Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISACA 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 863 911 1168
Rank change year-on-year +48 +257 -278
Permanent jobs citing ISACA 33 59 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.056% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 25 41 31
10th Percentile £54,000 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,331 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% -13.81% +33.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,001 £80,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - £63,750 £66,250
% change year-on-year - -3.77% +26.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISACA 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% -

ISACA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISACA 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 +95 25 £65,000 +7.74% 4
London +139 22 £65,000 +7.74% 1
Work from Home +76 7 £85,000 +54.55% 4
UK excluding London -12 5 - - 3
South East +11 2 - - 3
Scotland -64 2 - -
South West - 1 - -

ISACA
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) AWS
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) LAN
2 3 (9.09%) Network Security
3 2 (6.06%) 5G
3 2 (6.06%) Broadband
4 1 (3.03%) Firewall
4 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 17 (51.52%) Finance
2 13 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Law
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Senior
2 10 (30.30%) Analyst
3 9 (27.27%) Risk Analyst
4 8 (24.24%) Consultant
5 7 (21.21%) Architect
5 7 (21.21%) IT Manager
5 7 (21.21%) Security Analyst
6 6 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 6 (18.18%) IT Analyst
6 6 (18.18%) IT Risk Analyst
6 6 (18.18%) Security Architect
6 6 (18.18%) Security Risk Analyst
7 5 (15.15%) Audit Manager
7 5 (15.15%) IT Audit Manager
7 5 (15.15%) Security Consultant
7 5 (15.15%) Senior Architect
7 5 (15.15%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (12.12%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (12.12%) Senior IT Manager
8 4 (12.12%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Management Information System
2 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
3 5 (15.15%) Cyberattack
4 2 (6.06%) e-Learning
4 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 2 (6.06%) Social Media
4 2 (6.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (3.03%) CESG
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (84.85%) Information Security
2 17 (51.52%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (45.45%) Risk Management
4 11 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 9 (27.27%) Benchmarking
6 8 (24.24%) GAP Analysis
6 8 (24.24%) Roadmaps
7 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (18.18%) Internal Audit
8 6 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (15.15%) Analytics
9 5 (15.15%) Coaching
9 5 (15.15%) Customer-Centricity
9 5 (15.15%) Cyber Assurance
9 5 (15.15%) Data Analytics
9 5 (15.15%) Desktop Virtualisation
9 5 (15.15%) Digital Thinking
9 5 (15.15%) Due Diligence
9 5 (15.15%) IT Audit
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) CISA
2 17 (51.52%) CISM
3 16 (48.48%) CISSP
3 16 (48.48%) CRISC
4 10 (30.30%) Degree
5 7 (21.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (21.21%) CCSP
5 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
7 5 (15.15%) AWS Certification
7 5 (15.15%) Azure Certification
8 3 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (9.09%) PCI QSA
8 3 (9.09%) SSCP
9 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
9 2 (6.06%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (3.03%) CEH
10 1 (3.03%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (57.58%) NIST
2 9 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (21.21%) QA
5 6 (18.18%) PCI DSS
6 5 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (15.15%) GDPR
6 5 (15.15%) IASME
7 4 (12.12%) COBIT
8 3 (9.09%) GRC
8 3 (9.09%) NCSC
9 2 (6.06%) COSO
9 2 (6.06%) ISO 22301
9 2 (6.06%) ISO 9001
10 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Virgin Media
2 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.03%) IBM
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Qualys