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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 271 337
Rank change year-on-year +11 +66 +159
Permanent jobs citing CISM 133 251 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.04% 1.06% 0.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 3.72% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 83 214 260
10th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £68,125 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £139,250 £105,000 £108,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +7.41%

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 4,310 6,752 9,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 33.84% 28.59% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,015 4,304 5,754
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,725 £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 £116,250 £105,000 £110,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

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 1 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 1 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 18 £90,000 +5.88% 12
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 (2.26%) Confluence
2 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.75%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.80%) Azure
2 15 (11.28%) AWS
3 9 (6.77%) Entra ID
3 9 (6.77%) SaaS
4 5 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (3.76%) GCP
5 3 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.26%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.50%) IaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.53%) Firewall
2 15 (11.28%) Network Security
3 5 (3.76%) Kerberos
4 3 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.26%) VPN
5 1 (0.75%) 4G
5 1 (0.75%) 5G
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.75%) IPsec
5 1 (0.75%) VLAN
5 1 (0.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.26%) Big Data
1 3 (2.26%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.26%) Power BI
2 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.75%) HBase
2 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Subversion
General
1 65 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 49 (36.84%) Finance
3 21 (15.79%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.26%) Retail
6 6 (4.51%) Banking
6 6 (4.51%) Legal
6 6 (4.51%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.76%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.01%) Marketing
9 3 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Law
11 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Electronics
11 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (27.82%) Consultant
2 30 (22.56%) Security Consultant
2 30 (22.56%) Security Manager
3 27 (20.30%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 21 (15.79%) Managing Consultant
5 17 (12.78%) Senior
6 16 (12.03%) Analyst
7 13 (9.77%) Information Manager
7 13 (9.77%) Information Security Manager
8 12 (9.02%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 11 (8.27%) Architect
9 11 (8.27%) Risk Manager
9 11 (8.27%) Security Analyst
10 10 (7.52%) IT Manager
11 9 (6.77%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (6.02%) Security Architect
13 7 (5.26%) IT Risk Manager
14 6 (4.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 6 (4.51%) Lead
15 5 (3.76%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.51%) SailPoint
2 5 (3.76%) LDAP
2 5 (3.76%) OAuth
2 5 (3.76%) OpenID
2 5 (3.76%) SAML
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.79%) Life Science
2 17 (12.78%) Security Posture
3 15 (11.28%) Management Information System
4 11 (8.27%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (6.77%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.76%) PKI
7 4 (3.01%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.26%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.26%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.50%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.50%) PMI
9 2 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.75%) CCTV
10 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.75%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.26%) Windows
2 5 (3.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (51.88%) Information Security
3 52 (39.10%) Risk Management
4 29 (21.80%) Business Development
5 27 (20.30%) Regulatory Compliance
5 27 (20.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (17.29%) Identity Access Management
6 23 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (15.79%) Incident Response
7 21 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
8 20 (15.04%) Cloud Security
8 20 (15.04%) Service Delivery
9 18 (13.53%) SIEM
10 17 (12.78%) Security Management
11 16 (12.03%) Roadmaps
12 15 (11.28%) Computer Science
13 13 (9.77%) Agile
13 13 (9.77%) Security Architecture
13 13 (9.77%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.51%) R
2 5 (3.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.75%) C#
3 1 (0.75%) C++
3 1 (0.75%) Java
3 1 (0.75%) Python
3 1 (0.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (94.74%) CISSP
2 42 (31.58%) Degree
3 38 (28.57%) CRISC
4 20 (15.04%) CISA
5 12 (9.02%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.02%) CEH
6 8 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (6.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 7 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.51%) CCSP
9 5 (3.76%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (3.01%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.01%) SANS
10 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
10 4 (3.01%) SSCP
11 3 (2.26%) CCSE
11 3 (2.26%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (54.89%) NIST
2 62 (46.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (24.81%) GRC
4 22 (16.54%) GDPR
5 16 (12.03%) PCI DSS
6 15 (11.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (6.02%) SOC 2
8 7 (5.26%) COBIT
9 5 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (3.76%) NIST 800
10 4 (3.01%) NCSC
11 3 (2.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) HDFS
2 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (3.76%) QRadar
2 5 (3.76%) Terraform
3 1 (0.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.75%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.26%) Google
3 6 (4.51%) Splunk
4 5 (3.76%) Cisco
4 5 (3.76%) SolarWinds
4 5 (3.76%) VMware
5 4 (3.01%) Oracle
5 4 (3.01%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.01%) SAP
6 3 (2.26%) Arista
6 3 (2.26%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.26%) F5
6 3 (2.26%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.50%) Juniper
8 1 (0.75%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.75%) iManage
8 1 (0.75%) Intapp
8 1 (0.75%) McAfee
8 1 (0.75%) Sophos