CISA Jobs in the UK excluding London

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 605 529
Rank change year-on-year +157 -76 +121
Permanent jobs citing CISA 127 158 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.22% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 0.81% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55 104 138
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £42,468
25th Percentile £48,532 £42,500 £48,009
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +0.33% -3.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,438 £73,750
90th Percentile - £91,000 £93,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.85% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CISA 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,564 19,427 21,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.66% 27.38% 36.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,967 12,192 8,044
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,959
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.77% +3.92%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK excluding London

CISA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CISA in the UK excluding London

CISA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CISA in the UK excluding London

CISA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Midlands +83 40 £55,000 -12.00% 15
West Midlands +79 39 £56,250 -13.46% 8
North of England +29 32 £75,000 +87.50% 20
South East +115 31 £57,500 -14.81% 20
North West -5 25 £75,000 +87.50% 10
Scotland +101 13 - - 3
Northern Ireland +44 5 - - 2
North East +42 5 £72,500 +81.25% 5
South West +77 2 £47,500 -42.42% 4
Yorkshire +60 2 £73,750 +40.48% 6
East of England +36 2 £51,422 +2.84% 4
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 1
East Midlands +29 1 £55,000 -8.33% 7
CISA
UK

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (17.32%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.15%) AWS
3 3 (2.36%) Azure
4 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (18.11%) Firewall
2 15 (11.81%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (3.94%) VPN
4 4 (3.15%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.57%) Network Security
6 1 (0.79%) LAN
6 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.57%) Power BI
General
1 63 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 52 (40.94%) Finance
3 24 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (18.90%) Legal
3 24 (18.90%) Retail
4 22 (17.32%) Games
4 22 (17.32%) Manufacturing
4 22 (17.32%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Publishing
6 6 (4.72%) Banking
7 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.79%) Aviation
8 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (25.20%) Senior
2 19 (14.96%) Risk Manager
3 14 (11.02%) Architect
3 14 (11.02%) Audit Manager
3 14 (11.02%) Security Architect
3 14 (11.02%) Security Manager
4 12 (9.45%) Auditor
4 12 (9.45%) Governance Manager
4 12 (9.45%) IT Auditor
4 12 (9.45%) Operations Manager
5 11 (8.66%) Security Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Audit Support Manager
6 10 (7.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Quality Manager
6 10 (7.87%) Senior Audit Manager
6 10 (7.87%) Senior Manager
6 10 (7.87%) Senior Quality Manager
6 10 (7.87%) Senior Support Manager
6 10 (7.87%) Support Manager
7 9 (7.09%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (40.94%) Management Information System
2 22 (17.32%) Blockchain
2 22 (17.32%) Robotics
3 19 (14.96%) Security Posture
4 14 (11.02%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (11.02%) Social Media
4 14 (11.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 10 (7.87%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (5.51%) Freedom of Information
6 7 (5.51%) Freedom of Information Act
7 5 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (3.15%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.36%) Housing Association
10 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.79%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.02%) Windows
1 14 (11.02%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (57.48%) Information Security
2 53 (41.73%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (38.58%) Risk Management
4 46 (36.22%) IT Audit
5 38 (29.92%) Coaching
6 37 (29.13%) Analytics
6 37 (29.13%) Data Analytics
7 36 (28.35%) Mentoring
7 36 (28.35%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (26.77%) Agile
9 33 (25.98%) Creative Thinking
10 29 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (22.83%) Data Protection
11 26 (20.47%) Incident Response
12 25 (19.69%) ITIL
12 25 (19.69%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (18.11%) Change Management
13 23 (18.11%) ERP
13 23 (18.11%) SIEM
14 22 (17.32%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.15%) Python
2 2 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (56.69%) CISSP
2 65 (51.18%) CISM
3 33 (25.98%) ISACA
4 29 (22.83%) Degree
5 27 (21.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 27 (21.26%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (14.17%) CEH
7 17 (13.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared
9 15 (11.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (11.81%) Master's Degree
10 14 (11.02%) DBS Check
10 14 (11.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 12 (9.45%) SC Cleared
12 11 (8.66%) GIAC
12 11 (8.66%) SANS
13 10 (7.87%) CRISC
14 7 (5.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 3 (2.36%) SSCP
16 2 (1.57%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (49.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (28.35%) NIST
3 25 (19.69%) GDPR
3 25 (19.69%) ITGC
4 24 (18.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (11.81%) GRC
6 14 (11.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (9.45%) COBIT
8 11 (8.66%) NCSC
9 10 (7.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (6.30%) JSP 440
11 7 (5.51%) HIPAA
12 6 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (3.15%) PCI DSS
14 2 (1.57%) SLA
15 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Nessus
2 4 (3.15%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (17.32%) Oracle
1 22 (17.32%) SAP
2 9 (7.09%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.72%) Fortinet
3 6 (4.72%) Tenable
4 4 (3.15%) Cisco
5 3 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.57%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.57%) Sophos
6 2 (1.57%) VMware