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 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 139 123
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 +25
Permanent jobs citing CISM 14 5 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.33% 0.19% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.30% 0.94% 5.20%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 10
10th Percentile - £46,978 £38,225
25th Percentile £87,500 £51,444 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £57,975 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +89.74% +7.86% +7.77%
75th Percentile - £69,106 £57,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £71,143 £65,250
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% +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 610 531 711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 14.58% 20.52% 20.03%
Number of salaries quoted 219 185 290
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,525
25th Percentile £41,125 £29,000 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £33,500 £50,654
Median % change year-on-year +64.18% -33.87% -3.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,144 £75,900 £83,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.95%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 +18 11 £110,000 +100.00% 6
Glasgow +7 1 - - 7
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 1
Aberdeen - 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) Alation
3 3 (21.43%) Collibra
3 3 (21.43%) SaaS
3 3 (21.43%) Snowflake
4 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 2 (14.29%) IaaS
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (14.29%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Metadata
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Data Governance Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Data Governance Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Data Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Governance Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Risk Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Security Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Audit Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Audit Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 9 (64.29%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (50.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (42.86%) AI
5 6 (42.86%) Security Operations
6 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (35.71%) Data Protection
6 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
7 4 (28.57%) Analytics
7 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
7 4 (28.57%) Coaching
7 4 (28.57%) Data Governance
7 4 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 3 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
8 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
8 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) CISSP
2 7 (50.00%) CISA
3 3 (21.43%) CRISC
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) CSSLP
4 2 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (7.14%) ISACA
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (42.86%) GDPR
3 4 (28.57%) GRC
4 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
4 3 (21.43%) NIST
5 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Informatica
2 3 (21.43%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) OneTrust