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 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 139 170
Rank change year-on-year +15 +31 -14
Permanent jobs citing CISM 15 8 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.38% 0.31% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.35% 1.72% 5.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 11
10th Percentile - £48,963 £36,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £54,194 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £67,910 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.98% +29.35% -11.02%
75th Percentile - £76,840 £57,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £85,920 £65,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +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 637 466 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 16.34% 18.35% 17.32%
Number of salaries quoted 198 175 331
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,375 £29,750
25th Percentile £42,938 £31,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.54% +0.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,875 £67,563
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,357
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.64% -4.56%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +12 10 £110,000 +61.98% 8
Glasgow - 3 - - 4
Aberdeen -13 1 - - 1
Aberdeenshire - 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) AWS
3 3 (20.00%) Alation
3 3 (20.00%) Collibra
3 3 (20.00%) Snowflake
4 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (13.33%) IaaS
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (13.33%) PaaS
4 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) Legal
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
6 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 5 (33.33%) Governance Manager
1 5 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 5 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Data Governance Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Governance Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Data Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Risk Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Security Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Audit Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Audit Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Audit Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Service Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Risk Management
2 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (66.67%) Information Security
3 9 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 9 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (33.33%) AI
4 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 5 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
5 4 (26.67%) Coaching
5 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
5 4 (26.67%) Data Protection
5 4 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (40.00%) CISA
3 4 (26.67%) CRISC
4 3 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (13.33%) CSSLP
6 1 (6.67%) ISACA
6 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (40.00%) GDPR
3 5 (33.33%) NIST
4 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (20.00%) GRC
5 2 (13.33%) COBIT
6 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Informatica
2 3 (20.00%) Meraki
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow