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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 110 150
Rank change year-on-year -25 +40 +15
Permanent jobs citing CISM 9 36 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.33% 1.11% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.55% 4.85% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £47,970 £37,950 -
25th Percentile £53,925 £48,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,950 £55,000 £49,874
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% +10.28% +21.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £60,762
90th Percentile £75,200 £70,000 £68,705
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -3.45%

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 579 743 560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.33% 22.87% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 220 286 384
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,324
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,343 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -0.30% +8.01%
75th Percentile £62,625 £67,500 £66,455
90th Percentile £82,750 £80,625 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +3.60%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 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 -2 7 £57,975 - 4
Glasgow -27 1 £70,000 +27.27% 4
East Ayrshire - 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 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Lead Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Audit Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
1 1 (11.11%) Insider Threat
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 2 (22.22%) Data Security
4 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) SIEM
4 2 (22.22%) Zero Trust
5 1 (11.11%) Application Security
5 1 (11.11%) Business Impact Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
5 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
5 1 (11.11%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Interactive Application Security Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (11.11%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 22301
3 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft