CISM Job Trends 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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 272 267
Rank change year-on-year +75 -5 +70
Permanent jobs citing CISM 224 135 248
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.05% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.97% 3.05% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 139 85 211
10th Percentile £66,250 £56,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £67,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% +2.89%
75th Percentile £116,250 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £125,250 £135,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% +3.45%

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 4,509 4,425 6,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.36% 34.28% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,429 2,046 4,243
10th Percentile £36,750 £40,951 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £58,497 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.73% +4.55% -4.35%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CISM job vacancy trend in London

CISM
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISM

CISM
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

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 18 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
Central London +29 49 £80,000 -11.11% 13
East London - 33 £90,000 - 3
West London - 11 £95,000 - 1
North London - 1 £80,000 -
CISM
England

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.88%) Azure
2 46 (20.54%) AWS
3 15 (6.70%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.25%) GCP
5 11 (4.91%) Nutanix
6 10 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.34%) GitHub
9 3 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.89%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (0.89%) AWS KMS
10 2 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.89%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.89%) SaaS
10 2 (0.89%) Tessian
11 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.84%) Network Security
2 30 (13.39%) Firewall
3 27 (12.05%) CHAP
4 10 (4.46%) SD-WAN
4 10 (4.46%) WAN
5 9 (4.02%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.79%) VPN
7 2 (0.89%) DKIM
7 2 (0.89%) DMARC
8 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.45%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) Big Data
2 3 (1.34%) DB2
3 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.45%) Power BI
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.34%) GitLab
3 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 140 (62.50%) Finance
2 108 (48.21%) Social Skills
3 80 (35.71%) Banking
4 54 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (21.43%) Retail
6 42 (18.75%) Legal
7 32 (14.29%) Financial Institution
8 30 (13.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (11.61%) Local Government
10 12 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (5.36%) Law
11 11 (4.91%) Public Sector
12 10 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.23%) Marketing
14 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.79%) International Banking
16 3 (1.34%) Advertising
16 3 (1.34%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 36 (16.07%) Senior
2 32 (14.29%) Consultant
3 31 (13.84%) Auditor
4 28 (12.50%) Security Auditor
5 27 (12.05%) Lead
6 24 (10.71%) Internal Auditor
7 23 (10.27%) Security Manager
8 18 (8.04%) Senior Consultant
9 17 (7.59%) Head of Security
10 16 (7.14%) IT Manager
11 13 (5.80%) Senior Manager
12 11 (4.91%) Analyst
12 11 (4.91%) Information Manager
12 11 (4.91%) Security Consultant
13 10 (4.46%) Architect
13 10 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 10 (4.46%) Security Architect
14 8 (3.57%) Head of Cybersecurity
14 8 (3.57%) Lead Designer
14 8 (3.57%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.68%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.45%) ADO
3 1 (0.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (25.45%) Management Information System
2 47 (20.98%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.70%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (4.02%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.57%) PKI
7 7 (3.13%) Blog
7 7 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.68%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.79%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
13 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.45%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.45%) Freedom of Information Act
13 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.02%) Windows
2 5 (2.23%) Linux
3 3 (1.34%) AIX
3 3 (1.34%) Unix
4 2 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (66.07%) Cybersecurity
2 146 (65.18%) Information Security
3 134 (59.82%) Risk Management
4 80 (35.71%) Incident Response
5 64 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 60 (26.79%) Project Management
7 57 (25.45%) Risk Assessment
8 55 (24.55%) Internal Audit
9 52 (23.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 49 (21.88%) Data Protection
10 49 (21.88%) Mentoring
11 48 (21.43%) Agile
12 46 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (19.20%) Cloud Security
14 40 (17.86%) Analytics
15 36 (16.07%) Roadmaps
15 36 (16.07%) SIEM
16 34 (15.18%) Data Analytics
17 33 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
18 32 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.68%) Python
2 5 (2.23%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.79%) Bash
4 1 (0.45%) Java
4 1 (0.45%) Perl
4 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 217 (96.88%) CISSP
2 97 (43.30%) CISA
3 69 (30.80%) CRISC
4 49 (21.88%) Degree
5 41 (18.30%) SANS
6 32 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (12.95%) FFIEC
8 28 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 28 (12.50%) CGEIT
9 22 (9.82%) CCSP
10 19 (8.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 17 (7.59%) Security Cleared
12 16 (7.14%) Master's Degree
13 15 (6.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 15 (6.70%) SC Cleared
14 12 (5.36%) ISACA
15 11 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
16 10 (4.46%) DV Cleared
17 9 (4.02%) CEH
17 9 (4.02%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (63.39%) NIST
2 140 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (26.79%) GDPR
4 50 (22.32%) GRC
5 47 (20.98%) COBIT
6 34 (15.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (12.95%) NIST 800
8 28 (12.50%) QA
9 22 (9.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (9.82%) PCI DSS
10 17 (7.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (5.36%) ITGC
12 9 (4.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 9 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 9 (4.02%) SOC 2
13 8 (3.57%) NCSC
14 7 (3.13%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (3.13%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.89%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 6 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.45%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 13 (5.80%) RSA Archer
2 11 (4.91%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 10 (4.46%) CASB
4 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.13%) SCCM
5 4 (1.79%) Ansible
5 4 (1.79%) Terraform
6 2 (0.89%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.45%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 16 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.91%) Oracle
3 10 (4.46%) IFS
3 10 (4.46%) SAP
4 7 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (3.13%) Google
5 6 (2.68%) Cisco
6 5 (2.23%) CheckPoint
6 5 (2.23%) CyberArk
6 5 (2.23%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.23%) Tenable
7 4 (1.79%) Arista
7 4 (1.79%) F5
7 4 (1.79%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.79%) Splunk
8 3 (1.34%) Citrix
8 3 (1.34%) Intel
8 3 (1.34%) Varonis
9 2 (0.89%) Qualys
9 2 (0.89%) VMware