CISMP Job Trends in Cardiff

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CISMP 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.75% - 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.39% - 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £45,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £46,898
75th Percentile - - £48,477
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £35,000 - £46,898

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

CISMP 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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 59 86 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 22.01% 13.67% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 23 49 74
10th Percentile £35,434 £43,009 £33,426
25th Percentile £37,170 £46,713 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,273 £79,600 £72,850
South Wales median annual salary £63,295 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.08% +22.22% -10.00%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for CISMP in Cardiff

CISMP
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CISMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CISMP

CISMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft