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 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 319 383
Rank change year-on-year -25 +64 +19
Permanent jobs citing CISM 384 347 525
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.93% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.87% 2.27% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 272 236 440
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,625 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £102,500 £103,450
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% +3.45%

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 20,486 15,260 22,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.30% 40.84% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 7,083 15,598
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +6.48% -6.29%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +65 229 £87,500 +6.06% 47
South West -41 40 £60,000 -11.11% 16
North of England -69 39 £60,850 -6.38% 21
South East -72 34 £72,500 +11.54% 18
Midlands -56 27 £62,500 +4.17% 12
West Midlands -47 20 £66,250 +10.42% 8
Yorkshire -47 16 £55,000 -4.35% 3
North West -56 15 £77,500 +19.23% 14
East of England -38 10 £73,750 +1.72% 10
North East -32 8 £75,000 -6.25% 4
East Midlands -59 7 £51,058 -14.90% 4
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 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (21.09%) Azure
2 76 (19.79%) AWS
3 23 (5.99%) GCP
4 18 (4.69%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.86%) Nutanix
9 6 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.56%) SaaS
10 3 (0.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (0.78%) AWS CloudTrail
10 3 (0.78%) AWS KMS
10 3 (0.78%) GitHub
10 3 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.78%) Serverless
10 3 (0.78%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.52%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.52%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 40 (10.42%) Firewall
1 40 (10.42%) Network Security
2 28 (7.29%) CHAP
3 10 (2.60%) SD-WAN
3 10 (2.60%) WAN
4 9 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (1.56%) VPN
6 2 (0.52%) DKIM
6 2 (0.52%) DMARC
7 1 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.04%) Big Data
2 3 (0.78%) DB2
3 2 (0.52%) Power BI
3 2 (0.52%) Tableau
4 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.04%) GitLab
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) JIRA
3 1 (0.26%) Yeoman
General
1 179 (46.61%) Finance
2 174 (45.31%) Social Skills
3 88 (22.92%) Banking
4 83 (21.61%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (16.15%) Retail
6 57 (14.84%) Legal
7 46 (11.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (9.64%) Public Sector
9 33 (8.59%) Financial Institution
10 26 (6.77%) Local Government
11 20 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (4.95%) Telecoms
13 18 (4.69%) Law
13 18 (4.69%) Marketing
14 13 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (3.39%) Electronics
14 13 (3.39%) Manufacturing
15 9 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (16.41%) Consultant
2 54 (14.06%) Senior
3 47 (12.24%) Security Manager
4 41 (10.68%) Security Consultant
5 40 (10.42%) Lead
6 37 (9.64%) Analyst
7 34 (8.85%) Architect
8 33 (8.59%) Auditor
8 33 (8.59%) Security Architect
9 31 (8.07%) Security Analyst
10 29 (7.55%) Security Auditor
11 27 (7.03%) IT Manager
12 26 (6.77%) Head of Security
13 25 (6.51%) Internal Auditor
14 22 (5.73%) Information Analyst
15 21 (5.47%) Information Security Analyst
16 20 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 20 (5.21%) Information Manager
16 20 (5.21%) Information Security Manager
17 19 (4.95%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.39%) SAP CAF
2 6 (1.56%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.04%) Middleware
4 3 (0.78%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.52%) OAuth
6 1 (0.26%) ADO
6 1 (0.26%) JWT
6 1 (0.26%) LDAP
6 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.26%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 76 (19.79%) Management Information System
2 65 (16.93%) Security Posture
3 15 (3.91%) Blockchain
3 15 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.65%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.65%) PKI
5 11 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
5 11 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.82%) Blog
7 7 (1.82%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.56%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.04%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.52%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (0.52%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.34%) Windows
2 5 (1.30%) Linux
3 3 (0.78%) AIX
3 3 (0.78%) Unix
4 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (67.45%) Cybersecurity
2 203 (52.86%) Information Security
3 171 (44.53%) Risk Management
4 112 (29.17%) Incident Response
5 82 (21.35%) Vulnerability Management
6 75 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (19.53%) Risk Assessment
7 73 (19.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 68 (17.71%) Data Protection
9 66 (17.19%) Cloud Security
10 65 (16.93%) Mentoring
10 65 (16.93%) SIEM
11 64 (16.67%) Internal Audit
11 64 (16.67%) Project Management
12 61 (15.89%) Security Architecture
13 59 (15.36%) Agile
14 52 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (12.76%) Roadmaps
16 46 (11.98%) Analytics
17 39 (10.16%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.08%) Python
2 7 (1.82%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.56%) Bash
4 1 (0.26%) Java
4 1 (0.26%) Perl
4 1 (0.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 361 (94.01%) CISSP
2 126 (32.81%) CISA
3 85 (22.14%) CRISC
4 71 (18.49%) Cisco Certification
4 71 (18.49%) Degree
5 65 (16.93%) Security Cleared
6 59 (15.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 56 (14.58%) SC Cleared
8 43 (11.20%) CCSP
9 42 (10.94%) SANS
10 38 (9.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 32 (8.33%) CGEIT
12 30 (7.81%) FFIEC
13 27 (7.03%) CompTIA Security+
13 27 (7.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 21 (5.47%) DV Cleared
14 21 (5.47%) Master's Degree
15 19 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
16 18 (4.69%) CEH
17 15 (3.91%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (66.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 246 (64.06%) NIST
3 100 (26.04%) GDPR
4 93 (24.22%) GRC
5 69 (17.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 54 (14.06%) COBIT
7 46 (11.98%) PCI DSS
8 37 (9.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (9.11%) NIST 800
10 29 (7.55%) QA
11 25 (6.51%) NCSC
12 21 (5.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 16 (4.17%) ITGC
13 16 (4.17%) SOC 2
14 12 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 11 (2.86%) JSP 440
16 10 (2.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (1.82%) Government Security Classifications
18 4 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
19 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 7 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 14 (3.65%) RSA Archer
2 11 (2.86%) CASB
2 11 (2.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.82%) SCCM
3 7 (1.82%) Terraform
4 5 (1.30%) Ansible
5 4 (1.04%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.26%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 36 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.55%) SAP
3 12 (3.13%) Google
3 12 (3.13%) Oracle
4 11 (2.86%) IFS
5 8 (2.08%) Palo Alto
5 8 (2.08%) Tenable
6 7 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.56%) Cisco
8 5 (1.30%) CheckPoint
8 5 (1.30%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.30%) Splunk
9 4 (1.04%) Arista
9 4 (1.04%) F5
9 4 (1.04%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.78%) Citrix
10 3 (0.78%) Intel
10 3 (0.78%) Varonis
11 2 (0.52%) Qualys
11 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow