CISMP Job Trends in South Wales

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Permanent jobs citing CISMP 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.30% - 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.42% - 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £45,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £46,898
75th Percentile - - £48,477
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £35,000 - £46,898
% change year-on-year - - +30.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

CISMP 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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 141 182 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 21.36% 16.61% 36.32%
Number of salaries quoted 75 95 165
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £32,350
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £33,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £71,550 £65,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,450 £69,800
Wales median annual salary £58,500 £53,544 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.26% +18.99% -5.26%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing CISMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for CISMP in South Wales

CISMP
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CISMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CISMP

CISMP
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Cardiff - 2 £35,000 - 1
CISMP
Wales

CISMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft