CISM Jobs in the UK excluding London

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 357 490
Rank change year-on-year -35 +133 -39
Permanent jobs citing CISM 344 381 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.79% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.04% 2.08% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 253 261 297
10th Percentile £42,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,084 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,155 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for CISM in the UK excluding London

CISM
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 CISM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
North of England +29 95 £52,084 -16.67% 9
South West +19 83 £68,500 -5.52% 4
North West +24 77 £52,084 +5.22% 6
Midlands -27 61 £70,000 +4.58% 10
South East -46 45 £65,000 +8.33% 12
West Midlands -18 44 £75,000 +9.09% 9
Scotland -31 38 £55,000 -15.37% 5
East of England -5 17 £45,000 -35.71% 4
East Midlands -20 16 £66,500 +6.40% 1
Yorkshire +44 15 £79,842 +17.41% 2
Isle of Man -15 4 £46,500 -20.85%
North East -9 3 £79,842 -15.96% 1
Wales +10 1 £85,000 +117.95% 2
CISM
UK

CISM
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 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 66 (19.19%) Azure
2 52 (15.12%) AWS
3 28 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.91%) SaaS
5 7 (2.03%) GCP
6 6 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.74%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.16%) IaaS
7 4 (1.16%) PaaS
8 2 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.58%) Serverless
9 1 (0.29%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (11.63%) Firewall
2 24 (6.98%) Network Security
3 22 (6.40%) WAN
4 20 (5.81%) SD-WAN
5 12 (3.49%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.49%) VPN
6 9 (2.62%) Cisco IPT
7 6 (1.74%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.16%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.58%) DNS
9 2 (0.58%) LAN
9 2 (0.58%) SAN
9 2 (0.58%) VoIP
10 1 (0.29%) DHCP
10 1 (0.29%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.29%) HTTP
10 1 (0.29%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.29%) NAS
10 1 (0.29%) SMTP
10 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.74%) Power BI
2 2 (0.58%) Big Data
3 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 82 (23.84%) Finance
2 58 (16.86%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.17%) Military
4 32 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.10%) Telecoms
6 20 (5.81%) Legal
7 19 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.65%) Law
9 11 (3.20%) Marketing
10 7 (2.03%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Electronics
13 3 (0.87%) Banking
13 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.58%) Automotive
14 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.29%) Advertising
15 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (20.64%) Lead
2 62 (18.02%) Consultant
2 62 (18.02%) Security Consultant
3 50 (14.53%) Analyst
3 50 (14.53%) Architect
4 48 (13.95%) Security Manager
5 38 (11.05%) Security Architect
6 34 (9.88%) Security Analyst
7 32 (9.30%) Lead Architect
8 30 (8.72%) Senior
9 25 (7.27%) Information Manager
9 25 (7.27%) Information Security Manager
9 25 (7.27%) Security Officer
10 23 (6.69%) Incident Manager
10 23 (6.69%) Vulnerability Manager
11 20 (5.81%) Lead Security Architect
12 16 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 16 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 16 (4.65%) Information Officer
12 16 (4.65%) Information Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.62%) ModSecurity
2 6 (1.74%) OAuth
2 6 (1.74%) SAML
3 2 (0.58%) EDI
4 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 102 (29.65%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.56%) Cyber Threat
3 23 (6.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 18 (5.23%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.94%) Operational Technology
6 13 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.20%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.91%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (2.62%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (2.03%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.45%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.45%) Replication
12 2 (0.58%) Anti-Spyware
12 2 (0.58%) CESG
12 2 (0.58%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.58%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.58%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.65%) Windows
2 10 (2.91%) Linux
3 5 (1.45%) Mac OS X
3 5 (1.45%) Unix
3 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (65.70%) Cybersecurity
2 200 (58.14%) Information Security
3 142 (41.28%) Risk Management
4 86 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 68 (19.77%) Security Architecture
6 57 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (15.41%) Data Protection
7 53 (15.41%) Vulnerability Management
8 50 (14.53%) Incident Management
9 47 (13.66%) Information Assurance
10 46 (13.37%) Computer Science
11 45 (13.08%) Security Operations
12 44 (12.79%) Security Management
13 42 (12.21%) Application Security
14 36 (10.47%) OWASP
14 36 (10.47%) Penetration Testing
15 33 (9.59%) Data Security
15 33 (9.59%) Root Cause Analysis
16 31 (9.01%) Cloud Security
16 31 (9.01%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.45%) C
1 5 (1.45%) Java
1 5 (1.45%) Python
1 5 (1.45%) R
1 5 (1.45%) Scala
1 5 (1.45%) SQL
2 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 317 (92.15%) CISSP
2 118 (34.30%) CRISC
3 109 (31.69%) Degree
4 104 (30.23%) CISA
5 89 (25.87%) Security Cleared
6 83 (24.13%) SC Cleared
7 42 (12.21%) CESG Certified Professional
8 31 (9.01%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (8.14%) CEH
10 27 (7.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 26 (7.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 25 (7.27%) CCSP
13 24 (6.98%) AWS Certification
14 23 (6.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 21 (6.10%) Azure Certification
15 21 (6.10%) CCSK
16 20 (5.81%) CompTIA Security+
17 17 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
18 16 (4.65%) GIAC
19 15 (4.36%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (43.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (36.63%) NIST
3 65 (18.90%) GDPR
4 50 (14.53%) GRC
5 46 (13.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 36 (10.47%) NCSC
7 32 (9.30%) PCI DSS
8 25 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 15 (4.36%) NIST 800
10 12 (3.49%) JSP 440
11 10 (2.91%) RMADS
12 7 (2.03%) COBIT
12 7 (2.03%) ISO 22301
13 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.87%) FedRAMP
14 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 20 (5.81%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.16%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) pfSense
4 1 (0.29%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.33%) Nessus
4 6 (1.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.87%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 32 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.07%) Dell
3 8 (2.33%) Cisco
3 8 (2.33%) Citrix
4 6 (1.74%) Qualys
5 5 (1.45%) VMware
6 4 (1.16%) Meraki
7 2 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.58%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.29%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.29%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.29%) HP
8 1 (0.29%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.29%) WatchGuard