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 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 342 401 400
Rank change year-on-year +59 -1 +151
Permanent jobs citing CISM 412 569 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.84% 0.60% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.73% 2.22% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 190 449 495
10th Percentile £48,467 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,275 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,250 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £84,688 £87,500 £90,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year - +2.84% +0.71%

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 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%

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 13 June 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 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
Midlands +149 143 £57,500 -17.86% 21
London -8 123 £82,500 +3.13% 153
West Midlands +116 99 £57,500 -23.33% 12
South East +121 69 £65,000 - 63
East Midlands +80 44 £55,000 -19.41% 9
North of England 0 32 £65,000 +8.33% 41
South West +57 22 £67,500 -1.46% 17
North West -39 21 £61,000 +17.12% 35
East of England +33 10 £51,711 +3.42% 13
North East +52 6 £80,000 +0.20% 6
Yorkshire +54 5 £57,500 -27.98%
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 (0.73%) Confluence
1 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.49%) IIS
2 2 (0.49%) TPMS
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (12.86%) Azure
2 34 (8.25%) AWS
3 15 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (2.91%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.91%) GCP
6 10 (2.43%) SaaS
7 5 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (1.21%) IaaS
8 4 (0.97%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.73%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.49%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.24%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.24%) PaaS
11 1 (0.24%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 60 (14.56%) Firewall
2 24 (5.83%) Network Security
2 24 (5.83%) VPN
3 23 (5.58%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.21%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.97%) DNS
5 4 (0.97%) HTTP
5 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.73%) S/MIME
6 3 (0.73%) SSL
6 3 (0.73%) X.509
7 2 (0.49%) DMZ
7 2 (0.49%) LAN
7 2 (0.49%) SMTP
7 2 (0.49%) VoIP
7 2 (0.49%) WAN
8 1 (0.24%) IPsec
8 1 (0.24%) SAN
8 1 (0.24%) VLAN
8 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (0.97%) Power BI
2 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.24%) HBase
3 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 142 (34.47%) Social Skills
2 71 (17.23%) Finance
3 59 (14.32%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.68%) Legal
5 19 (4.61%) Banking
5 19 (4.61%) Retail
6 16 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.67%) Local Government
8 9 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.94%) Law
10 7 (1.70%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.21%) Military
11 5 (1.21%) Publishing
12 4 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.49%) Advertising
14 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.49%) Aviation
14 2 (0.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 148 (35.92%) Security Engineer
2 119 (28.88%) Principal Engineer
2 119 (28.88%) Principal Security Engineer
3 98 (23.79%) Analyst
4 91 (22.09%) Security Analyst
5 60 (14.56%) Product Engineer
6 59 (14.32%) Principal Security Analyst
6 59 (14.32%) Product Analyst
7 47 (11.41%) Security Manager
8 39 (9.47%) Consultant
9 33 (8.01%) Security Consultant
10 27 (6.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 23 (5.58%) Risk Manager
12 21 (5.10%) Architect
12 21 (5.10%) Managing Consultant
13 20 (4.85%) Information Security Manager
13 20 (4.85%) Security Architect
13 20 (4.85%) Senior
14 19 (4.61%) Information Manager
15 18 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.46%) SailPoint
2 5 (1.21%) LDAP
2 5 (1.21%) OAuth
2 5 (1.21%) OpenID
2 5 (1.21%) SAML
3 4 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.73%) EJB
5 2 (0.49%) Leaflet
6 1 (0.24%) HTML
6 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 79 (19.17%) Management Information System
2 51 (12.38%) Security Posture
3 21 (5.10%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (5.10%) Life Science
4 16 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (3.40%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.18%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.94%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.94%) PKI
7 8 (1.94%) Taxonomies
8 6 (1.46%) Social Media
8 6 (1.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.21%) Freedom of Information
9 5 (1.21%) Freedom of Information Act
10 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.97%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.73%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.04%) Windows
2 7 (1.70%) Linux
2 7 (1.70%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.46%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (77.18%) Cybersecurity
2 279 (67.72%) Information Security
3 242 (58.74%) Risk Management
4 141 (34.22%) Project Management
5 126 (30.58%) Cyber Resilience
5 126 (30.58%) Security Testing
6 75 (18.20%) Incident Response
7 61 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (14.56%) Agile
9 59 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 58 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (13.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 55 (13.35%) SIEM
13 50 (12.14%) Mentoring
14 48 (11.65%) Security Operations
15 47 (11.41%) Cloud Security
15 47 (11.41%) Regulatory Compliance
16 42 (10.19%) Risk Assessment
16 42 (10.19%) Vulnerability Management
17 38 (9.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.40%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.16%) R
3 8 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (1.46%) Python
5 5 (1.21%) Bash
6 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.24%) C#
7 1 (0.24%) C++
7 1 (0.24%) Java
7 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 380 (92.23%) CISSP
2 213 (51.70%) Degree
3 126 (30.58%) CESG Certified Professional
4 121 (29.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (18.69%) CRISC
6 74 (17.96%) CISA
7 34 (8.25%) CEH
8 27 (6.55%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (6.55%) Security Cleared
9 25 (6.07%) CompTIA Security+
10 24 (5.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 24 (5.83%) Master's Degree
11 22 (5.34%) GIAC
12 21 (5.10%) SANS
13 19 (4.61%) SC Cleared
14 14 (3.40%) CCSP
15 13 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (2.91%) ISACA
17 8 (1.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 8 (1.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (67.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 266 (64.56%) NIST
3 125 (30.34%) JSP 440
4 123 (29.85%) RMADS
5 55 (13.35%) GRC
6 52 (12.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 46 (11.17%) GDPR
8 32 (7.77%) SOC 2
9 31 (7.52%) PCI DSS
10 23 (5.58%) NCSC
11 22 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 21 (5.10%) COBIT
13 16 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 14 (3.40%) NIST 800
15 9 (2.18%) HIPAA
16 8 (1.94%) Accessibility
17 7 (1.70%) SOC 1
18 6 (1.46%) Def Stans
19 5 (1.21%) QA
19 5 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.97%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) HDFS
3 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.18%) QRadar
3 8 (1.94%) RSA Archer
4 7 (1.70%) Nessus
4 7 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.46%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.21%) Terraform
7 4 (0.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.49%) CASB
10 1 (0.24%) MaaS360
10 1 (0.24%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 59 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.64%) Tenable
3 13 (3.16%) VMware
4 10 (2.43%) Splunk
5 8 (1.94%) Google
5 8 (1.94%) Palo Alto
6 7 (1.70%) Cisco
7 6 (1.46%) Qualys
8 5 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.21%) Oracle
8 5 (1.21%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.97%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.97%) SAP
9 4 (0.97%) Sophos
10 3 (0.73%) Juniper
10 3 (0.73%) Thales
11 2 (0.49%) AlienVault
11 2 (0.49%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.49%) Trend Micro
11 2 (0.49%) Zscaler