CISM Job Trends in Chester

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chester with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Permanent jobs citing CISM 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 0.61% 5.88% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.00% 20.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% - -
75th Percentile £110,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £100,000 £60,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% +50.00% -52.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 12.12% 29.41% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 20
10th Percentile £38,375 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £33,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £40,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -19.19% +65.00%
75th Percentile £59,813 £64,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £86,875 £67,500 £61,875
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +6.15%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Chester

CISM
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing CISM

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Post-Merger Integration
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft