CISM Job Trends in West London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing CISM 9 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 1.06% - 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.19% - 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - £48,300
25th Percentile £92,500 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £78,500
75th Percentile £97,500 - £81,750
90th Percentile £98,250 - £88,200
London median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% +0.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West London

CISM falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in West London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 215 190 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 25.35% 48.84% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 67 35 101
10th Percentile £29,750 £38,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £50,088 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,670 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +9.85% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £80,000 £80,250
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CISM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

CISM job vacancy trend in West London

CISM
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing CISM

CISM
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the West London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
Wembley - 5 £95,000 -
Hounslow - 4 - -
CISM
London

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) SD-WAN
1 5 (55.56%) WAN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Influencing Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Legal
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Aviation
2 4 (44.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Head of Security
2 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Head of IT
2 4 (44.44%) Head of IT Security
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Security Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Security Risk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
1 4 (44.44%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
1 9 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 9 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Data Mapping
2 5 (55.56%) Data Protection
2 5 (55.56%) Data Security
2 5 (55.56%) Due Diligence
2 5 (55.56%) Impact Assessments
2 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
2 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) Strategic Roadmap
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (55.56%) Zero Trust
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CISA
1 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (55.56%) GDPR
2 5 (55.56%) PCI DSS
3 4 (44.44%) GRC
3 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 4 (44.44%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) CASB
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM