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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 393 529
Rank change year-on-year -8 +136 -97
Permanent jobs citing CISM 641 881 929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.84% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.35% 2.56% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 521 650 621
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,809 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,713
% change year-on-year - +2.02% +6.19%

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 27,325 34,428 41,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.74% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 15,366 18,926
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CISM in the UK

CISM
Top 19 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 25 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 +26 557 £72,500 - 111
UK excluding London -42 350 £65,000 - 67
London +62 250 £80,000 - 55
Work from Home -56 236 £72,500 +3.57% 49
North of England +35 103 £60,000 +1.69% 14
North West +42 86 £52,084 -9.90% 10
South West +6 81 £68,500 -2.14% 11
Midlands -40 49 £72,500 +3.57% 11
Scotland -49 44 £57,500 -11.50% 9
South East -35 40 £65,000 - 12
West Midlands -44 32 £79,842 +9.75% 8
East of England +42 26 £50,000 -28.57% 4
East Midlands -3 16 £65,750 +3.14% 3
Yorkshire +46 9 £79,842 +33.07% 3
North East +3 8 £79,842 +3.69% 1
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Northern Ireland +15 2 £51,250 +49.36% 2
Wales -17 1 £58,000 +29.85% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

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 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 159 (24.80%) Azure
2 117 (18.25%) AWS
3 45 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (4.68%) GCP
5 29 (4.52%) SaaS
6 14 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (2.18%) IaaS
6 14 (2.18%) PaaS
7 13 (2.03%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.03%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.94%) Azure Service Fabric
11 4 (0.62%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.31%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.31%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.16%) Dropbox
13 1 (0.16%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 91 (14.20%) Firewall
2 42 (6.55%) Network Security
3 33 (5.15%) SD-WAN
3 33 (5.15%) WAN
4 20 (3.12%) TCP/IP
4 20 (3.12%) VPN
5 18 (2.81%) DNS
5 18 (2.81%) LAN
6 15 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (1.56%) Cisco IPT
8 6 (0.94%) 5G
8 6 (0.94%) Internet
8 6 (0.94%) VoIP
9 5 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.62%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.47%) X.509
12 2 (0.31%) Broadband
12 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
12 2 (0.31%) Wireless
13 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.03%) Power BI
2 6 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.62%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.47%) Big Data
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (2.18%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.16%) AppScan
3 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.16%) Metasploit
General
1 192 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 159 (24.80%) Finance
3 54 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (8.27%) Legal
5 43 (6.71%) Military
6 41 (6.40%) Law
6 41 (6.40%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (4.52%) Telecoms
9 26 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.65%) Banking
11 14 (2.18%) Marketing
12 13 (2.03%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.72%) Back Office
13 11 (1.72%) Retail
14 9 (1.40%) Automotive
15 7 (1.09%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.78%) Advertising
16 5 (0.78%) Electronics
16 5 (0.78%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 115 (17.94%) Architect
2 95 (14.82%) Consultant
2 95 (14.82%) Security Architect
3 90 (14.04%) Analyst
4 87 (13.57%) Security Manager
5 86 (13.42%) Security Consultant
6 81 (12.64%) Lead
7 74 (11.54%) Senior
8 59 (9.20%) Security Analyst
9 52 (8.11%) Information Manager
9 52 (8.11%) Information Security Manager
10 40 (6.24%) Security Engineer
11 37 (5.77%) Lead Architect
12 33 (5.15%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 29 (4.52%) Vulnerability Manager
14 27 (4.21%) Lead Security Architect
15 26 (4.06%) IT Manager
16 25 (3.90%) Enterprise Architect
16 25 (3.90%) Senior Architect
17 24 (3.74%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.56%) OAuth
1 10 (1.56%) SAML
2 8 (1.25%) ModSecurity
2 8 (1.25%) REST
3 7 (1.09%) web3js
4 6 (0.94%) SOAP
4 6 (0.94%) Web Services
5 4 (0.62%) Kafka
6 3 (0.47%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.31%) EDI
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 206 (32.14%) Management Information System
2 69 (10.76%) Security Posture
3 46 (7.18%) Cyber Threat
4 37 (5.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 31 (4.84%) Operational Technology
6 28 (4.37%) Cyberattack
6 28 (4.37%) PKI
7 27 (4.21%) Data Centre
8 22 (3.43%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.18%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (2.03%) iPhone
11 13 (2.03%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.25%) Blockchain
14 7 (1.09%) IoT
14 7 (1.09%) Web3
15 6 (0.94%) CESG
15 6 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.18%) Windows
2 23 (3.59%) Linux
3 19 (2.96%) Unix
4 14 (2.18%) Mac OS X
5 8 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.62%) CentOS
6 4 (0.62%) Solaris
6 4 (0.62%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.62%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (65.99%) Cybersecurity
2 398 (62.09%) Information Security
3 223 (34.79%) Risk Management
4 144 (22.46%) Incident Response
5 129 (20.12%) Security Architecture
6 106 (16.54%) Computer Science
7 85 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (13.26%) Vulnerability Management
8 81 (12.64%) Data Protection
9 79 (12.32%) Application Security
9 79 (12.32%) Incident Management
10 74 (11.54%) Roadmaps
11 71 (11.08%) Security Operations
12 70 (10.92%) Cloud Security
13 66 (10.30%) Security Management
14 61 (9.52%) OWASP
15 57 (8.89%) Penetration Testing
15 57 (8.89%) Risk Assessment
16 55 (8.58%) Information Assurance
16 55 (8.58%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (3.74%) Python
2 10 (1.56%) SQL
3 9 (1.40%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.47%) Bash
4 3 (0.47%) C
4 3 (0.47%) Java
4 3 (0.47%) R
4 3 (0.47%) Scala
5 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 605 (94.38%) CISSP
2 218 (34.01%) Degree
3 193 (30.11%) CISA
4 186 (29.02%) CRISC
5 137 (21.37%) Security Cleared
6 125 (19.50%) SC Cleared
7 80 (12.48%) Cisco Certification
8 69 (10.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 64 (9.98%) AWS Certification
10 61 (9.52%) Azure Certification
10 61 (9.52%) CESG Certified Professional
11 60 (9.36%) CCSP
12 55 (8.58%) CEH
13 54 (8.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 48 (7.49%) Master's Degree
15 47 (7.33%) Computer Science Degree
16 45 (7.02%) CompTIA Security+
17 44 (6.86%) GIAC
18 36 (5.62%) CCSK
19 27 (4.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (38.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 212 (33.07%) NIST
3 81 (12.64%) GDPR
4 71 (11.08%) GRC
5 66 (10.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 58 (9.05%) PCI DSS
7 52 (8.11%) COBIT
8 50 (7.80%) NCSC
9 40 (6.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (2.50%) NIST 800
11 15 (2.34%) RMADS
12 14 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 12 (1.87%) HIPAA
14 11 (1.72%) JSP 440
15 9 (1.40%) Data Quality
15 9 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (1.40%) QA
16 8 (1.25%) ISO 22301
17 6 (0.94%) IASME
17 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 33 (5.15%) Docker
2 27 (4.21%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.78%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (6.55%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.62%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (2.18%) Ansible
3 14 (2.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 9 (1.40%) Nessus
5 8 (1.25%) CASB
6 1 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 73 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.59%) Dell
3 20 (3.12%) ServiceNow
4 14 (2.18%) Alibaba
4 14 (2.18%) Qualys
5 13 (2.03%) Oracle
6 12 (1.87%) Citrix
7 11 (1.72%) Cisco
7 11 (1.72%) Google
8 9 (1.40%) SAP
9 5 (0.78%) Meraki
9 5 (0.78%) VMware
10 4 (0.62%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.62%) Splunk
11 2 (0.31%) Sophos
11 2 (0.31%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.31%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.16%) CyberArk
12 1 (0.16%) Trustwave