CISM Jobs in London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 282 336
Rank change year-on-year +7 +54 +177
Permanent jobs citing CISM 125 243 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.96% 1.03% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.77% 3.60% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 77 209 260
10th Percentile £56,250 £56,000 £53,970
25th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £79,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +0.31% +6.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £105,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,996 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,514 6,757 8,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.71% 28.56% 26.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,960 4,266 5,637
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in London

CISM
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for CISM in London

CISM
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CISM in London

CISM
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +9 15 £90,000 +5.88% 10
East London -10 2 £96,250 -19.79% 2
CISM
England

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (2.40%) Confluence
2 2 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.60%) Azure
2 12 (9.60%) AWS
3 8 (6.40%) Entra ID
3 8 (6.40%) SaaS
4 5 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (4.00%) GCP
5 3 (2.40%) IaaS
5 3 (2.40%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.80%) PaaS
7 1 (0.80%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.80%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.60%) Firewall
2 15 (12.00%) Network Security
3 5 (4.00%) Kerberos
4 4 (3.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.80%) 4G
5 1 (0.80%) 5G
5 1 (0.80%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.80%) IPsec
5 1 (0.80%) LAN
5 1 (0.80%) VLAN
5 1 (0.80%) VoIP
5 1 (0.80%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.40%) Big Data
1 3 (2.40%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.40%) Power BI
2 1 (0.80%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.80%) HBase
2 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.80%) Subversion
General
1 66 (52.80%) Social Skills
2 44 (35.20%) Finance
3 20 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.20%) Banking
6 7 (5.60%) Retail
7 6 (4.80%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.00%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.20%) Legal
9 4 (3.20%) Marketing
10 3 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.80%) Electronics
12 1 (0.80%) Law
12 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (29.60%) Consultant
2 30 (24.00%) Security Consultant
3 27 (21.60%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 23 (18.40%) Security Manager
5 21 (16.80%) Managing Consultant
6 16 (12.80%) Senior
7 14 (11.20%) Analyst
8 11 (8.80%) Architect
8 11 (8.80%) Information Manager
8 11 (8.80%) Information Security Manager
9 10 (8.00%) Security Analyst
10 9 (7.20%) Risk Manager
11 8 (6.40%) IT Manager
11 8 (6.40%) Security Architect
11 8 (6.40%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (5.60%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 6 (4.80%) Lead
14 5 (4.00%) Compliance Advisor
14 5 (4.00%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
14 5 (4.00%) Identity Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.80%) SailPoint
2 5 (4.00%) LDAP
2 5 (4.00%) OAuth
2 5 (4.00%) OpenID
2 5 (4.00%) SAML
3 3 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.80%) Life Science
2 18 (14.40%) Security Posture
3 15 (12.00%) Management Information System
4 9 (7.20%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.60%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (4.00%) PKI
7 4 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.20%) Taxonomies
8 3 (2.40%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.40%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.60%) PMI
9 2 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.80%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.80%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.80%) Windows
2 5 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (70.40%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (52.00%) Information Security
3 50 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 29 (23.20%) Business Development
5 26 (20.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 23 (18.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (15.20%) Service Delivery
8 19 (15.20%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (14.40%) Identity Access Management
9 18 (14.40%) Roadmaps
9 18 (14.40%) SIEM
10 17 (13.60%) Cloud Security
11 16 (12.80%) Incident Response
12 15 (12.00%) Security Management
13 14 (11.20%) Computer Science
14 13 (10.40%) Agile
14 13 (10.40%) Security Architecture
15 11 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.80%) R
2 5 (4.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.80%) C#
3 1 (0.80%) C++
3 1 (0.80%) Java
3 1 (0.80%) Python
3 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 114 (91.20%) CISSP
2 41 (32.80%) Degree
3 39 (31.20%) CRISC
4 21 (16.80%) CISA
5 12 (9.60%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.40%) CEH
6 8 (6.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 8 (6.40%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.80%) CCSP
8 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (4.00%) AWS Certification
9 5 (4.00%) Azure Certification
9 5 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 5 (4.00%) SANS
10 4 (3.20%) Security Cleared
10 4 (3.20%) SSCP
11 3 (2.40%) CCIE
11 3 (2.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (54.40%) NIST
2 58 (46.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (28.80%) GRC
4 23 (18.40%) GDPR
5 16 (12.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (12.80%) PCI DSS
6 10 (8.00%) NIST 800
7 9 (7.20%) SOC 2
8 5 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.20%) COBIT
9 4 (3.20%) NCSC
9 4 (3.20%) SOC 1
10 3 (2.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (2.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.80%) Docker
2 1 (0.80%) HDFS
2 1 (0.80%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.80%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (4.00%) QRadar
2 5 (4.00%) RSA Archer
2 5 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (0.80%) CASB
3 1 (0.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.80%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.60%) Google
3 6 (4.80%) Splunk
4 5 (4.00%) SolarWinds
5 4 (3.20%) Cisco
5 4 (3.20%) Oracle
5 4 (3.20%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.20%) SAP
5 4 (3.20%) VMware
6 3 (2.40%) Arista
6 3 (2.40%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.40%) F5
6 3 (2.40%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.40%) Juniper
7 2 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.80%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.80%) McAfee
8 1 (0.80%) Qualys
8 1 (0.80%) Sophos
8 1 (0.80%) Veeam