CISM Job Trends in Central London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 142 142
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 +51
Permanent jobs citing CISM 35 15 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.80% 0.65% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.82% 1.97% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 37
10th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £67,813 £74,375 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -0.58%
75th Percentile £88,125 - £97,500
90th Percentile £92,250 - £100,500
London median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% -3.03%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 726 763 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.64% 32.90% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 472 454 667
10th Percentile £45,100 £41,250 £36,898
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Central London

CISM
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CISM

CISM
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in Central London over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CISM in Central London

CISM
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
City of London +11 35 £80,000 -11.11% 19
CISM
London

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) AWS
3 5 (14.29%) GCP
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (5.71%) AWS CloudTrail
5 2 (5.71%) AWS KMS
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.71%) Serverless
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.86%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.86%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) Network Security
3 2 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (5.71%) VPN
4 1 (2.86%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 26 (74.29%) Finance
2 24 (68.57%) Social Skills
3 18 (51.43%) Banking
4 17 (48.57%) Local Government
4 17 (48.57%) Retail
5 14 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (11.43%) Legal
8 1 (2.86%) Advertising
8 1 (2.86%) Law
8 1 (2.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Senior
2 11 (31.43%) Consultant
3 9 (25.71%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) AWS Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Presales Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Security Presales Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Business Information Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.86%) Information Security Officer
6 1 (2.86%) IT Risk Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Senior Information Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.86%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (48.57%) Security Posture
2 3 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 3 (8.57%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.71%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.86%) PKI
4 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (88.57%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (71.43%) Information Security
3 20 (57.14%) Mentoring
4 19 (54.29%) Risk Management
5 17 (48.57%) Project Management
5 17 (48.57%) Target Operating Model
6 12 (34.29%) Internal Audit
7 11 (31.43%) Business Development
8 8 (22.86%) Project Planning
8 8 (22.86%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (22.86%) Time Management
9 7 (20.00%) Cloud Security
10 6 (17.14%) Agile
10 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (14.29%) IT Audit
11 5 (14.29%) SIEM
12 4 (11.43%) Decision-Making
12 4 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
12 4 (11.43%) Incident Response
13 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Bash
1 1 (2.86%) Perl
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (94.29%) CISSP
2 15 (42.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 15 (42.86%) CCSP
2 15 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (42.86%) CRISC
3 13 (37.14%) Degree
4 10 (28.57%) Master's Degree
5 8 (22.86%) CISA
6 4 (11.43%) AWS Certification
6 4 (11.43%) Azure Certification
6 4 (11.43%) CEH
6 4 (11.43%) GIAC
7 2 (5.71%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.71%) GSEC
7 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (5.71%) SANS
8 1 (2.86%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (82.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (68.57%) NIST
3 17 (48.57%) QA
4 14 (40.00%) GRC
5 9 (25.71%) NIST 800
6 5 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (11.43%) COBIT
7 4 (11.43%) GDPR
8 3 (8.57%) PCI DSS
8 3 (8.57%) SOC 2
9 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (5.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
10 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (2.86%) ITGC
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) NLBS
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.86%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (5.71%) Splunk
3 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco
3 1 (2.86%) Commvault
3 1 (2.86%) Dell
3 1 (2.86%) VMware