CISA Job Trends in Edinburgh

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 86 101
Rank change year-on-year -15 +15 +62
Permanent jobs citing CISA 1 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.10% 0.86% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 4.37% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.44%
Scotland median annual salary £77,000 £44,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +75.00% -5.38% -41.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

CISA 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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 143 252 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.94% 19.76% 19.00%
Number of salaries quoted 82 69 152
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £45,000 £46,292
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £54,500 £61,375
Median % change year-on-year -44.04% -11.20% +8.63%
75th Percentile £53,719 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £91,021
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -39.09% +4.76% -

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

CISA job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

CISA
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CISA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CISA

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Audit Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Security Auditing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA