CISA Job Trends in the North of England

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 200 262
Rank change year-on-year -47 +62 +99
Permanent jobs citing CISA 9 78 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.086% 0.82% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 2.26% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 21
10th Percentile £51,100 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.00% +4.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £69,141
90th Percentile £96,750 £82,000 £71,027
England median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +14.58% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

CISA 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,228 3,449 1,786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.19% 36.43% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 1,232 1,167
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,021 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.72% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,381 £67,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CISA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

CISA job vacancy trend in the North of England

CISA
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CISA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CISA

CISA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISA in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CISA in the North of England

CISA
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
North West -41 5 £60,000 -20.00% 12
Yorkshire +2 3 £55,000 -31.25% 8
North East +5 1 £87,500 -
CISA
England

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Public Speaking
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
1 2 (22.22%) IT Risk Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Auditor
2 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Head of IT
2 1 (11.11%) Head of IT Security
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Security
2 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Auditor
2 1 (11.11%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) IT Audit
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Development
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 2 (22.22%) Internal Audit
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Objectives and Key Results
4 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Presales
4 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (22.22%) Red Team
4 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Social Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Due Diligence
5 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
5 1 (11.11%) SBOM
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Perl
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CISSP
2 5 (55.56%) CRISC
2 5 (55.56%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (22.22%) CEH
4 2 (22.22%) OSCP
5 1 (11.11%) CGEIT
5 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) COBIT
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) GRC
2 2 (22.22%) ITGC
3 1 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 22301
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (11.11%) SOC 2
3 1 (11.11%) SOX 404