CISM Job Trends in Berkshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 112 132
Rank change year-on-year -10 +20 +29
Permanent jobs citing CISM 8 15 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.40% 0.88% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.40% 1.81% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 10
10th Percentile - £64,298 £57,875
25th Percentile £51,250 £71,499 £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £87,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% +45.42% -28.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £106,750 £66,250
90th Percentile - £116,200 £83,750
South East median annual salary £65,000 £77,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.58% +28.33% -17.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 570 828 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.69% 48.39% 53.95%
Number of salaries quoted 162 323 781
10th Percentile £32,525 £37,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,375 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £71,500
90th Percentile £77,150 £95,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.18% +1.06%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Berkshire

CISM
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISM

CISM
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CISM in Berkshire

CISM
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Slough - 4 £65,000 -
Reading +19 3 £52,500 -54.35% 1
CISM
South East

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) S/MIME
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Information Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 1 (12.50%) PKI
1 1 (12.50%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Identity Management
3 3 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Web Filtering
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Key Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CISA
2 4 (50.00%) CEH
2 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (37.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (37.50%) CCSP
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) GIAC
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (37.50%) GRC
4 1 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
4 1 (12.50%) NIST
4 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
4 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
1 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
1 3 (37.50%) Tenable
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Thales