CISM Jobs in England

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 390 400
Rank change year-on-year +88 +10 +157
Permanent jobs citing CISM 456 544 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.94% 0.63% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.86% 2.22% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 208 453 503
10th Percentile £51,080 £47,500 £46,600
25th Percentile £55,563 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £103,250 £103,690 £105,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISM 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 24,579 24,478 29,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.86% 28.25% 33.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,686 15,723 13,209
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £31,791
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £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 £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in England

CISM
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for CISM in England

CISM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CISM in England

CISM
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Midlands +156 172 £60,000 -15.79% 92
West Midlands +136 121 £60,000 -20.00% 48
London +7 121 £82,500 +3.13% 192
South East +127 69 £65,000 - 181
East Midlands +70 51 £58,750 -11.65% 37
North of England -15 47 £61,000 +1.67% 134
North West -48 37 £58,750 +12.80% 63
South West +48 22 £67,500 -1.46% 75
East of England +26 10 £51,711 +3.42% 74
Yorkshire +57 5 £57,500 -27.98% 46
North East +44 5 £80,000 +0.20% 26
CISM
UK

CISM
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 (0.66%) Confluence
1 3 (0.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.44%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.44%) IIS
2 2 (0.44%) TPMS
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (11.62%) Azure
2 29 (6.36%) AWS
3 17 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 9 (1.97%) GCP
7 7 (1.54%) SaaS
8 5 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (0.88%) IaaS
10 3 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.66%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.44%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.44%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.22%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.22%) PaaS
12 1 (0.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 70 (15.35%) Firewall
2 31 (6.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 27 (5.92%) Network Security
4 24 (5.26%) VPN
5 5 (1.10%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.88%) DNS
6 4 (0.88%) HTTP
6 4 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.44%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.44%) DMZ
7 2 (0.44%) LAN
7 2 (0.44%) S/MIME
7 2 (0.44%) SMTP
7 2 (0.44%) SSL
7 2 (0.44%) VoIP
7 2 (0.44%) WAN
7 2 (0.44%) X.509
8 1 (0.22%) NGFW
8 1 (0.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (0.66%) Power BI
2 2 (0.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.22%) HBase
3 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 147 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
2 66 (14.47%) Finance
3 43 (9.43%) Legal
4 18 (3.95%) Retail
5 17 (3.73%) Banking
6 15 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.41%) Local Government
8 8 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.54%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.32%) Publishing
11 5 (1.10%) Military
12 4 (0.88%) Law
12 4 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.44%) Aviation
14 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 174 (38.16%) Security Engineer
2 147 (32.24%) Principal Engineer
2 147 (32.24%) Principal Security Engineer
3 130 (28.51%) Analyst
4 124 (27.19%) Security Analyst
5 87 (19.08%) Principal Security Analyst
5 87 (19.08%) Product Analyst
6 64 (14.04%) Security Manager
7 60 (13.16%) Product Engineer
8 40 (8.77%) Consultant
9 34 (7.46%) Security Consultant
10 28 (6.14%) Architect
11 27 (5.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 26 (5.70%) Security Architect
13 24 (5.26%) Information Manager
13 24 (5.26%) Information Security Manager
13 24 (5.26%) Senior
14 23 (5.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 21 (4.61%) Managing Consultant
16 20 (4.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.32%) SailPoint
2 5 (1.10%) LDAP
2 5 (1.10%) OAuth
2 5 (1.10%) OpenID
2 5 (1.10%) SAML
3 3 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.44%) EJB
4 2 (0.44%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.22%) HTML
5 1 (0.22%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 87 (19.08%) Management Information System
2 57 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 22 (4.82%) Cyber Threat
4 21 (4.61%) Life Science
4 21 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.85%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (2.63%) Social Media
7 12 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 9 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.54%) PKI
10 7 (1.54%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.32%) Freedom of Information
11 6 (1.32%) Freedom of Information Act
12 5 (1.10%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.88%) Cyberattack
14 3 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.68%) Windows
2 12 (2.63%) Windows Vista
3 7 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.32%) Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (79.39%) Cybersecurity
2 327 (71.71%) Information Security
3 271 (59.43%) Risk Management
4 167 (36.62%) Project Management
5 155 (33.99%) Security Testing
6 154 (33.77%) Cyber Resilience
7 81 (17.76%) Incident Response
8 64 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (13.82%) SIEM
10 62 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (12.06%) Agile
11 55 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
12 51 (11.18%) Cloud Security
12 51 (11.18%) Vulnerability Management
13 50 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 47 (10.31%) Regulatory Compliance
15 45 (9.87%) Mentoring
16 44 (9.65%) Data Protection
17 43 (9.43%) Security Operations
18 38 (8.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.85%) PowerShell
2 12 (2.63%) R
3 7 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (1.10%) Python
5 4 (0.88%) Bash
6 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.22%) C#
7 1 (0.22%) C++
7 1 (0.22%) Java
7 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 422 (92.54%) CISSP
2 254 (55.70%) Degree
3 153 (33.55%) CESG Certified Professional
4 149 (32.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (16.89%) CISA
6 76 (16.67%) CRISC
7 42 (9.21%) CEH
8 31 (6.80%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (6.58%) Master's Degree
10 29 (6.36%) Security Cleared
11 28 (6.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 27 (5.92%) CompTIA Security+
13 22 (4.82%) GIAC
14 20 (4.39%) SANS
15 19 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
16 18 (3.95%) SC Cleared
17 14 (3.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 13 (2.85%) CCSP
19 12 (2.63%) DBS Check
20 10 (2.19%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 312 (68.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 301 (66.01%) NIST
3 154 (33.77%) JSP 440
4 151 (33.11%) RMADS
5 58 (12.72%) GRC
6 54 (11.84%) GDPR
7 52 (11.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (7.46%) PCI DSS
9 26 (5.70%) SOC 2
10 24 (5.26%) NCSC
11 23 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 19 (4.17%) COBIT
13 16 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 13 (2.85%) NIST 800
15 10 (2.19%) HIPAA
16 7 (1.54%) Accessibility
16 7 (1.54%) SOC 1
17 6 (1.32%) Def Stans
18 5 (1.10%) QA
19 4 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (3.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.66%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) HDFS
3 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.97%) QRadar
3 8 (1.75%) Nessus
3 8 (1.75%) RSA Archer
4 7 (1.54%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.10%) Terraform
6 3 (0.66%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.44%) CASB
7 2 (0.44%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.22%) MaaS360
8 1 (0.22%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 51 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.17%) Tenable
3 15 (3.29%) VMware
4 10 (2.19%) Splunk
5 9 (1.97%) Cisco
6 8 (1.75%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.32%) Google
7 6 (1.32%) Qualys
8 5 (1.10%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.10%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.88%) Oracle
9 4 (0.88%) Sophos
10 3 (0.66%) Juniper
10 3 (0.66%) SAP
11 2 (0.44%) AlienVault
11 2 (0.44%) Dell
11 2 (0.44%) Thales
12 1 (0.22%) Aruba
12 1 (0.22%) Darktrace