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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 603 554 787
Rank change year-on-year -49 +233 -166
Permanent jobs citing CISA 305 483 473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.46% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.12% 1.41% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 237 363 312
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £42,800
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,970 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +3.08% +1.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.33% -3.65% -

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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
England +20 274 £65,000 -0.76% 58
UK excluding London -41 155 £58,000 +0.33% 35
London +73 145 £75,000 +3.45% 26
Work from Home -42 99 £62,500 -10.71% 23
North of England +30 55 £40,000 -31.51% 7
North West +27 36 £40,000 -30.81% 6
South West +7 33 £82,500 +42.71% 7
Scotland -66 25 £75,000 +29.74% 5
Midlands -9 18 £62,500 +8.70% 8
South East +22 13 £67,500 +12.50% 7
West Midlands +4 13 £65,000 +13.04% 7
Yorkshire +54 11 £52,500 -22.79% 1
East of England +11 9 £50,000 -9.09%
North East +1 8 £40,000 -42.86%
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +25 1 £57,500 +67.58% 1
Wales +6 1 £58,000 +48.72%

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 1 (0.33%) Apache
1 1 (0.33%) IIS
1 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (6.23%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.10%) Azure
2 21 (6.89%) AWS
3 9 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.30%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.31%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.66%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.66%) GCP
7 2 (0.66%) SaaS
7 2 (0.66%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.33%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.33%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 55 (18.03%) Firewall
2 15 (4.92%) Network Security
3 12 (3.93%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (2.62%) Cisco IPT
5 6 (1.97%) LAN
5 6 (1.97%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.97%) WAN
5 6 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.98%) VPN
6 3 (0.98%) X.509
7 2 (0.66%) 5G
7 2 (0.66%) Broadband
7 2 (0.66%) VoIP
8 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.23%) DB2
2 4 (1.31%) Power BI
3 2 (0.66%) Big Data
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.33%) AppScan
1 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.33%) JIRA
1 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
General
1 118 (38.69%) Finance
2 99 (32.46%) Social Skills
3 47 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.46%) Law
5 32 (10.49%) Legal
6 24 (7.87%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.57%) Banking
8 16 (5.25%) Manufacturing
9 14 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (4.26%) Retail
11 11 (3.61%) Marketing
12 5 (1.64%) Military
12 5 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.31%) Advertising
13 4 (1.31%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.31%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.98%) German Language
14 3 (0.98%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (24.59%) Analyst
2 63 (20.66%) Security Analyst
3 54 (17.70%) Senior
4 31 (10.16%) Lead
5 29 (9.51%) IT Manager
5 29 (9.51%) Security Manager
6 28 (9.18%) Audit Manager
6 28 (9.18%) Information Analyst
6 28 (9.18%) Information Security Analyst
7 24 (7.87%) Architect
8 22 (7.21%) Auditor
8 22 (7.21%) IT Audit Manager
9 21 (6.89%) Risk Analyst
10 20 (6.56%) IT Auditor
11 19 (6.23%) Security Officer
12 18 (5.90%) Security Architect
13 17 (5.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 16 (5.25%) Consultant
15 13 (4.26%) Information Security Manager
15 13 (4.26%) Senior IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.30%) ModSecurity
2 5 (1.64%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.66%) OAuth
3 2 (0.66%) OpenID
3 2 (0.66%) REST
3 2 (0.66%) SAML
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 76 (24.92%) Management Information System
2 27 (8.85%) Security Posture
3 22 (7.21%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.95%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.62%) IoT
6 8 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.64%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.64%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.31%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.31%) PKI
9 4 (1.31%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.31%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.31%) Replication
10 3 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.98%) Derivative
10 3 (0.98%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.18%) Linux
2 22 (7.21%) Windows
3 21 (6.89%) Unix
4 19 (6.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (59.34%) Information Security
2 142 (46.56%) Cybersecurity
3 91 (29.84%) Risk Management
4 72 (23.61%) IT Audit
5 57 (18.69%) Internal Audit
6 54 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (17.38%) Project Management
8 43 (14.10%) Computer Science
9 42 (13.77%) Data Protection
10 41 (13.44%) SIEM
11 40 (13.11%) Incident Response
12 36 (11.80%) Security Management
13 35 (11.48%) Incident Management
14 34 (11.15%) Disaster Recovery
15 30 (9.84%) Penetration Testing
16 29 (9.51%) Security Architecture
17 27 (8.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 26 (8.52%) Information Security Management
19 25 (8.20%) Analytics
19 25 (8.20%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.82%) SQL
2 22 (7.21%) Python
3 8 (2.62%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.97%) Bash
5 4 (1.31%) C
5 4 (1.31%) Java
5 4 (1.31%) R
5 4 (1.31%) Scala
6 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 211 (69.18%) CISSP
2 193 (63.28%) CISM
3 96 (31.48%) Degree
4 79 (25.90%) CRISC
5 51 (16.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 29 (9.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 29 (9.51%) Security Cleared
7 26 (8.52%) SC Cleared
8 22 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (6.89%) ISACA
10 20 (6.56%) GIAC
10 20 (6.56%) SANS
11 17 (5.57%) CompTIA CySA+
11 17 (5.57%) PCI QSA
12 16 (5.25%) ACCA
13 15 (4.92%) CEH
14 14 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (4.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (3.61%) Master's Degree
16 10 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (58.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 97 (31.80%) NIST
3 50 (16.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 47 (15.41%) GRC
5 39 (12.79%) PCI DSS
6 37 (12.13%) GDPR
7 33 (10.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (7.87%) ITGC
9 23 (7.54%) COBIT
10 19 (6.23%) PMO
11 14 (4.59%) NCSC
12 11 (3.61%) HIPAA
13 7 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (1.97%) SOC 2
15 5 (1.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (1.64%) Solvency II
16 4 (1.31%) COSO
16 4 (1.31%) GLBA
16 4 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (1.31%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (2.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.30%) Nessus
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.98%) CASB
3 3 (0.98%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.66%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 53 (17.38%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.84%) Oracle
3 29 (9.51%) SAP
4 19 (6.23%) Sage
5 8 (2.62%) CA
6 5 (1.64%) Juniper
6 5 (1.64%) Splunk
7 3 (0.98%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.66%) Cisco
8 2 (0.66%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.66%) Peregrine
8 2 (0.66%) Sophos
8 2 (0.66%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.33%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.33%) F5
9 1 (0.33%) Trustwave