ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 854 826 1122
Rank change year-on-year -28 +296 -257
Permanent jobs citing CISMP 42 144 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.14% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.42% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 26 97 100
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £37,375
25th Percentile £48,625 £38,500 £44,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,400 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% -1.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £74,063 £61,650 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £76,000 £82,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year - +3.96% -11.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISMP 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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISMP.

Salary trend for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISMP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +21 41 £62,500 +14.26% 6
UK excluding London -73 36 £52,500 - 2
South West -2 17 £58,500 +1.19%
Work from Home -1 15 £62,500 +17.92% 1
South East -5 7 £52,500 +84.21% 1
North of England +9 6 £40,000 -30.81%
North East +3 6 £40,000 -
London +120 5 £90,000 +55.68% 4
Midlands +8 5 £70,000 +55.56% 1
East Midlands -13 4 £70,000 +12.00% 1
West Midlands +25 1 £75,000 +66.67%
Wales +10 1 £52,500 +34.62%

CISMP
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 12 (28.57%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) Firewall
2 6 (14.29%) LAN
2 6 (14.29%) WAN
3 2 (4.76%) Network Security
4 1 (2.38%) DNS
4 1 (2.38%) VPN
General
1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 12 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 10 (23.81%) Aerospace
3 10 (23.81%) Aviation
3 10 (23.81%) Military
4 7 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Social Skills
7 2 (4.76%) Law
7 2 (4.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (64.29%) Consultant
1 27 (64.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 27 (64.29%) Security Consultant
2 16 (38.10%) Cyber Defence Consultant
3 14 (33.33%) Senior
3 14 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 14 (33.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 14 (33.33%) Senior Security Consultant
4 7 (16.67%) Information Manager
4 7 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
4 7 (16.67%) Security Manager
5 6 (14.29%) Analyst
5 6 (14.29%) Security Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) Lead
7 3 (7.14%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (7.14%) Lead Security Consultant
8 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) Lead Architect
9 1 (2.38%) Network Engineer
9 1 (2.38%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 16 (38.10%) CESG
3 7 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (14.29%) IoT
5 3 (7.14%) PKI
6 2 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.38%) Cybercrime
7 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (90.48%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 25 (59.52%) Information Assurance
4 20 (47.62%) Information Security
5 19 (45.24%) Innovative Thinking
6 13 (30.95%) Creative Thinking
6 13 (30.95%) Matrix Organization
7 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (26.19%) Project Management
8 10 (23.81%) Active Listening
8 10 (23.81%) SABSA
8 10 (23.81%) SIEM
8 10 (23.81%) TOGAF
9 9 (21.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 8 (19.05%) Data Protection
10 8 (19.05%) Security Testing
11 7 (16.67%) Agile
11 7 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
11 7 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
12 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) Bash
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 6 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (59.52%) CISSP
2 23 (54.76%) Security Cleared
3 12 (28.57%) IISP
4 11 (26.19%) CREST Certified
5 10 (23.81%) CESG Certified Professional
6 7 (16.67%) CISA
6 7 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (14.29%) GIAC
7 6 (14.29%) SANS
8 5 (11.90%) CISM
8 5 (11.90%) DV Cleared
9 3 (7.14%) Degree
9 3 (7.14%) Master's Degree
9 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
9 3 (7.14%) SSCP
10 1 (2.38%) CCNA
10 1 (2.38%) CCNP
10 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (2.38%) ISACA
10 1 (2.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (54.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 18 (42.86%) NIST
3 15 (35.71%) JSP 440
4 14 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (33.33%) RMADS
5 12 (28.57%) NIST 800
6 7 (16.67%) GRC
7 2 (4.76%) GDPR
7 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
8 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Cisco