ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 724 642 858
Rank change year-on-year -82 +216 -63
Permanent jobs citing CISMP 13 17 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.038% 0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.097% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 24
10th Percentile - £50,357 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £52,250 £46,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,670 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.96% -1.42% +3.72%
75th Percentile £57,601 - £71,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £66,692 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.17% +4.76% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISMP 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 19,294 17,464 26,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.82% 39.47% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,390 7,318 17,227
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,772
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.28% -10.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% +1.93% -4.76%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CISMP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CISMP job vacancy trend in the UK

CISMP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CISMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CISMP

CISMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISMP over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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 -64 12 £51,779 -10.22% 11
Work from Home +7 7 £51,058 -18.63% 6
UK excluding London -51 7 £51,058 -7.17% 6
London -21 4 £52,500 -8.96% 5
East Midlands -25 4 £51,058 +2.12%
Midlands -35 4 £51,058 +2.12%
North of England -36 2 - - 1
North West - 2 - - 1
South West - 1 £70,000 - 1

CISMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Burp Suite
1 4 (30.77%) Metasploit
2 2 (15.38%) Yeoman
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Retail
3 6 (46.15%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Legal
5 2 (15.38%) Law
5 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
6 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Security Specialist
1 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Information Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Information Risk Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Risk Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Compliance Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Information Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Product Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Insider Threat
1 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) Incident Response
3 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
4 4 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (30.77%) Anomaly Detection
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 4 (30.77%) Ethical Hacking
4 4 (30.77%) Offensive Security
4 4 (30.77%) Open Source
4 4 (30.77%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Red Team
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Register
4 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
5 3 (23.08%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) CISSP
2 8 (61.54%) CISM
2 8 (61.54%) CompTIA Security+
2 8 (61.54%) Degree
3 5 (38.46%) CEH
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) CCNA
4 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (30.77%) CREST Certified
4 4 (30.77%) GIAC
4 4 (30.77%) GPEN
4 4 (30.77%) MCSE
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (30.77%) OSCP
5 3 (23.08%) CRISC
5 3 (23.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (23.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) NIST
2 8 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (30.77%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (30.77%) GRC
4 2 (15.38%) NIST 800
5 1 (7.69%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft