CISM Job Trends in Scotland

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 125 225
Rank change year-on-year -7 +100 -54
Permanent jobs citing CISM 11 14 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.34% 0.71% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.65% 2.95% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 16
10th Percentile £74,250 £55,458 £44,674
25th Percentile £76,875 £69,813 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +47.83% -11.35%
75th Percentile £95,625 £95,000 £66,513
90th Percentile £102,750 - £85,625
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 666 475 1,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.32% 24.22% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 174 195 537
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,313 £26,700
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,537 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £51,645 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% +3.29% -5.66%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,960 £82,500 £79,760
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,048
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.76% -9.20%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Scotland

CISM
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CISM

CISM
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CISM in Scotland

CISM
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Edinburgh 0 5 £82,500 -13.16% 3
Glasgow -17 5 - - 2
Aberdeen -19 1 - - 1
CISM
UK

CISM
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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Governance Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Security Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Associate Director
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) IT Director
3 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Risk Management
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Information Security
3 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 5 (45.45%) Information Security Management
4 5 (45.45%) ISMS
4 5 (45.45%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (45.45%) Security Management
5 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
5 4 (36.36%) IT Governance
6 3 (27.27%) Business Case
6 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
6 3 (27.27%) Change Management
6 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
6 3 (27.27%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (18.18%) Data Management
7 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (45.45%) CRISC
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
4 2 (18.18%) CEH
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CBAP
5 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (63.64%) NIST
2 4 (36.36%) COBIT
3 2 (18.18%) GDPR
3 2 (18.18%) GxP
4 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
1 2 (18.18%) vSphere
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft