CISM Jobs in the South East

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 355 314
Rank change year-on-year +110 -41 +39
Permanent jobs citing CISM 70 38 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.72% 0.22% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.26% 0.64% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 35 23 64
10th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £42,375
25th Percentile £55,375 £56,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% -4.85%
75th Percentile £73,500 £72,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £81,750 £73,500 £97,050
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,571 5,921 5,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.52% 33.60% 39.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 3,643 2,485
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,293 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +14.74% +1.84% -0.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the South East

CISM
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISM in the South East.

Salary trend for CISM in the South East

CISM
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CISM in the South East

CISM
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Middlesex +6 24 - -
Hampshire +84 17 £72,000 +10.77% 9
Thames Valley +66 14 £65,000 -5.45% 13
Surrey +56 12 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Berkshire +34 10 £63,750 -7.27% 5
Buckinghamshire - 3 £96,250 - 8
West Sussex +34 2 £71,250 -
Kent +31 1 £70,000 +21.74% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
CISM
England

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.86%) TPMS
2 1 (1.43%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.57%) AWS
1 6 (8.57%) Azure
2 4 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (5.71%) GCP
3 2 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.86%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.43%) IaaS
4 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.71%) Firewall
2 6 (8.57%) VPN
3 2 (2.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.43%) Metasploit
General
1 44 (62.86%) Social Skills
2 35 (50.00%) Legal
3 6 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Publishing
4 4 (5.71%) Finance
4 4 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.86%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Automotive
6 1 (1.43%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 13 (18.57%) Security Manager
2 11 (15.71%) Analyst
3 10 (14.29%) Auditor
3 10 (14.29%) IT Auditor
3 10 (14.29%) Risk Manager
3 10 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 8 (11.43%) Information Manager
4 8 (11.43%) Information Security Manager
5 7 (10.00%) Information Officer
5 7 (10.00%) Risk Officer
6 6 (8.57%) Governance Manager
6 6 (8.57%) Information Governance Manager
7 4 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Head of Security
7 4 (5.71%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) SOC Manager
8 3 (4.29%) Coordinator
8 3 (4.29%) Security Assurance Coordinator
9 2 (2.86%) Engineering Manager
9 2 (2.86%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 31 (44.29%) Management Information System
2 13 (18.57%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 7 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (8.57%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (8.57%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (8.57%) Freedom of Information Act
5 4 (5.71%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.43%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.43%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Kali Linux
1 1 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.14%) Information Security
2 33 (47.14%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (41.43%) Risk Management
4 27 (38.57%) Agile
4 27 (38.57%) Mentoring
5 25 (35.71%) Coaching
5 25 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (34.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (34.29%) OWASP
6 24 (34.29%) Quantitative Risk Management
7 23 (32.86%) Due Diligence
7 23 (32.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
9 18 (25.71%) Risk Assessment
10 17 (24.29%) Creative Thinking
11 16 (22.86%) Contingency Planning
11 16 (22.86%) Contract Management
12 15 (21.43%) Data Protection
13 14 (20.00%) Incident Response
14 12 (17.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.57%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (8.57%) R
2 4 (5.71%) Bash
2 4 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (85.71%) CISSP
2 28 (40.00%) CRISC
3 23 (32.86%) CISA
4 13 (18.57%) Degree
5 8 (11.43%) CEH
6 6 (8.57%) GIAC
6 6 (8.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (8.57%) OSCP
7 4 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (5.71%) GCIH
7 4 (5.71%) SC Cleared
7 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
8 3 (4.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.29%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.86%) CCSP
9 2 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.43%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (82.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (42.86%) NIST
3 17 (24.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (22.86%) SOC 2
5 15 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (17.14%) COBIT
7 10 (14.29%) HIPAA
8 7 (10.00%) GDPR
8 7 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (8.57%) PCI DSS
10 4 (5.71%) GRC
11 3 (4.29%) Def Stans
11 3 (4.29%) RMADS
12 1 (1.43%) ITGC
12 1 (1.43%) NCSC
12 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.71%) QRadar
2 1 (1.43%) Nessus
2 1 (1.43%) OpenVAS
2 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) Cisco
2 4 (5.71%) Palo Alto
2 4 (5.71%) Splunk
3 1 (1.43%) AlienVault
3 1 (1.43%) Qualys