ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 488 658 725
Rank change year-on-year +170 +67 -185
Permanent jobs citing CISA 247 482 398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.38% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 1.29% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 141 379 288
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,793 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,150 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,082 £97,000 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,523 37,320 32,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 29.53% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,978 17,212 17,882
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,102 £41,250 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,590
% change year-on-year +5.00% +0.83% +1.20%

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 November 2023.

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 November 2023. 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 +138 192 £62,500 -16.67% 79
UK excluding London +213 146 £60,000 - 31
Work from Home +140 122 £60,000 -20.00% 41
London +131 77 £63,750 -15.00% 53
North of England +145 33 £63,000 -1.13% 9
South East +159 31 £60,625 -11.82% 3
Midlands +96 22 £60,000 -4.00% 7
South West +75 22 £50,000 -17.01% 2
Scotland +65 19 £46,500 -43.64% 4
Yorkshire +91 17 £65,500 -7.95%
North West +103 15 £54,152 -13.57% 5
West Midlands +106 14 £60,000 - 6
East Midlands +52 8 £58,750 -6.00% 1
Northern Ireland +42 8 £57,500 +74.24% 1
Wales +12 6 £58,000 +0.33% 2
East of England +127 5 £63,750 +25.20% 4
North East +36 1 £63,000 -1.13% 4

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 3 (1.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (1.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (5.26%) Azure
2 7 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.62%) AWS
3 4 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.21%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.81%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.40%) GCP
6 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.34%) Firewall
2 13 (5.26%) Network Security
3 10 (4.05%) Cisco IPT
4 6 (2.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (2.43%) LAN
4 6 (2.43%) WAN
5 4 (1.62%) Internet
6 3 (1.21%) 5G
6 3 (1.21%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.21%) NGFW
6 3 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.81%) Broadband
7 2 (0.81%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.40%) 3G
8 1 (0.40%) 4G
8 1 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.40%) IPv4
8 1 (0.40%) IPv6
8 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) DB2
2 3 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.21%) Power BI
3 2 (0.81%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (0.81%) AppScan
1 2 (0.81%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.81%) Metasploit
General
1 90 (36.44%) Analytical Skills
2 61 (24.70%) Finance
3 56 (22.67%) Social Skills
4 17 (6.88%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.07%) Legal
5 15 (6.07%) Retail
6 11 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.45%) Law
7 10 (4.05%) Military
8 5 (2.02%) Banking
9 4 (1.62%) Automotive
9 4 (1.62%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.62%) Marketing
9 4 (1.62%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.21%) Billing
10 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Advertising
11 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (25.10%) Site Controller
2 52 (21.05%) Analyst
3 44 (17.81%) Security Analyst
4 34 (13.77%) Senior
5 25 (10.12%) Security Manager
6 19 (7.69%) Information Analyst
6 19 (7.69%) Information Security Analyst
6 19 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
7 17 (6.88%) Audit Manager
7 17 (6.88%) Information Manager
7 17 (6.88%) IT Manager
8 16 (6.48%) Information Security Manager
9 15 (6.07%) Consultant
9 15 (6.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 15 (6.07%) Security Officer
9 15 (6.07%) Security Risk Analyst
10 14 (5.67%) IT Audit Manager
11 11 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (4.45%) Senior Consultant
12 10 (4.05%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (28.74%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.40%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 103 (41.70%) Management Information System
2 63 (25.51%) Greenfield Project
3 14 (5.67%) Security Posture
4 13 (5.26%) Cyberattack
5 11 (4.45%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.64%) e-Learning
7 8 (3.24%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.21%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (0.81%) NHS
11 2 (0.81%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.40%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.40%) Smart Meter
12 1 (0.40%) Solar Power
12 1 (0.40%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.24%) Unix
2 7 (2.83%) Linux
3 6 (2.43%) Windows
4 5 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.81%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (74.90%) Information Security
2 126 (51.01%) Risk Management
3 104 (42.11%) Cybersecurity
4 101 (40.89%) Security Management
5 100 (40.49%) Information Security Management
6 84 (34.01%) ISMS
7 67 (27.13%) Business Continuity
8 62 (25.10%) Actionable Insight
8 62 (25.10%) Analytical Thinking
9 61 (24.70%) Business Continuity Management
9 61 (24.70%) IT Strategy
10 36 (14.57%) IT Audit
11 34 (13.77%) Internal Audit
12 30 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (10.12%) Data Protection
14 23 (9.31%) Creative Thinking
15 21 (8.50%) Roadmaps
16 20 (8.10%) Penetration Testing
16 20 (8.10%) SIEM
17 18 (7.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.24%) SQL
2 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 199 (80.57%) CISSP
2 183 (74.09%) CISM
3 121 (48.99%) CRISC
4 120 (48.58%) Degree
5 87 (35.22%) Security Cleared
6 22 (8.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 18 (7.29%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (6.48%) SC Cleared
9 15 (6.07%) CEH
10 13 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (5.26%) ISACA
11 11 (4.45%) CESG Certified Professional
12 10 (4.05%) CompTIA CySA+
13 9 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (3.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (2.83%) ACCA
15 7 (2.83%) CCSP
15 7 (2.83%) Master's Degree
16 6 (2.43%) OSCP
17 5 (2.02%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (66.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (53.85%) NIST
3 107 (43.32%) GRC
4 64 (25.91%) ISO 22301
5 36 (14.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (10.93%) GDPR
7 24 (9.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 23 (9.31%) NCSC
9 17 (6.88%) COBIT
9 17 (6.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (5.67%) NIST 800
11 13 (5.26%) PCI DSS
12 12 (4.86%) HIPAA
13 10 (4.05%) ITGC
14 5 (2.02%) PMO
15 4 (1.62%) COSO
15 4 (1.62%) IASME
15 4 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (1.21%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.81%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 7 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) CSIRT
1 2 (0.81%) Nessus
2 1 (0.40%) CASB
2 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.40%) DatAdvantage
2 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 62 (25.10%) CA
2 22 (8.91%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.86%) Cisco
4 10 (4.05%) Oracle
4 10 (4.05%) SAP
5 9 (3.64%) Cadence
6 5 (2.02%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.02%) Sage
7 4 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.21%) Peregrine
9 2 (0.81%) Meraki
9 2 (0.81%) Trustwave
9 2 (0.81%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.40%) Google
10 1 (0.40%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.40%) Sun
10 1 (0.40%) Varonis
10 1 (0.40%) VMware