ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 316 404 482
Rank change year-on-year +88 +78 -119
Permanent jobs citing CISM 521 968 809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.98% 0.79% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.02% 2.67% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 331 687 554
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £59,925 £53,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +8.15% +3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% +0.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISM 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 17,261 36,220 31,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.58% 29.49% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,821 16,971 17,946
10th Percentile £31,207 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CISM in the UK

CISM
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 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 +111 419 £70,000 -5.41% 143
UK excluding London +126 288 £61,500 -5.38% 83
Work from Home +97 285 £70,000 -4.53% 90
London +97 180 £80,000 +5.26% 76
South East +93 59 £60,000 -14.29% 19
North of England +120 58 £69,018 +15.03% 10
Midlands +98 47 £61,500 -2.91% 11
South West +68 44 £61,000 -15.86% 20
North West +115 35 £71,250 +18.75% 5
West Midlands +85 31 £61,500 -4.16% 7
Scotland -5 30 £55,000 +29.41% 13
East of England +134 22 £70,000 +34.18% 10
Yorkshire +88 21 £67,761 +30.94% 4
East Midlands +64 16 £60,000 -4.00% 4
Northern Ireland +49 15 £52,500 +59.09% 1
Wales +4 13 £85,000 +41.67% 3
North East +39 2 £80,250 +12.63% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £72,500 -

CISM
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 8 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.38%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (14.97%) Azure
2 40 (7.68%) AWS
3 30 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
5 11 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (1.54%) SaaS
7 7 (1.34%) PaaS
8 6 (1.15%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.15%) GCP
9 5 (0.96%) IaaS
10 4 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.77%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.58%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.38%) Tessian
13 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 89 (17.08%) LAN
2 79 (15.16%) Intrusion Detection
3 67 (12.86%) WAN
4 53 (10.17%) Firewall
5 45 (8.64%) Network Security
6 14 (2.69%) Internet
7 11 (2.11%) TCP/IP
8 9 (1.73%) Cisco IPT
8 9 (1.73%) VPN
9 7 (1.34%) 5G
9 7 (1.34%) DNS
10 4 (0.77%) VoIP
11 3 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.58%) NGFW
11 3 (0.58%) SSL
11 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.58%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.38%) Broadband
13 1 (0.19%) IPv4
13 1 (0.19%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
1 4 (0.77%) MySQL
2 1 (0.19%) Big Data
2 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.38%) AppScan
1 2 (0.38%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.38%) Metasploit
General
1 191 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 120 (23.03%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (18.23%) Finance
4 63 (12.09%) Games
5 41 (7.87%) Legal
6 29 (5.57%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.50%) Retail
10 12 (2.30%) Law
10 12 (2.30%) Military
11 9 (1.73%) Banking
11 9 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.54%) Advertising
13 7 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.15%) Local Government
15 5 (0.96%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (23.42%) Security Manager
2 112 (21.50%) Senior
3 70 (13.44%) Analyst
4 66 (12.67%) Senior Manager
5 62 (11.90%) Site Controller
6 61 (11.71%) Business Manager
7 60 (11.52%) Senior Business Manager
8 51 (9.79%) Security Analyst
9 47 (9.02%) Consultant
10 41 (7.87%) Security Consultant
11 40 (7.68%) Architect
12 37 (7.10%) Information Manager
12 37 (7.10%) Information Security Manager
13 32 (6.14%) Security Engineer
14 30 (5.76%) Security Architect
14 30 (5.76%) Security Officer
15 24 (4.61%) Lead
16 23 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 23 (4.41%) Risk Manager
17 20 (3.84%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (14.01%) ModSecurity
2 10 (1.92%) web3js
3 4 (0.77%) HTML
4 2 (0.38%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.19%) EDI
5 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 193 (37.04%) Management Information System
2 78 (14.97%) Security Operations Centre
3 63 (12.09%) Greenfield Project
4 45 (8.64%) Security Posture
5 25 (4.80%) Cyberattack
5 25 (4.80%) Operational Technology
6 24 (4.61%) Onboarding
7 23 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
8 22 (4.22%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.88%) PKI
10 13 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.92%) Blockchain
11 10 (1.92%) Web3
12 9 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.54%) iPhone
14 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.34%) CESG
14 7 (1.34%) IoT
15 6 (1.15%) Product Ownership
16 5 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 75 (14.40%) Windows
2 65 (12.48%) Unix
3 9 (1.73%) Linux
3 9 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.38%) Android
4 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.38%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (68.71%) Cybersecurity
2 313 (60.08%) Information Security
3 206 (39.54%) Risk Management
4 178 (34.17%) Security Management
5 145 (27.83%) Business Continuity
6 112 (21.50%) SIEM
7 111 (21.31%) Security Operations
8 109 (20.92%) Information Security Management
9 93 (17.85%) Vulnerability Management
10 92 (17.66%) ISMS
11 82 (15.74%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 81 (15.55%) Incident Management
13 70 (13.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 68 (13.05%) IT Strategy
15 67 (12.86%) Data Protection
15 67 (12.86%) Impact Analysis
16 65 (12.48%) Service Management
17 63 (12.09%) Actionable Insight
17 63 (12.09%) Incident Response
18 62 (11.90%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 10 (1.92%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.15%) Python
2 6 (1.15%) SQL
3 4 (0.77%) PHP
4 3 (0.58%) Bash
5 2 (0.38%) Go
5 2 (0.38%) Java
6 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 500 (95.97%) CISSP
2 179 (34.36%) Degree
3 178 (34.17%) CISA
4 169 (32.44%) CRISC
5 140 (26.87%) Security Cleared
6 68 (13.05%) SSCP
7 65 (12.48%) CEH
8 63 (12.09%) SC Cleared
9 54 (10.36%) Cisco Certification
10 48 (9.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 44 (8.45%) CompTIA Security+
12 33 (6.33%) CCSP
13 32 (6.14%) CESG Certified Professional
14 31 (5.95%) OSCP
15 30 (5.76%) Azure Certification
15 30 (5.76%) ISACA
16 25 (4.80%) CompTIA CySA+
16 25 (4.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 24 (4.61%) AWS Certification
18 22 (4.22%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (57.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 191 (36.66%) NIST
3 120 (23.03%) GDPR
4 116 (22.26%) GRC
5 65 (12.48%) ISO 22301
6 56 (10.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 36 (6.91%) NCSC
8 33 (6.33%) PCI DSS
9 29 (5.57%) COBIT
10 28 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 15 (2.88%) NIST 800
12 13 (2.50%) IASME
13 12 (2.30%) RMADS
14 10 (1.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 8 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.34%) ISO 31000
17 6 (1.15%) JSP 440
17 6 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 32 (6.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.38%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.38%) XenApp
2 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (0.77%) Ansible
1 4 (0.77%) Terraform
2 3 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.58%) QRadar
3 2 (0.38%) CASB
3 2 (0.38%) CSIRT
3 2 (0.38%) Nessus
4 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.19%) SCCM
4 1 (0.19%) SCOM
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (12.48%) CA
2 56 (10.75%) Microsoft
3 20 (3.84%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.30%) Cisco
5 8 (1.54%) Google
5 8 (1.54%) Oracle
6 6 (1.15%) SAP
7 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.58%) Citrix
9 2 (0.38%) Carbon Black
9 2 (0.38%) Darktrace
9 2 (0.38%) Meraki
9 2 (0.38%) Splunk
9 2 (0.38%) Trustwave
9 2 (0.38%) Virgin Media
9 2 (0.38%) VMware
10 1 (0.19%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.19%) NetWitness
10 1 (0.19%) Qualys
10 1 (0.19%) Sun