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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 615 571
Rank change year-on-year +90 -44 +211
Permanent jobs citing CISA 190 311 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.30% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 1.12% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 70 237 332
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £45,250
25th Percentile £50,983 £50,000 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.50% +2.31%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £80,375 £100,000 £99,354
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 27,102 27,804 32,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.91% 26.92% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 10,972 17,251 14,583
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,546 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 May 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 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
England +45 161 £65,000 -3.70% 286
UK excluding London +152 118 £61,000 +5.17% 287
London +45 76 £75,000 - 49
Work from Home +64 52 £65,000 - 79
Midlands +100 35 £51,000 -18.40% 49
West Midlands +74 33 £50,500 -22.31% 25
South East +103 31 £53,750 -20.37% 87
North of England +25 27 £75,000 +87.50% 56
North West -8 19 £75,000 +87.50% 22
Scotland +108 14 - - 21
North East +45 6 £71,250 +78.13% 12
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 5
South West +72 3 £47,500 -42.42% 32
Yorkshire +52 2 £73,750 +40.48% 22
East Midlands +44 2 £55,000 -8.33% 21
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 9
East of England +39 1 £51,422 +2.84% 42

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 (1.58%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (11.58%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.37%) AWS
2 11 (5.79%) Azure
3 7 (3.68%) SaaS
4 6 (3.16%) GCP
4 6 (3.16%) IaaS
5 5 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.11%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.05%) PaaS
9 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (15.79%) Firewall
2 15 (7.89%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (3.16%) Network Security
4 3 (1.58%) VPN
5 1 (0.53%) 4G
5 1 (0.53%) 5G
5 1 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.53%) IPsec
5 1 (0.53%) IPv4
5 1 (0.53%) IPv6
5 1 (0.53%) LAN
5 1 (0.53%) VLAN
5 1 (0.53%) VoIP
5 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.11%) Power BI
2 3 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.53%) HBase
3 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 102 (53.68%) Finance
2 96 (50.53%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (16.32%) Banking
5 28 (14.74%) Legal
5 28 (14.74%) Retail
6 23 (12.11%) Games
7 22 (11.58%) Manufacturing
7 22 (11.58%) Telecoms
8 11 (5.79%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.16%) Publishing
10 5 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.63%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.58%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.05%) Marketing
13 1 (0.53%) Aviation
13 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (33.16%) Senior
2 43 (22.63%) Audit Manager
3 36 (18.95%) Senior Audit Manager
3 36 (18.95%) Senior Manager
4 28 (14.74%) Risk Manager
5 23 (12.11%) IT Manager
6 21 (11.05%) Security Manager
7 17 (8.95%) Architect
7 17 (8.95%) Auditor
7 17 (8.95%) IT Audit Manager
7 17 (8.95%) Security Architect
7 17 (8.95%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 17 (8.95%) Senior IT Manager
8 16 (8.42%) Audit Support Manager
8 16 (8.42%) Quality Manager
8 16 (8.42%) Senior Quality Manager
8 16 (8.42%) Senior Support Manager
8 16 (8.42%) Support Manager
9 15 (7.89%) Analyst
9 15 (7.89%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 62 (32.63%) Management Information System
2 29 (15.26%) Security Posture
3 22 (11.58%) Blockchain
3 22 (11.58%) Robotics
4 19 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (7.37%) Social Media
5 14 (7.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 10 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.16%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.16%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (3.16%) Freedom of Information Act
8 5 (2.63%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.53%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.00%) Windows
2 14 (7.37%) Windows Vista
3 4 (2.11%) Linux
4 3 (1.58%) Unix
4 3 (1.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (48.95%) Information Security
2 80 (42.11%) IT Audit
3 66 (34.74%) Risk Management
4 63 (33.16%) Agile
5 61 (32.11%) Mentoring
6 59 (31.05%) Cybersecurity
7 49 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (25.26%) Analytics
8 48 (25.26%) Data Analytics
9 47 (24.74%) Coaching
10 46 (24.21%) Creative Thinking
11 38 (20.00%) Data Protection
12 36 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (15.79%) Change Management
14 29 (15.26%) Cloud Security
15 28 (14.74%) Computer Science
16 27 (14.21%) Incident Response
16 27 (14.21%) Internal Audit
17 26 (13.68%) ERP
18 25 (13.16%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.21%) Python
2 6 (3.16%) R
3 5 (2.63%) SQL
4 2 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.05%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.53%) C#
5 1 (0.53%) C++
5 1 (0.53%) Java
5 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 109 (57.37%) CISSP
2 81 (42.63%) CISM
3 48 (25.26%) Degree
4 35 (18.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 35 (18.42%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (16.32%) ISACA
6 25 (13.16%) CRISC
7 19 (10.00%) CEH
7 19 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 18 (9.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (9.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 18 (9.47%) Master's Degree
9 16 (8.42%) DBS Check
10 14 (7.37%) SANS
10 14 (7.37%) Security Cleared
11 11 (5.79%) GIAC
12 10 (5.26%) SC Cleared
13 9 (4.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (3.16%) CCSP
15 5 (2.63%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (27.89%) NIST
3 48 (25.26%) ITGC
4 34 (17.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 32 (16.84%) GDPR
6 21 (11.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (10.53%) GRC
8 14 (7.37%) COBIT
9 13 (6.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 8 (4.21%) NCSC
11 8 (4.21%) PCI DSS
12 6 (3.16%) HIPAA
12 6 (3.16%) NIST 800
13 5 (2.63%) JSP 440
14 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
14 2 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (1.05%) SLA
15 1 (0.53%) SOC 1
15 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
1 1 (0.53%) HDFS
1 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.05%) FortiGate
1 2 (1.05%) Nessus
1 2 (1.05%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (15.26%) Oracle
2 28 (14.74%) SAP
3 22 (11.58%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.21%) VMware
5 7 (3.68%) Google
6 4 (2.11%) Cisco
7 3 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.58%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.58%) Sophos
7 3 (1.58%) Tenable
8 2 (1.05%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.53%) HP
9 1 (0.53%) Sybase