CISA Job Trends in Scotland

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 128 146
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 +82
Permanent jobs citing CISA 2 18 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.075% 0.55% 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 2.49% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £44,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -5.38% -43.64%
75th Percentile - £49,500 £58,125
90th Percentile - - £62,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.66% +6.00% -10.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 572 722 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.34% 22.15% 23.45%
Number of salaries quoted 214 283 393
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,091
25th Percentile £28,625 £41,250 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £62,875 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,125 £82,250 £74,800
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CISA job vacancy trend in Scotland

CISA
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CISA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CISA

CISA
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Edinburgh +5 2 £77,000 -
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Audit Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Testing Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Security Auditing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ITGC
1 1 (50.00%) QA