CISM Job Trends in Aberdeenshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Scotland > Aberdeenshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeenshire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CISM 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeenshire 6.67% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary £82,500 £84,935 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.87% +41.56% -3.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Aberdeenshire

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 Aberdeenshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire 6.67% 20.69% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 9
10th Percentile - - £26,100
25th Percentile - £56,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - +108.33% +21.21%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £35,000
90th Percentile - - £47,500
Scotland median annual salary £46,500 £51,645 £49,990
% change year-on-year -9.96% +3.31% -1.86%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeenshire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Aberdeenshire

CISM
Job Locations in Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Aberdeenshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Westhill - 1 - - 1
CISM
Scotland

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft