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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 576 579
Rank change year-on-year +55 +3 +174
Permanent jobs citing CISA 160 285 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.32% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 1.15% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 62 226 265
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £45,250
25th Percentile £48,924 £50,000 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £100,000 £102,100
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +2.27% +1.54%

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 24,705 24,823 28,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.10% 27.64% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,849 15,767 12,989
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +35 76 £75,000 - 80
Midlands +79 35 £51,000 -18.40% 9
West Midlands +72 33 £50,500 -22.31% 6
South East +93 31 £53,750 -20.37% 9
North of England +10 26 £73,750 +84.38% 12
North West -16 18 £75,000 +87.50% 4
North East +48 6 £71,250 +78.13% 5
South West +79 3 £47,500 -42.42% 6
Yorkshire +48 2 £73,750 +40.48% 4
East Midlands +41 2 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East of England +42 1 £51,422 +2.84% 4
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 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (13.75%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.13%) AWS
2 11 (6.88%) Azure
3 7 (4.38%) SaaS
4 6 (3.75%) GCP
4 6 (3.75%) IaaS
5 4 (2.50%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.25%) PaaS
8 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.63%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.13%) Firewall
2 7 (4.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (3.13%) Network Security
4 3 (1.88%) VPN
5 1 (0.63%) 4G
5 1 (0.63%) 5G
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.63%) IPsec
5 1 (0.63%) LAN
5 1 (0.63%) VLAN
5 1 (0.63%) VoIP
5 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.50%) Power BI
2 3 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.63%) HBase
3 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Subversion
General
1 85 (53.13%) Finance
2 71 (44.38%) Social Skills
3 28 (17.50%) Banking
4 26 (16.25%) Retail
5 23 (14.38%) Games
6 22 (13.75%) Manufacturing
6 22 (13.75%) Telecoms
7 21 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (11.88%) Legal
9 6 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.75%) Publishing
10 5 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.13%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.25%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.25%) Marketing
12 1 (0.63%) Aviation
12 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (36.88%) Senior
2 35 (21.88%) Audit Manager
3 32 (20.00%) Senior Audit Manager
3 32 (20.00%) Senior Manager
4 22 (13.75%) IT Manager
5 21 (13.13%) Security Manager
6 19 (11.88%) Risk Manager
7 17 (10.63%) IT Audit Manager
7 17 (10.63%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 17 (10.63%) Senior IT Manager
8 16 (10.00%) Auditor
9 13 (8.13%) Analyst
10 12 (7.50%) Audit Support Manager
10 12 (7.50%) Information Manager
10 12 (7.50%) Information Security Manager
10 12 (7.50%) IT Auditor
10 12 (7.50%) Quality Manager
10 12 (7.50%) Senior Quality Manager
10 12 (7.50%) Senior Support Manager
10 12 (7.50%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 53 (33.13%) Management Information System
2 22 (13.75%) Blockchain
2 22 (13.75%) Robotics
3 21 (13.13%) Security Posture
4 11 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.75%) Freedom of Information
6 6 (3.75%) Freedom of Information Act
6 6 (3.75%) Social Media
6 6 (3.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (3.13%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.25%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.63%) PMI
10 1 (0.63%) SCADA
10 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.25%) Windows
2 6 (3.75%) Windows Vista
3 4 (2.50%) Linux
4 3 (1.88%) Unix
4 3 (1.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (47.50%) Information Security
2 75 (46.88%) IT Audit
3 59 (36.88%) Agile
4 57 (35.63%) Mentoring
5 49 (30.63%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (26.88%) Risk Management
7 41 (25.63%) Creative Thinking
8 40 (25.00%) Analytics
8 40 (25.00%) Data Analytics
9 38 (23.75%) Coaching
10 33 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (18.75%) Change Management
12 28 (17.50%) Data Protection
13 26 (16.25%) ERP
14 25 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
15 23 (14.38%) Internal Audit
16 22 (13.75%) Robotic Process Automation
17 20 (12.50%) Cloud Security
17 20 (12.50%) Computer Science
17 20 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.75%) R
2 5 (3.13%) SQL
3 4 (2.50%) Python
4 2 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.25%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.63%) C#
5 1 (0.63%) C++
5 1 (0.63%) Java
5 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (55.63%) CISSP
2 71 (44.38%) CISM
3 39 (24.38%) Degree
4 31 (19.38%) ISACA
5 23 (14.38%) CRISC
6 19 (11.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 19 (11.88%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (8.75%) SANS
7 14 (8.75%) Security Cleared
8 11 (6.88%) CEH
8 11 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (6.88%) GIAC
9 10 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (6.25%) Master's Degree
9 10 (6.25%) SC Cleared
10 9 (5.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 9 (5.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (5.00%) DBS Check
12 6 (3.75%) CCSP
13 5 (3.13%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (39.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (28.75%) ITGC
3 45 (28.13%) NIST
4 22 (13.75%) GDPR
4 22 (13.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (12.50%) GRC
6 14 (8.75%) COBIT
7 13 (8.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (5.00%) NCSC
9 8 (5.00%) PCI DSS
10 6 (3.75%) HIPAA
10 6 (3.75%) NIST 800
11 5 (3.13%) JSP 440
12 2 (1.25%) Accessibility
12 2 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (1.25%) SLA
13 1 (0.63%) SOC 1
13 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.63%) Docker
1 1 (0.63%) HDFS
1 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.25%) FortiGate
1 2 (1.25%) Nessus
1 2 (1.25%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (18.13%) Oracle
2 28 (17.50%) SAP
3 21 (13.13%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.38%) Google
4 7 (4.38%) VMware
5 3 (1.88%) Cisco
5 3 (1.88%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.88%) Sophos
5 3 (1.88%) Tenable
6 2 (1.25%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.25%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.63%) HP
7 1 (0.63%) Sybase