CISM Job Trends 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 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 303 366
Rank change year-on-year +16 +63 +48
Permanent jobs citing CISM 373 455 330
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 0.92% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.13% 2.52% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 249 242 276
10th Percentile £49,950 £49,420 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,300 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,367 £75,000 £74,497
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +0.68% -0.67%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £110,000 £108,125
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -3.01%

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 17,522 18,032 13,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.69% 36.37% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,051 7,216 9,512
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CISM job vacancy trend in England

CISM
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISM

CISM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 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 +50 196 £87,500 +4.48% 53
South West +52 56 £60,000 -6.25% 19
South East +27 45 £65,000 -15.58% 32
Midlands -12 31 £62,500 +4.17% 12
North of England -70 27 £83,750 +28.85% 15
West Midlands -18 19 £62,500 +4.17% 7
North West -52 17 £82,200 +50.02% 9
East of England +7 12 £67,500 -8.78% 11
East Midlands -3 12 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Yorkshire -28 7 £75,000 - 6
North East +9 3 £86,250 -
CISM
UK

CISM
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 16 (4.29%) IIS
2 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.27%) Confluence
3 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 61 (16.35%) Azure
2 43 (11.53%) AWS
3 20 (5.36%) Entra ID
3 20 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (3.49%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (2.68%) Nutanix
7 8 (2.14%) SaaS
8 4 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.07%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (0.80%) GCP
9 3 (0.80%) IaaS
10 2 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.54%) Tessian
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.27%) OCI
11 1 (0.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.53%) Firewall
2 24 (6.43%) Network Security
3 12 (3.22%) CHAP
4 10 (2.68%) SD-WAN
4 10 (2.68%) VPN
4 10 (2.68%) WAN
5 5 (1.34%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.80%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.54%) DKIM
7 2 (0.54%) DMARC
7 2 (0.54%) Modbus
8 1 (0.27%) Broadband
8 1 (0.27%) DHCP
8 1 (0.27%) DMZ
8 1 (0.27%) DNS
8 1 (0.27%) NGFW
8 1 (0.27%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.75%) Tableau
2 13 (3.49%) Power BI
3 1 (0.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.27%) Git
2 1 (0.27%) GitLab
2 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 184 (49.33%) Social Skills
2 143 (38.34%) Finance
3 77 (20.64%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (16.62%) Legal
5 48 (12.87%) Public Sector
6 42 (11.26%) Banking
7 30 (8.04%) Manufacturing
7 30 (8.04%) Marketing
7 30 (8.04%) Telecoms
8 29 (7.77%) Electronics
9 26 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (6.17%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (5.63%) Retail
12 18 (4.83%) Law
13 17 (4.56%) Financial Institution
14 15 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (1.07%) International Banking
18 3 (0.80%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 69 (18.50%) Consultant
2 63 (16.89%) Security Consultant
3 53 (14.21%) Senior
4 52 (13.94%) Architect
5 48 (12.87%) Security Architect
6 45 (12.06%) Security Manager
7 39 (10.46%) Lead
8 36 (9.65%) Analyst
9 31 (8.31%) Enterprise Architect
9 31 (8.31%) Enterprise Security Architect
10 29 (7.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 28 (7.51%) Enterprise Information Architect
11 28 (7.51%) Information Architect
11 28 (7.51%) Information Security Architect
12 22 (5.90%) Senior Consultant
13 21 (5.63%) Head of Security
14 20 (5.36%) Information Security Manager
14 20 (5.36%) Security Engineer
15 19 (5.09%) Senior Manager
16 18 (4.83%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.70%) SAP CAF
2 5 (1.34%) OAuth
3 4 (1.07%) ModSecurity
3 4 (1.07%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.07%) OpenID
3 4 (1.07%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.07%) SAML
4 3 (0.80%) EDI
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.27%) JWT
6 1 (0.27%) LDAP
6 1 (0.27%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 92 (24.66%) Management Information System
2 38 (10.19%) Security Posture
3 24 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.29%) CESG
5 15 (4.02%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (2.14%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.14%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.14%) PKI
8 8 (2.14%) Taxonomies
9 7 (1.88%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.61%) Blockchain
10 6 (1.61%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.80%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.80%) Smart City
12 2 (0.54%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.34%) Windows
2 4 (1.07%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (68.90%) Cybersecurity
2 216 (57.91%) Information Security
3 195 (52.28%) Risk Management
4 91 (24.40%) Incident Response
5 85 (22.79%) Data Protection
6 73 (19.57%) Security Architecture
7 70 (18.77%) ISMS
8 68 (18.23%) Decision-Making
9 67 (17.96%) Cloud Security
10 66 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 64 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
12 59 (15.82%) Security Management
13 58 (15.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 52 (13.94%) Information Security Management
15 51 (13.67%) Stakeholder Management
15 51 (13.67%) Vulnerability Management
16 49 (13.14%) Risk Assessment
17 46 (12.33%) Agile
17 46 (12.33%) Strategic Thinking
18 45 (12.06%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.14%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.61%) Python
3 4 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.54%) Bash
5 1 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 349 (93.57%) CISSP
2 108 (28.95%) CISA
3 90 (24.13%) CRISC
4 84 (22.52%) Degree
5 61 (16.35%) Security Cleared
6 58 (15.55%) SC Cleared
7 47 (12.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 34 (9.12%) TOGAF Certification
9 30 (8.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 30 (8.04%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (8.04%) DBS Check
10 28 (7.51%) CEH
10 28 (7.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 25 (6.70%) CISMP
12 23 (6.17%) CESG Certified Professional
12 23 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (5.09%) SANS
14 17 (4.56%) CGEIT
14 17 (4.56%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (4.29%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (64.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 197 (52.82%) NIST
3 122 (32.71%) GRC
4 75 (20.11%) GDPR
5 72 (19.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 39 (10.46%) NIST 800
7 37 (9.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 31 (8.31%) PCI DSS
9 30 (8.04%) NCSC
10 29 (7.77%) COBIT
11 23 (6.17%) JSP 440
12 18 (4.83%) SOC 2
13 16 (4.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 16 (4.29%) RMADS
14 12 (3.22%) Data Quality
14 12 (3.22%) ITGC
15 8 (2.14%) ISAE 3402
15 8 (2.14%) SOC 1
16 7 (1.88%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 6 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.02%) RSA Archer
2 12 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.41%) CASB
4 7 (1.88%) SCCM
5 4 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.54%) Ansible
6 2 (0.54%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.27%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.27%) Nessus
7 1 (0.27%) Nmap
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (13.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.77%) SAP
3 7 (1.88%) Progress
3 7 (1.88%) Tenable
4 6 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.34%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.07%) Carbon Black
6 4 (1.07%) Cisco
6 4 (1.07%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.07%) Darktrace
6 4 (1.07%) Qualys
7 3 (0.80%) Google
7 3 (0.80%) VMware
8 2 (0.54%) Exabeam
8 2 (0.54%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (0.54%) Meraki
8 2 (0.54%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.54%) Splunk
9 1 (0.27%) Cribl.io
9 1 (0.27%) Thales