CISM Jobs in the UK excluding London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 401 506
Rank change year-on-year -44 +105 -91
Permanent jobs citing CISM 347 407 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.68% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.78% 1.86% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 263 280 266
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,904
25th Percentile £52,084 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,862 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -0.21% +9.71%
75th Percentile £79,375 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £86,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,504 21,909 22,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.49% 36.36% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 8,086 10,279
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
North of England +37 103 £60,000 +2.73% 9
North West +39 86 £52,084 +5.22% 6
South West +6 81 £68,500 -5.52% 10
Midlands -28 52 £70,000 -4.11% 12
Scotland -43 45 £55,000 -15.20% 7
South East -35 36 £66,250 +6.00% 12
West Midlands -35 34 £75,000 +2.74% 7
East of England +22 24 £50,000 -28.57% 5
East Midlands +1 17 £65,750 +1.15% 5
Yorkshire +40 9 £79,842 +33.07% 3
North East +1 8 £79,842 +3.69%
Isle of Man -13 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Northern Ireland +21 1 £57,500 +61.40% 1
Wales -12 1 £85,000 +103.19% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 81 (23.34%) Azure
2 65 (18.73%) AWS
3 28 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.48%) SaaS
5 9 (2.59%) GCP
6 7 (2.02%) PaaS
7 6 (1.73%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.44%) IaaS
8 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.44%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.51%) Firewall
2 31 (8.93%) WAN
3 29 (8.36%) SD-WAN
4 24 (6.92%) Network Security
5 13 (3.75%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.59%) VPN
7 8 (2.31%) Cisco IPT
7 8 (2.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.15%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.58%) LAN
9 2 (0.58%) VoIP
10 1 (0.29%) SAN
10 1 (0.29%) Wireless
10 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.44%) Power BI
2 3 (0.86%) Big Data
3 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.29%) AppScan
1 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
General
1 86 (24.78%) Finance
2 66 (19.02%) Social Skills
3 44 (12.68%) Military
4 24 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.34%) Legal
6 19 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (5.48%) Telecoms
7 18 (5.19%) Law
8 13 (3.75%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.17%) Marketing
10 9 (2.59%) Retail
11 6 (1.73%) Automotive
12 5 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Banking
14 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 67 (19.31%) Lead
2 66 (19.02%) Architect
3 61 (17.58%) Consultant
3 61 (17.58%) Security Consultant
4 53 (15.27%) Security Architect
5 49 (14.12%) Analyst
6 48 (13.83%) Security Manager
7 35 (10.09%) Lead Architect
8 32 (9.22%) Senior
9 29 (8.36%) Security Analyst
10 23 (6.63%) Incident Manager
10 23 (6.63%) Lead Security Architect
10 23 (6.63%) Vulnerability Manager
11 19 (5.48%) Information Manager
11 19 (5.48%) Information Security Manager
12 17 (4.90%) IT Manager
12 17 (4.90%) Security Officer
12 17 (4.90%) Senior Architect
13 16 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 14 (4.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.59%) ModSecurity
2 6 (1.73%) OAuth
2 6 (1.73%) SAML
3 2 (0.58%) EDI
4 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 110 (31.70%) Management Information System
2 32 (9.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 25 (7.20%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (5.19%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.90%) Operational Technology
6 11 (3.17%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.59%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.02%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.44%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.44%) Replication
10 4 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.86%) NHS
12 2 (0.58%) Anti-Spyware
12 2 (0.58%) CESG
12 2 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.58%) SCADA
13 1 (0.29%) Insider Threat
13 1 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.20%) Windows
2 15 (4.32%) Linux
3 14 (4.03%) Mac OS X
3 14 (4.03%) Unix
4 10 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (66.57%) Cybersecurity
2 216 (62.25%) Information Security
3 127 (36.60%) Risk Management
4 86 (24.78%) Incident Response
5 72 (20.75%) Security Architecture
6 54 (15.56%) Incident Management
7 52 (14.99%) Application Security
8 49 (14.12%) Data Protection
9 48 (13.83%) OWASP
10 46 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
11 45 (12.97%) Information Assurance
12 44 (12.68%) Vulnerability Management
13 40 (11.53%) Computer Science
14 39 (11.24%) Security Operations
15 35 (10.09%) Cloud Security
16 34 (9.80%) Secure Coding
17 31 (8.93%) Penetration Testing
17 31 (8.93%) Root Cause Analysis
18 29 (8.36%) Identity Management
19 28 (8.07%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.44%) C
1 5 (1.44%) Java
1 5 (1.44%) Python
1 5 (1.44%) R
1 5 (1.44%) Scala
1 5 (1.44%) SQL
2 4 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 324 (93.37%) CISSP
2 113 (32.56%) CRISC
3 105 (30.26%) Degree
4 98 (28.24%) CISA
5 88 (25.36%) Security Cleared
6 82 (23.63%) SC Cleared
7 47 (13.54%) Cisco Certification
8 44 (12.68%) CESG Certified Professional
9 43 (12.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 38 (10.95%) AWS Certification
10 38 (10.95%) Azure Certification
11 36 (10.37%) CCSP
12 31 (8.93%) CEH
13 30 (8.65%) CCSK
14 23 (6.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 15 (4.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (4.32%) GCIH
15 15 (4.32%) GREM
16 14 (4.03%) GCIA
16 14 (4.03%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (39.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 128 (36.89%) NIST
3 49 (14.12%) GDPR
4 44 (12.68%) GRC
5 41 (11.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 34 (9.80%) NCSC
7 27 (7.78%) PCI DSS
8 26 (7.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (3.46%) NIST 800
10 11 (3.17%) JSP 440
10 11 (3.17%) RMADS
11 8 (2.31%) COBIT
12 7 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.86%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.86%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.86%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.86%) QA
14 2 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 29 (8.36%) Docker
2 8 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (10.09%) Kubernetes
2 29 (8.36%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (2.59%) Nessus
4 7 (2.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (8.65%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.34%) Dell
3 8 (2.31%) Cisco
3 8 (2.31%) Citrix
4 6 (1.73%) Qualys
5 4 (1.15%) Meraki
5 4 (1.15%) VMware
6 3 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.58%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.58%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.29%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.29%) iManage
8 1 (0.29%) Intel
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle
8 1 (0.29%) SAP
8 1 (0.29%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.29%) Trustwave