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

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 284 340
Rank change year-on-year +14 +56 +159
Permanent jobs citing CISM 126 241 321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.97% 1.02% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.83% 3.57% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 76 211 254
10th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £53,970
25th Percentile £71,250 £67,125 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - +3.23%
75th Percentile £96,875 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £105,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £71,996 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.70% - +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 4,459 6,753 8,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.45% 28.55% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,943 4,235 5,536
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 £112,500 £103,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +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 18 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 18 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 +2 16 £90,000 +5.88% 7
East London -9 4 £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 (2.38%) Confluence
2 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.08%) Azure
2 11 (8.73%) AWS
3 8 (6.35%) SaaS
4 7 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.97%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.97%) GCP
6 3 (2.38%) IaaS
7 2 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.59%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.79%) PaaS
8 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.49%) Firewall
2 14 (11.11%) Network Security
3 5 (3.97%) Kerberos
4 4 (3.17%) VPN
5 1 (0.79%) 4G
5 1 (0.79%) 5G
5 1 (0.79%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.79%) IPsec
5 1 (0.79%) LAN
5 1 (0.79%) VLAN
5 1 (0.79%) VoIP
5 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.59%) Big Data
2 2 (1.59%) Power BI
3 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.79%) HBase
3 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 69 (54.76%) Social Skills
2 48 (38.10%) Finance
3 19 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (13.49%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (11.90%) Banking
6 10 (7.94%) Retail
7 5 (3.97%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.17%) Legal
8 4 (3.17%) Local Government
8 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.38%) Marketing
10 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Law
10 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Electronics
11 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (28.57%) Consultant
2 29 (23.02%) Security Consultant
3 26 (20.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 22 (17.46%) Security Manager
5 21 (16.67%) Managing Consultant
6 16 (12.70%) Senior
7 13 (10.32%) Analyst
8 11 (8.73%) Information Manager
8 11 (8.73%) Information Security Manager
9 10 (7.94%) Security Analyst
10 9 (7.14%) Architect
10 9 (7.14%) Risk Manager
11 8 (6.35%) IT Manager
12 7 (5.56%) Security Architect
12 7 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 6 (4.76%) Lead
13 6 (4.76%) Security Specialist
14 5 (3.97%) Compliance Advisor
14 5 (3.97%) Identity Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.76%) SailPoint
2 5 (3.97%) LDAP
2 5 (3.97%) OAuth
2 5 (3.97%) OpenID
2 5 (3.97%) SAML
3 3 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.25%) Security Posture
2 21 (16.67%) Life Science
3 16 (12.70%) Management Information System
4 9 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (4.76%) Taxonomies
7 5 (3.97%) PKI
8 4 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.59%) PMI
10 2 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.79%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.79%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.76%) Windows
2 5 (3.97%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (73.02%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (53.17%) Information Security
3 53 (42.06%) Risk Management
4 33 (26.19%) Business Development
5 27 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (19.84%) Regulatory Compliance
7 23 (18.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (14.29%) Service Delivery
9 18 (14.29%) SIEM
10 17 (13.49%) Agile
11 16 (12.70%) Cloud Security
11 16 (12.70%) Identity Access Management
11 16 (12.70%) Security Management
12 15 (11.90%) Incident Response
12 15 (11.90%) Project Management
12 15 (11.90%) Roadmaps
13 12 (9.52%) Computer Science
14 11 (8.73%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.76%) R
2 5 (3.97%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.79%) C#
3 1 (0.79%) C++
3 1 (0.79%) Java
3 1 (0.79%) Python
3 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 113 (89.68%) CISSP
2 45 (35.71%) Degree
3 39 (30.95%) CRISC
4 20 (15.87%) CISA
5 14 (11.11%) Master's Degree
6 13 (10.32%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (7.14%) CCSP
8 8 (6.35%) CEH
8 8 (6.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 6 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (3.17%) AWS Certification
11 4 (3.17%) SANS
11 4 (3.17%) Security Cleared
11 4 (3.17%) SSCP
12 3 (2.38%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.38%) ISSAP
13 2 (1.59%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (56.35%) NIST
2 62 (49.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (28.57%) GRC
4 22 (17.46%) GDPR
5 17 (13.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (12.70%) PCI DSS
7 12 (9.52%) NIST 800
8 11 (8.73%) SOC 2
9 6 (4.76%) SOC 1
10 5 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (3.17%) COBIT
11 4 (3.17%) NCSC
11 4 (3.17%) QA
12 3 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) HDFS
2 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (5.56%) RSA Archer
2 6 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (3.97%) QRadar
3 5 (3.97%) Terraform
4 1 (0.79%) CASB
4 1 (0.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.76%) Google
2 6 (4.76%) Splunk
3 5 (3.97%) SolarWinds
4 4 (3.17%) Oracle
4 4 (3.17%) SAP
5 3 (2.38%) Cisco
5 3 (2.38%) Juniper
5 3 (2.38%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.38%) VMware
6 2 (1.59%) Arista
6 2 (1.59%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.59%) F5
6 2 (1.59%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.79%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.79%) HP
7 1 (0.79%) McAfee
7 1 (0.79%) Sophos
7 1 (0.79%) Sybase