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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 561 573
Rank change year-on-year +55 +12 +157
Permanent jobs citing CISA 172 277 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.32% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 1.13% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 76 223 278
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £45,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £88,438
90th Percentile £95,625 £100,000 £102,800
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £65,500
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.05% +0.77%

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 24,368 24,441 29,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.37% 28.46% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,316 15,778 13,348
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,418 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £59,600
Median % change year-on-year - -7.72% +8.36%
75th Percentile £68,813 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.86% +7.73%

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 11 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 11 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 +44 75 £78,750 +5.00% 88
Midlands +83 41 £53,750 -14.00% 18
West Midlands +82 40 £52,500 -19.23% 11
North of England +42 33 £75,000 +87.50% 21
South East +117 31 £57,500 -14.81% 30
North West -8 26 £75,000 +87.50% 11
North East +48 5 £72,500 +81.25% 5
South West +75 2 £47,500 -42.42% 5
Yorkshire +59 2 £73,750 +40.48% 6
East of England +33 2 £51,422 +2.84% 2
East Midlands +40 1 £55,000 -8.33% 7
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 5 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (12.79%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.88%) Azure
2 14 (8.14%) AWS
3 7 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (4.07%) SaaS
4 6 (3.49%) GCP
4 6 (3.49%) IaaS
5 3 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.74%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.16%) PaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.58%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (18.60%) Firewall
2 16 (9.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (3.49%) Network Security
3 6 (3.49%) VPN
4 4 (2.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.58%) 4G
5 1 (0.58%) 5G
5 1 (0.58%) IPsec
5 1 (0.58%) LAN
5 1 (0.58%) VLAN
5 1 (0.58%) VoIP
5 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (1.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.58%) HBase
2 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 80 (46.51%) Social Skills
2 79 (45.93%) Finance
3 27 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (15.70%) Banking
4 25 (14.53%) Retail
5 22 (12.79%) Games
5 22 (12.79%) Manufacturing
5 22 (12.79%) Telecoms
6 20 (11.63%) Legal
7 7 (4.07%) Publishing
8 6 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.58%) Aviation
10 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (33.14%) Senior
2 37 (21.51%) Audit Manager
3 34 (19.77%) Senior Audit Manager
3 34 (19.77%) Senior Manager
4 25 (14.53%) IT Manager
5 22 (12.79%) Security Manager
6 20 (11.63%) Risk Manager
7 19 (11.05%) IT Audit Manager
7 19 (11.05%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 19 (11.05%) Senior IT Manager
8 17 (9.88%) Architect
8 17 (9.88%) Security Architect
9 14 (8.14%) Auditor
9 14 (8.14%) Information Manager
10 13 (7.56%) Governance Manager
10 13 (7.56%) Information Security Manager
11 12 (6.98%) IT Auditor
11 12 (6.98%) Security Engineer
11 12 (6.98%) Senior Quality Manager
11 12 (6.98%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 60 (34.88%) Management Information System
2 29 (16.86%) Security Posture
3 22 (12.79%) Blockchain
3 22 (12.79%) Robotics
4 19 (11.05%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (8.14%) Social Media
5 14 (8.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 9 (5.23%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (4.07%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (4.07%) Freedom of Information Act
8 5 (2.91%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.33%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.74%) Housing Association
10 3 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.58%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 1 (0.58%) PMI
12 1 (0.58%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.72%) Windows
2 14 (8.14%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (52.33%) Information Security
2 78 (45.35%) IT Audit
3 65 (37.79%) Cybersecurity
4 61 (35.47%) Agile
5 58 (33.72%) Mentoring
6 52 (30.23%) Risk Management
7 43 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
8 41 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (22.09%) Analytics
9 38 (22.09%) Coaching
9 38 (22.09%) Data Analytics
10 36 (20.93%) Data Protection
11 33 (19.19%) Cloud Security
12 32 (18.60%) Incident Response
13 30 (17.44%) Change Management
13 30 (17.44%) Vulnerability Management
14 29 (16.86%) Computer Science
15 28 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (16.28%) ITIL
15 28 (16.28%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.49%) R
2 4 (2.33%) Python
3 2 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.16%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.16%) SQL
4 1 (0.58%) C#
4 1 (0.58%) C++
4 1 (0.58%) Java
4 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (61.05%) CISSP
2 87 (50.58%) CISM
3 43 (25.00%) Degree
4 34 (19.77%) ISACA
5 29 (16.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 29 (16.86%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (12.79%) CRISC
7 18 (10.47%) CEH
7 18 (10.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (9.88%) Master's Degree
8 17 (9.88%) SANS
8 17 (9.88%) Security Cleared
9 16 (9.30%) DBS Check
10 13 (7.56%) GIAC
10 13 (7.56%) SC Cleared
11 10 (5.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 9 (5.23%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (5.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 7 (4.07%) CCSP
14 6 (3.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (45.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (31.98%) NIST
3 43 (25.00%) ITGC
4 36 (20.93%) GDPR
5 23 (13.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 22 (12.79%) GRC
7 21 (12.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (8.72%) COBIT
9 13 (7.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 11 (6.40%) NCSC
11 9 (5.23%) PCI DSS
12 8 (4.65%) JSP 440
13 7 (4.07%) HIPAA
14 6 (3.49%) NIST 800
15 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
15 2 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (1.16%) SLA
15 2 (1.16%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.58%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.58%) Docker
1 1 (0.58%) HDFS
1 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.91%) FortiGate
1 5 (2.91%) Nessus
2 1 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.58%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 26 (15.12%) Oracle
2 25 (14.53%) SAP
3 19 (11.05%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.65%) Google
4 8 (4.65%) VMware
5 6 (3.49%) Cisco
5 6 (3.49%) Tenable
6 5 (2.91%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.74%) Sophos
8 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.58%) HP
9 1 (0.58%) Sybase
9 1 (0.58%) Veeam