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 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 159 156
Rank change year-on-year +47 -3 +51
Permanent jobs citing CISM 45 22 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.49% 0.72% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.65% 2.23% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 22
10th Percentile £51,250 £67,750 £58,000
25th Percentile £53,438 £85,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £92,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +12.12% +10.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £115,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £139,750 £110,000
London median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% +5.26%

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 677 988 840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 22.48% 32.36% 24.40%
Number of salaries quoted 464 474 664
10th Percentile £34,500 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,766 £43,045
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £114,625 £120,000 £110,000
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 18 February 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 18 February 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 +37 45 £78,750 -14.86% 10
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 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) GNU Octave
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (35.56%) Azure
2 12 (26.67%) AWS
3 4 (8.89%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (8.89%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.44%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.44%) Tessian
6 1 (2.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (2.22%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (2.22%) AWS KMS
6 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) Firewall
2 5 (11.11%) Network Security
3 3 (6.67%) VPN
4 2 (4.44%) DKIM
4 2 (4.44%) DMARC
4 2 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.22%) LAN
General
1 30 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 28 (62.22%) Finance
3 15 (33.33%) Banking
3 15 (33.33%) Legal
4 14 (31.11%) Retail
5 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (17.78%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (15.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (13.33%) Local Government
8 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (6.67%) Law
10 2 (4.44%) Marketing
11 1 (2.22%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Senior
2 12 (26.67%) Lead
3 10 (22.22%) Consultant
4 8 (17.78%) Designer
4 8 (17.78%) Lead Designer
4 8 (17.78%) Solutions Designer
5 6 (13.33%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (11.11%) Senior Manager
7 4 (8.89%) Risk Manager
7 4 (8.89%) Security Consultant
7 4 (8.89%) Senior Risk Manager
7 4 (8.89%) Technology Risk Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 2 (4.44%) Information Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) Information Officer
8 2 (4.44%) Information Security Officer
8 2 (4.44%) Security Officer
8 2 (4.44%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) ADO
1 1 (2.22%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.22%) SailPoint
1 1 (2.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Management Information System
1 8 (17.78%) Security Posture
1 8 (17.78%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.89%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.89%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.67%) PKI
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.44%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.44%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Kali Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
1 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (53.33%) Information Security
3 22 (48.89%) Risk Management
4 16 (35.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (26.67%) Agile
5 12 (26.67%) Mentoring
6 9 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
6 9 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 9 (20.00%) SIEM
6 9 (20.00%) Zero Trust
7 8 (17.78%) Cloud Security
7 8 (17.78%) Data Protection
7 8 (17.78%) Design Patterns
7 8 (17.78%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (17.78%) Internal Audit
7 8 (17.78%) Project Management
8 7 (15.56%) Decision-Making
8 7 (15.56%) Target Operating Model
9 6 (13.33%) Coaching
9 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) Python
2 1 (2.22%) Bash
2 1 (2.22%) Perl
2 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (91.11%) CISSP
2 19 (42.22%) CRISC
3 15 (33.33%) CISA
4 4 (8.89%) CEH
4 4 (8.89%) Degree
5 3 (6.67%) GIAC
5 3 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (4.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (4.44%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.44%) CCSP
6 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (4.44%) OSCP
7 1 (2.22%) CISMP
7 1 (2.22%) GPEN
7 1 (2.22%) PCI QSA
7 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (35.56%) NIST
3 12 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (24.44%) GRC
5 7 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (15.56%) NIST 800
6 6 (13.33%) QA
7 5 (11.11%) GDPR
8 4 (8.89%) Data Quality
8 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (6.67%) COBIT
9 3 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
11 1 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (2.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (2.22%) HIPAA
11 1 (2.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.22%) NLBS
1 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.22%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Cisco
3 1 (2.22%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.22%) Imperva
3 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.22%) Splunk
3 1 (2.22%) VMware