CISM Job Trends in Leicestershire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 46 59 57
Rank change year-on-year +13 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing CISM 4 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.71% 0.22% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.92% 0.65% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £61,000 - £59,300
25th Percentile £70,000 - £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £81,250 - £71,875
90th Percentile £83,500 - £74,500
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 137 155 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 24.25% 34.44% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 61 38 63
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,375 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,645 £42,500 £39,969
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% +6.33% -15.86%
75th Percentile £46,585 £57,000 £59,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +13.40%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

CISM
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing CISM

CISM
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Salary histogram for CISM in Leicestershire

CISM
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Leicestershire 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
Leicester - 2 £80,000 -
Market Harborough - 2 £70,000 -
CISM
East Midlands

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (50.00%) CISMP
2 2 (50.00%) CRISC
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft