architect
12 36 (5.66%) Security Engineer
13 35 (5.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 29 (4.56%) Security Officer
14 29 (4.56%) Vulnerability Manager
15 28 (4.40%) Senior Architect
16 27 (4.25%) Lead Security Architect
17 26 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
18 25 (3.93%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.57%) OAuth
1 10 (1.57%) SAML
2 9 (1.42%) ModSecurity
3 8 (1.26%) REST
3 8 (1.26%) Web Services
4 6 (0.94%) SOAP
5 4 (0.63%) Kafka
5 4 (0.63%) web3js
6 3 (0.47%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.31%) EDI
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 198 (31.13%) Management Information System
2 68 (10.69%) Security Posture
3 48 (7.55%) Cyber Threat
4 38 (5.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 33 (5.19%) Operational Technology
6 27 (4.25%) Cyberattack
7 26 (4.09%) Data Centre
7 26 (4.09%) PKI
8 24 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
9 18 (2.83%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (2.36%) Public Cloud
12 13 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
13 10 (1.57%) iPhone
14 9 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
15 7 (1.10%) Cloud Native
15 7 (1.10%) IoT
15 7 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
16 6 (0.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 6 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.70%) Windows
2 26 (4.09%) Linux
3 18 (2.83%) Unix
4 14 (2.20%) Mac OS X
5 6 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.63%) CentOS
6 4 (0.63%) Solaris
6 4 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (65.72%) Information Security
2 406 (63.84%) Cybersecurity
3 207 (32.55%) Risk Management
4 164 (25.79%) Incident Response
5 131 (20.60%) Security Architecture
6 108 (16.98%) Computer Science
7 100 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (14.78%) Incident Management
8 94 (14.78%) Vulnerability Management
9 83 (13.05%) Security Operations
10 78 (12.26%) Application Security
11 73 (11.48%) SIEM
12 72 (11.32%) Data Protection
13 70 (11.01%) OWASP
14 68 (10.69%) Cloud Security
15 67 (10.53%) Roadmaps
16 65 (10.22%) Security Management
17 60 (9.43%) Penetration Testing
18 57 (8.96%) Threat Modelling
19 51 (8.02%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (5.35%) Python
2 12 (1.89%) SQL
3 10 (1.57%) 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 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 599 (94.18%) CISSP
2 214 (33.65%) CISA
3 210 (33.02%) Degree
4 168 (26.42%) CRISC
5 128 (20.13%) Security Cleared
6 114 (17.92%) SC Cleared
7 76 (11.95%) Cisco Certification
8 65 (10.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 62 (9.75%) AWS Certification
10 56 (8.81%) Azure Certification
10 56 (8.81%) CCSP
11 53 (8.33%) CEH
12 51 (8.02%) CESG Certified Professional
12 51 (8.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 50 (7.86%) GIAC
14 47 (7.39%) Computer Science Degree
15 46 (7.23%) Master's Degree
16 36 (5.66%) CCSK
17 32 (5.03%) CompTIA Security+
18 23 (3.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (40.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 222 (34.91%) NIST
3 88 (13.84%) GDPR
4 76 (11.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 74 (11.64%) GRC
6 59 (9.28%) PCI DSS
7 51 (8.02%) NCSC
8 48 (7.55%) COBIT
9 44 (6.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 18 (2.83%) NIST 800
11 13 (2.04%) HIPAA
11 13 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (1.73%) QA
13 9 (1.42%) ISO 22301
13 9 (1.42%) JSP 440
13 9 (1.42%) RMADS
14 8 (1.26%) IASME
15 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 7 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.94%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 33 (5.19%) Docker
2 25 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.66%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (2.67%) Ansible
4 14 (2.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 9 (1.42%) CASB
6 8 (1.26%) Nessus
7 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 81 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.62%) Dell
3 16 (2.52%) Alibaba
4 14 (2.20%) Qualys
5 12 (1.89%) Citrix
5 12 (1.89%) Google
6 10 (1.57%) Cisco
7 9 (1.42%) Splunk
8 7 (1.10%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.94%) Oracle
9 6 (0.94%) SAP
10 5 (0.79%) Meraki
10 5 (0.79%) VMware
11 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.47%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.31%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.31%) Rapid7
13 2 (0.31%) Sophos
14 1 (0.16%) Siemens