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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 143 134
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 +49
Permanent jobs citing CISM 32 15 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.72% 0.65% 1.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.43% 1.96% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 38
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% -2.86%
75th Percentile £88,125 - £97,500
90th Percentile £92,250 - £99,750
London median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% -

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 723 766 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.21% 33.19% 29.51%
Number of salaries quoted 479 471 681
10th Percentile £46,250 £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 £90,000
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 17 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 17 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 +2 32 £80,000 -11.11% 13
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 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) AWS
3 4 (12.50%) GCP
4 2 (6.25%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (6.25%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (6.25%) AWS KMS
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) Serverless
5 1 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (3.13%) Azure AKS
5 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.13%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Firewall
2 4 (12.50%) Network Security
3 2 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.25%) VPN
4 1 (3.13%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
General
1 25 (78.13%) Finance
2 23 (71.88%) Social Skills
3 18 (56.25%) Banking
4 17 (53.13%) Local Government
4 17 (53.13%) Retail
5 13 (40.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (6.25%) Legal
8 1 (3.13%) Advertising
8 1 (3.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Consultant
1 11 (34.38%) Senior
2 9 (28.13%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
4 2 (6.25%) Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) AWS Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Presales Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Security Presales Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Business Information Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (3.13%) IT Security Officer
5 1 (3.13%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.13%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
4 1 (3.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
1 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (75.00%) Information Security
3 19 (59.38%) Mentoring
3 19 (59.38%) Risk Management
4 17 (53.13%) Project Management
4 17 (53.13%) Target Operating Model
5 12 (37.50%) Internal Audit
6 11 (34.38%) Business Development
7 8 (25.00%) Project Planning
7 8 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (25.00%) Time Management
8 6 (18.75%) Agile
8 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (15.63%) Cloud Security
10 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 4 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
10 4 (12.50%) IT Audit
10 4 (12.50%) SIEM
11 3 (9.38%) OWASP
11 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 30 (93.75%) CISSP
2 15 (46.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 15 (46.88%) CCSP
2 15 (46.88%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (43.75%) CRISC
4 13 (40.63%) Degree
5 10 (31.25%) Master's Degree
6 7 (21.88%) CISA
7 4 (12.50%) AWS Certification
7 4 (12.50%) Azure Certification
7 4 (12.50%) CEH
8 2 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (6.25%) GIAC
8 2 (6.25%) GSEC
8 2 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (6.25%) SANS
9 1 (3.13%) CEPT
9 1 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (84.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (75.00%) NIST
3 17 (53.13%) QA
4 13 (40.63%) GRC
5 9 (28.13%) NIST 800
6 5 (15.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (12.50%) COBIT
7 4 (12.50%) GDPR
8 3 (9.38%) PCI DSS
8 3 (9.38%) SOC 2
9 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (3.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) NLBS
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (6.25%) Splunk
3 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) Commvault
3 1 (3.13%) Dell
3 1 (3.13%) VMware