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 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 145 157
Rank change year-on-year +34 +12 +56
Permanent jobs citing CISM 46 19 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.40% 0.69% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.51% 2.14% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 24
10th Percentile £51,625 £73,000 £59,000
25th Percentile £55,625 - £65,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +5.88% +11.48%
75th Percentile £88,750 £115,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £137,000 £108,500
London median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% +3.23%

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 707 888 837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 21.52% 32.39% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 469 472 639
10th Percentile £39,350 £38,875 £35,725
25th Percentile £56,875 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -0.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,750 £120,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +38 46 £78,750 -12.50% 16
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Azure
2 12 (26.09%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.52%) GCP
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.35%) Mimecast
4 2 (4.35%) Tessian
5 1 (2.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (2.17%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (2.17%) AWS KMS
5 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) Firewall
2 5 (10.87%) Network Security
3 3 (6.52%) VPN
4 2 (4.35%) DKIM
4 2 (4.35%) DMARC
4 2 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.17%) LAN
General
1 31 (67.39%) Finance
2 30 (65.22%) Social Skills
3 18 (39.13%) Banking
4 17 (36.96%) Retail
5 15 (32.61%) Legal
6 11 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (19.57%) Local Government
9 8 (17.39%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (6.52%) Law
12 2 (4.35%) Marketing
13 1 (2.17%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Senior
2 12 (26.09%) Lead
3 9 (19.57%) Consultant
4 8 (17.39%) Designer
4 8 (17.39%) Lead Designer
4 8 (17.39%) Solutions Designer
5 6 (13.04%) Senior Consultant
5 6 (13.04%) Senior Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Risk Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Risk Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Technology Risk Manager
7 3 (6.52%) Security Consultant
8 2 (4.35%) Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Information Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Information Officer
8 2 (4.35%) Information Security Officer
8 2 (4.35%) Security Manager
8 2 (4.35%) Security Officer
9 1 (2.17%) Associate Director
9 1 (2.17%) Digital Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) ADO
1 1 (2.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) Security Posture
2 8 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 8 (17.39%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (8.70%) Algorithms
3 4 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (6.52%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.52%) PKI
5 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
1 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (80.43%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (56.52%) Information Security
3 23 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 16 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (34.78%) Mentoring
5 13 (28.26%) Agile
6 11 (23.91%) Project Management
7 10 (21.74%) Creative Thinking
7 10 (21.74%) Target Operating Model
8 9 (19.57%) Internal Audit
8 9 (19.57%) Security Architecture
8 9 (19.57%) Zero Trust
9 8 (17.39%) Data Protection
9 8 (17.39%) Design Patterns
9 8 (17.39%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (15.22%) Business Development
10 7 (15.22%) Cloud Security
10 7 (15.22%) Coaching
10 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
10 7 (15.22%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) Bash
1 1 (2.17%) Perl
1 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (93.48%) CISSP
2 20 (43.48%) CRISC
3 15 (32.61%) CISA
4 6 (13.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (13.04%) CCSP
4 6 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (13.04%) Degree
5 3 (6.52%) CEH
5 3 (6.52%) GIAC
5 3 (6.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 3 (6.52%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.35%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.17%) CEPT
7 1 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.17%) GCFE
7 1 (2.17%) GCIH
7 1 (2.17%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (69.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (39.13%) NIST
3 12 (26.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (23.91%) GRC
5 9 (19.57%) QA
6 7 (15.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (13.04%) NIST 800
8 5 (10.87%) GDPR
9 4 (8.70%) Data Quality
9 4 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (6.52%) COBIT
10 3 (6.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
12 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
12 1 (2.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.17%) NLBS
1 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) CSIRT
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.17%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.17%) Cisco
2 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.17%) Splunk
2 1 (2.17%) VMware