CISA Job Trends 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 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 443 544
Rank change year-on-year -25 +101 +44
Permanent jobs citing CISA 225 171 279
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.46% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.11% 1.12% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 131 83 226
10th Percentile £51,750 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% - -0.76%
75th Percentile £115,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £92,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £87,500 £70,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year +25.00% +5.66% -1.12%

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 20,223 15,279 23,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.10% 40.90% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,170 7,078 15,657
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,728 £57,500 £54,043
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.40% -6.21%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CISA job vacancy trend in England

CISA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISA

CISA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISA in England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

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 20 April 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
London +71 143 £95,000 +26.67% 20
South West -18 32 £62,500 +31.58% 5
Midlands -51 29 £63,250 +10.00% 8
East Midlands -35 19 £51,500 -8.44%
South East -56 14 £70,000 +20.69% 5
West Midlands -63 10 £75,000 +25.00% 7
North of England -82 6 £52,750 -29.67% 2
East of England -33 3 £190,000 +269.50% 3
Yorkshire -58 3 £53,500 -27.46% 1
North West -50 2 £64,750 -13.67% 1
North East -40 1 £46,500 -34.74%
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (2.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.89%) Azure
2 25 (11.11%) AWS
3 17 (7.56%) SaaS
4 15 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (4.44%) Nutanix
6 9 (4.00%) GCP
7 6 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.22%) IaaS
8 5 (2.22%) PaaS
9 2 (0.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (0.89%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.89%) AWS KMS
9 2 (0.89%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.89%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.00%) CHAP
2 18 (8.00%) Firewall
3 10 (4.44%) SD-WAN
3 10 (4.44%) WAN
4 7 (3.11%) Network Security
5 2 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.44%) Internet
6 1 (0.44%) LAN
6 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.44%) Tableau
2 3 (1.33%) DB2
3 1 (0.44%) Metadata
General
1 167 (74.22%) Finance
2 95 (42.22%) Banking
3 84 (37.33%) Social Skills
4 54 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (15.11%) Financial Institution
6 27 (12.00%) Legal
7 15 (6.67%) Law
8 14 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (6.22%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (6.22%) Retail
9 8 (3.56%) Back Office
10 5 (2.22%) Advertising
10 5 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.78%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Marketing
12 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.89%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.44%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 36 (16.00%) Auditor
2 28 (12.44%) Security Auditor
3 24 (10.67%) Analyst
3 24 (10.67%) Internal Auditor
4 22 (9.78%) IT Manager
5 19 (8.44%) Risk Manager
6 17 (7.56%) Lead
6 17 (7.56%) Senior
7 15 (6.67%) Security Analyst
8 12 (5.33%) Consultant
8 12 (5.33%) Security Engineer
9 11 (4.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 11 (4.89%) Head of Security
9 11 (4.89%) Python Engineer
10 10 (4.44%) CISSP Engineer
10 10 (4.44%) PowerShell Engineer
10 10 (4.44%) Security Consultant
11 9 (4.00%) Audit Manager
11 9 (4.00%) IT Audit Manager
12 8 (3.56%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.78%) Middleware
2 1 (0.44%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 63 (28.00%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.67%) Blockchain
3 12 (5.33%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.56%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.11%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.67%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.22%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.78%) Linked Data
9 4 (1.78%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.33%) PKI
11 2 (0.89%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.89%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.44%) Freedom of Information
12 1 (0.44%) Freedom of Information Act
12 1 (0.44%) IoT
12 1 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.11%) Windows
2 12 (5.33%) Linux
3 11 (4.89%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.78%) Unix
5 3 (1.33%) AIX
6 2 (0.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (65.33%) Information Security
2 141 (62.67%) Risk Management
3 103 (45.78%) Cybersecurity
4 101 (44.89%) Risk Assessment
5 60 (26.67%) Roadmaps
6 59 (26.22%) Internal Audit
7 57 (25.33%) Incident Response
8 55 (24.44%) Due Diligence
9 50 (22.22%) Business Continuity
10 49 (21.78%) Process Improvement
10 49 (21.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 48 (21.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 45 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
12 45 (20.00%) Data Protection
12 45 (20.00%) Operations Management
12 45 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
13 42 (18.67%) Analytics
14 38 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
15 37 (16.44%) Agile
16 36 (16.00%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.11%) Python
2 13 (5.78%) SQL
3 12 (5.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.89%) Perl
4 2 (0.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 203 (90.22%) CISSP
2 122 (54.22%) CISM
3 93 (41.33%) CRISC
4 39 (17.33%) SANS
5 35 (15.56%) Degree
6 31 (13.78%) CGEIT
7 29 (12.89%) FFIEC
8 18 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (6.22%) Security Cleared
10 13 (5.78%) CompTIA CySA+
10 13 (5.78%) ISACA
11 12 (5.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (5.33%) SC Cleared
12 10 (4.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 8 (3.56%) SSCP
14 7 (3.11%) CCSP
14 7 (3.11%) CEH
14 7 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (3.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (72.00%) NIST
2 87 (38.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (33.78%) PCI DSS
4 51 (22.67%) GDPR
5 49 (21.78%) COBIT
6 44 (19.56%) GRC
7 21 (9.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (7.56%) ITGC
10 16 (7.11%) SOC 2
11 14 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (5.78%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (5.78%) NIST 800
13 8 (3.56%) NCSC
14 5 (2.22%) Data Quality
15 4 (1.78%) QA
15 4 (1.78%) SOC 1
16 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.44%) NLBS
1 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (5.78%) RSA Archer
2 11 (4.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 10 (4.44%) CASB
4 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.11%) SCCM
5 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (7.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.11%) Google
3 13 (5.78%) Oracle
3 13 (5.78%) SAP
4 10 (4.44%) IFS
5 4 (1.78%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.33%) Cisco
6 3 (1.33%) Citrix
6 3 (1.33%) Tenable
7 2 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.89%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.44%) Ariba
8 1 (0.44%) Carbon Black
8 1 (0.44%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.44%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.44%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.44%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.44%) Sage
8 1 (0.44%) VMware
8 1 (0.44%) Xero