CISA Jobs in England

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 580 576
Rank change year-on-year +55 -4 +173
Permanent jobs citing CISA 167 297 349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.31% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 1.16% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 65 228 255
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £45,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,977
90th Percentile £82,250 £100,000 £98,400
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23,789 25,654 27,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 48.34% 26.84% 33.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,583 15,775 12,833
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,734 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,555 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% -10.74% +9.09%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in England

CISA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISA in England.

Salary trend for CISA in England

CISA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISA in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for CISA in England

CISA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the England region over the 6 months to 13 June 2025. 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
London +30 83 £77,500 +3.33% 82
Midlands +91 35 £51,000 -18.40% 22
West Midlands +73 33 £50,500 -19.20% 16
South East +107 30 £53,750 -20.37% 28
North of England +50 26 £73,750 +84.38% 7
North West +11 18 £75,000 +87.50% 2
North East +51 6 £71,250 +78.13% 3
South West +84 3 £47,500 -35.59% 4
Yorkshire +55 2 £73,750 +43.90% 2
East Midlands +50 2 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East of England +36 1 £51,422 +2.84% 8
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (13.17%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.98%) AWS
2 13 (7.78%) Azure
3 8 (4.79%) GCP
3 8 (4.79%) SaaS
4 7 (4.19%) IaaS
5 4 (2.40%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.20%) PaaS
8 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.60%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.17%) Firewall
2 7 (4.19%) Intrusion Detection
2 7 (4.19%) Network Security
3 3 (1.80%) VPN
4 1 (0.60%) 4G
4 1 (0.60%) 5G
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.60%) IPsec
4 1 (0.60%) LAN
4 1 (0.60%) VLAN
4 1 (0.60%) VoIP
4 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.40%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (2.40%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.60%) HBase
2 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 88 (52.69%) Finance
2 72 (43.11%) Social Skills
3 27 (16.17%) Banking
4 26 (15.57%) Retail
5 23 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (13.77%) Games
6 22 (13.17%) Manufacturing
6 22 (13.17%) Telecoms
7 21 (12.57%) Legal
8 6 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.59%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.99%) Publishing
10 4 (2.40%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.40%) Marketing
11 3 (1.80%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.20%) Advertising
12 2 (1.20%) Law
13 1 (0.60%) Aviation
13 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (37.13%) Senior
2 32 (19.16%) Audit Manager
3 31 (18.56%) Senior Audit Manager
3 31 (18.56%) Senior Manager
4 21 (12.57%) Risk Manager
5 20 (11.98%) Auditor
5 20 (11.98%) IT Manager
5 20 (11.98%) Security Manager
6 15 (8.98%) IT Audit Manager
6 15 (8.98%) Senior IT Audit Manager
6 15 (8.98%) Senior IT Manager
7 14 (8.38%) IT Auditor
8 13 (7.78%) Analyst
9 12 (7.19%) Audit Support Manager
9 12 (7.19%) Quality Manager
9 12 (7.19%) Senior Quality Manager
9 12 (7.19%) Senior Support Manager
9 12 (7.19%) Support Manager
10 11 (6.59%) Information Manager
10 11 (6.59%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 55 (32.93%) Management Information System
2 22 (13.17%) Blockchain
2 22 (13.17%) Robotics
3 21 (12.57%) Security Posture
4 12 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.19%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.59%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.59%) Social Media
6 6 (3.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (2.99%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (2.99%) Freedom of Information Act
7 5 (2.99%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.40%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.20%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.60%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.59%) Windows
2 6 (3.59%) Windows Vista
3 5 (2.99%) Linux
4 4 (2.40%) Unix
4 4 (2.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (46.71%) Information Security
1 78 (46.71%) IT Audit
2 60 (35.93%) Agile
3 55 (32.93%) Mentoring
4 51 (30.54%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (27.54%) Risk Management
6 40 (23.95%) Analytics
6 40 (23.95%) Data Analytics
7 39 (23.35%) Creative Thinking
8 36 (21.56%) Coaching
9 34 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (19.16%) Change Management
11 30 (17.96%) Data Protection
12 28 (16.77%) ERP
12 28 (16.77%) Internal Audit
13 25 (14.97%) Artificial Intelligence
14 23 (13.77%) Cloud Security
14 23 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (13.17%) Robotic Process Automation
16 20 (11.98%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.39%) R
2 6 (3.59%) SQL
3 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.20%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.20%) Python
4 1 (0.60%) C#
4 1 (0.60%) C++
4 1 (0.60%) Java
4 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 92 (55.09%) CISSP
2 74 (44.31%) CISM
3 42 (25.15%) Degree
4 31 (18.56%) ISACA
5 24 (14.37%) CRISC
6 21 (12.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 21 (12.57%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (8.98%) SANS
7 15 (8.98%) Security Cleared
8 11 (6.59%) CEH
8 11 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (6.59%) GIAC
8 11 (6.59%) SC Cleared
9 10 (5.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (5.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 10 (5.99%) Master's Degree
10 8 (4.79%) CCSP
10 8 (4.79%) DBS Check
10 8 (4.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (3.59%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (39.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (28.74%) NIST
3 45 (26.95%) ITGC
4 25 (14.97%) GDPR
5 23 (13.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 22 (13.17%) GRC
7 20 (11.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (8.38%) COBIT
9 12 (7.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (7.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (5.39%) NCSC
11 8 (4.79%) PCI DSS
12 7 (4.19%) NIST 800
13 5 (2.99%) HIPAA
13 5 (2.99%) JSP 440
14 2 (1.20%) Accessibility
14 2 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (1.20%) SLA
15 1 (0.60%) SOC 1
15 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.60%) Docker
1 1 (0.60%) HDFS
1 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.20%) FortiGate
1 2 (1.20%) Nessus
1 2 (1.20%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.60%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (19.16%) Oracle
2 31 (18.56%) SAP
3 25 (14.97%) Microsoft
4 9 (5.39%) Google
4 9 (5.39%) VMware
5 3 (1.80%) Cisco
5 3 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.80%) Sophos
5 3 (1.80%) Tenable
6 2 (1.20%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.60%) HP
7 1 (0.60%) Sybase
7 1 (0.60%) Workday