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 citing CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	50	29	46
Rank change year-on-year	-21	+17	-
Permanent jobs citing CISM	7	12	2
As % of all permanent jobs in West London	0.81%	3.57%	0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category	7.37%	11.21%	1.50%
Number of salaries quoted	7	12	2
10^th Percentile	£37,600	-	-
25^th Percentile	£55,500	£66,250	£125,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£67,500	£130,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-48.08%	-
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£93,125	£135,000
90^th Percentile	-	£97,250	-
London median annual salary	£85,000	£84,500	£80,000
% change year-on-year	+0.59%	+5.63%	-

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in West London.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	95	107	133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London	11.00%	31.85%	39.35%
Number of salaries quoted	63	80	41
10^th Percentile	£29,180	£29,193	£20,898
25^th Percentile	£41,430	£42,500	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£47,000	£46,000
Median % change year-on-year	+27.66%	+2.17%	-13.21%
75^th Percentile	£82,500	£68,750	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£89,125	£73,750
London median annual salary	£72,500	£68,500	£70,000
% change year-on-year	+5.84%	-2.14%	-

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 Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing CISM.

CISM Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in West London over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.

Salary histogram for CISM in West London

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 8 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Harrow	-	2	£38,250	-
CISM London

CISM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 8 November 2026, job vacancies citing CISM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West London region citing CISM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	7
1	Information Security	100.0%	7
1	Risk Management	100.0%	7
4	CISSP	85.7%	6
4	GRC	85.7%	6
4	ISO/IEC 27001	85.7%	6
7	GDPR	71.4%	5
7	Information Security Governance	71.4%	5
7	NIST	71.4%	5
7	Penetration Testing	71.4%	5
11	Security Operations	57.1%	4
11	Stakeholder Management	57.1%	4
11	Vulnerability Management	57.1%	4
14	AI	42.9%	3
14	Cloud Security	42.9%	3
14	CRISC	42.9%	3
14	Data Security	42.9%	3
14	DevSecOps	42.9%	3
14	Incident Response	42.9%	3
14	IT Strategy	42.9%	3
14	PCI DSS	42.9%	3
14	Risk Register	42.9%	3
14	SIEM	42.9%	3
14	SOC 2	42.9%	3
14	Technology Strategy	42.9%	3
14	Threat and Vulnerability Management	42.9%	3
14	Threat Detection	42.9%	3
14	Threat Modelling	42.9%	3
14	Vulnerability Scanning	42.9%	3
30	Business Continuity	28.6%	2

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	85.7%	6
2	CRISC	42.9%	3
3	CISMP	28.6%	2
3	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	28.6%	2
5	CompTIA Security+	14.3%	1
5	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	14.3%	1