CISM Jobs 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 236 195
Rank change year-on-year +89 -41 +25
Permanent jobs citing CISM 14 44 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.47% 0.66% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 3.64% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 22
10th Percentile £55,458 £44,674 £49,598
25th Percentile £69,813 £51,875 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £57,500 £64,862
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% -11.35% +4.26%
75th Percentile £95,000 £66,513 £77,500
90th Percentile - £85,625 £80,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £71,999
% change year-on-year - +0.70% +2.86%

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 1,309 1,210 1,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 44.34% 18.10% 30.02%
Number of salaries quoted 644 543 436
10th Percentile £37,574 £26,700 £28,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £34,287 £38,197
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +16.21%
75th Percentile £60,265 £63,750 £67,603
90th Percentile £63,000 £79,600 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in Scotland

CISM
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISM in Scotland.

Salary trend for CISM in Scotland

CISM
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 May 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 14 May 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 +13 10 £95,000 +35.71% 15
Glasgow +162 3 £74,250 +23.75% 15
Aberdeen +28 1 - - 3
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
2 6 (42.86%) Network Security
2 6 (42.86%) VPN
3 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Lead
2 6 (42.86%) Cloud Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security Lead
2 6 (42.86%) Lead Cloud Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Information Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Forensic Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) SCADA
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Mentoring
2 7 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (42.86%) Network Design
3 6 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
3 6 (42.86%) Technology Transformation
3 6 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
4 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (14.29%) Information Security
6 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
6 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (14.29%) Statistics
6 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) Perl
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) CEH
2 1 (7.14%) CRISC
2 1 (7.14%) GIAC
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) NIST
2 6 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 6 (42.86%) NCSC
3 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (14.29%) SOC 2
5 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 22301