ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 596 567
Rank change year-on-year +110 -29 +214
Permanent jobs citing CISA 201 306 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.31% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 1.12% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 86 238 363
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £45,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £50,000 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +0.75% +3.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,625 £100,000 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £58,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year +5.17% +0.33% -3.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,484 27,371 34,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.86% 27.83% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 17,308 15,226
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,776
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISA.

Salary trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +94 173 £67,500 +3.85% 127
UK excluding London +182 131 £61,000 +5.17% 56
London +33 74 £75,000 - 74
Work from Home +132 50 £60,000 -4.00% 107
Midlands +86 43 £55,000 -12.00% 13
West Midlands +80 42 £56,250 -13.46% 10
South East +132 32 £58,000 -14.07% 10
North of England +60 31 £75,000 +87.50% 16
North West +23 26 £75,000 +87.50% 10
Scotland +117 13 - - 4
Northern Ireland +40 5 - - 1
South West +84 3 £47,500 -42.42% 6
North East +47 3 £71,250 +78.13% 1
Yorkshire +61 2 £73,750 +40.48% 5
East of England +51 2 £51,422 +2.84% 6
Wales +41 2 £55,000 -5.17% 1
East Midlands +45 1 £55,000 -8.33% 3

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (10.95%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.95%) Azure
2 17 (8.46%) AWS
3 10 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.48%) SaaS
5 6 (2.99%) GCP
6 5 (2.49%) IaaS
7 3 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.00%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.00%) PaaS
9 1 (0.50%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (20.40%) Firewall
2 23 (11.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (3.48%) Network Security
4 6 (2.99%) VPN
5 4 (1.99%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.50%) 4G
6 1 (0.50%) 5G
6 1 (0.50%) DNS
6 1 (0.50%) IPsec
6 1 (0.50%) IPv4
6 1 (0.50%) IPv6
6 1 (0.50%) VLAN
6 1 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (1.49%) Power BI
2 1 (0.50%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.50%) HBase
2 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Subversion
General
1 107 (53.23%) Social Skills
2 92 (45.77%) Finance
3 40 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (14.93%) Legal
5 27 (13.43%) Retail
6 26 (12.94%) Banking
7 22 (10.95%) Games
7 22 (10.95%) Manufacturing
7 22 (10.95%) Telecoms
8 12 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.48%) Publishing
10 6 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.00%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.50%) Aviation
12 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (28.86%) Senior
2 42 (20.90%) Audit Manager
3 35 (17.41%) Senior Audit Manager
3 35 (17.41%) Senior Manager
4 31 (15.42%) Risk Manager
5 23 (11.44%) Architect
5 23 (11.44%) IT Manager
5 23 (11.44%) Security Architect
6 21 (10.45%) Security Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Audit Support Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Governance Manager
7 16 (7.96%) IT Audit Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Quality Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Senior IT Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Senior Quality Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Senior Support Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Support Manager
8 15 (7.46%) Analyst
8 15 (7.46%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 69 (34.33%) Management Information System
2 36 (17.91%) Security Posture
3 25 (12.44%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (10.95%) Blockchain
4 22 (10.95%) Robotics
5 21 (10.45%) Social Media
5 21 (10.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 13 (6.47%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (4.48%) Freedom of Information
7 9 (4.48%) Freedom of Information Act
8 5 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.99%) Housing Association
9 4 (1.99%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (1.00%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.50%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.44%) Windows
2 21 (10.45%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.50%) Linux
3 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (53.23%) Information Security
2 80 (39.80%) Cybersecurity
3 79 (39.30%) IT Audit
4 76 (37.81%) Risk Management
5 62 (30.85%) Agile
6 59 (29.35%) Mentoring
7 55 (27.36%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (23.88%) Coaching
8 48 (23.88%) Creative Thinking
9 46 (22.89%) Analytics
9 46 (22.89%) Data Analytics
9 46 (22.89%) Data Protection
10 43 (21.39%) Cloud Security
10 43 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (20.40%) Incident Response
11 41 (20.40%) Vulnerability Management
12 40 (19.90%) SIEM
13 36 (17.91%) Computer Science
14 30 (14.93%) Change Management
15 29 (14.43%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.98%) Python
2 6 (2.99%) R
3 3 (1.49%) SQL
4 2 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.50%) C#
5 1 (0.50%) C++
5 1 (0.50%) Java
5 1 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 123 (61.19%) CISSP
2 97 (48.26%) CISM
3 50 (24.88%) Degree
4 44 (21.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 44 (21.89%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (16.92%) ISACA
6 25 (12.44%) CRISC
7 24 (11.94%) CEH
7 24 (11.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (11.94%) Master's Degree
8 23 (11.44%) DBS Check
9 20 (9.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 17 (8.46%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (8.46%) Security Cleared
11 16 (7.96%) SANS
12 13 (6.47%) GIAC
12 13 (6.47%) SC Cleared
13 12 (5.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 9 (4.48%) SSCP
15 7 (3.48%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (50.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (32.34%) NIST
3 46 (22.89%) GDPR
4 42 (20.90%) ITGC
5 36 (17.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 23 (11.44%) GRC
7 21 (10.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (8.46%) COBIT
9 14 (6.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (5.47%) NCSC
11 9 (4.48%) HIPAA
11 9 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 9 (4.48%) PCI DSS
12 8 (3.98%) JSP 440
13 5 (2.49%) NIST 800
14 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
14 2 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (1.00%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.50%) COSO
15 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.50%) Docker
1 1 (0.50%) HDFS
1 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.49%) FortiGate
1 5 (2.49%) Nessus
2 1 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 27 (13.43%) Oracle
2 25 (12.44%) SAP
3 22 (10.95%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.98%) Google
4 8 (3.98%) VMware
5 7 (3.48%) Cisco
6 6 (2.99%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.99%) Tenable
7 3 (1.49%) Sophos
8 2 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.00%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.50%) HP
9 1 (0.50%) Sybase
9 1 (0.50%) Veeam