ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 660 984 1035
Rank change year-on-year +324 +51 -305
Permanent jobs citing CISMP 81 92 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.074% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.25% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 78 71 53
10th Percentile £51,775 £35,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.63% +4.35% +33.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £49,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +42.13% -1.50% +29.87%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISMP 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 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
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%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISMP over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CISMP in the UK

CISMP
Top 15 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 4 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 +323 70 £70,576 +0.82% 21
UK excluding London +254 58 £70,000 +42.13% 16
Work from Home +234 39 £65,000 -7.14% 16
London +248 20 £75,000 -16.67% 6
South East +169 19 £52,500 -0.94% 1
North of England +153 14 £70,576 +66.06% 6
Yorkshire +104 12 £70,576 +5.20% 2
Midlands +128 8 £75,000 +167.86% 2
West Midlands - 8 £75,000 - 2
South West +80 7 £70,576 +17.63% 7
Scotland - 7 £70,576 - 1
Wales +15 2 £47,500 -1.04%
North West +96 1 £65,000 +52.94% 1
North East +50 1 £63,000 - 3
East of England - 1 £75,000 -

CISMP
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 5 (6.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.99%) PaaS
2 5 (6.17%) Azure
3 4 (4.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (27.16%) Network Security
2 13 (16.05%) Firewall
3 6 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.23%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Burp Suite
General
1 24 (29.63%) Finance
2 17 (20.99%) Banking
2 17 (20.99%) Retail
3 13 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.81%) Public Sector
5 9 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 6 (7.41%) Legal
7 5 (6.17%) Law
8 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.23%) Automotive
10 1 (1.23%) Electronics
10 1 (1.23%) Marketing
10 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (28.40%) Lead
2 17 (20.99%) Architect
2 17 (20.99%) Digital Architect
2 17 (20.99%) Digital Solutions Architect
2 17 (20.99%) Security Architect
2 17 (20.99%) Security Solutions Architect
2 17 (20.99%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (16.05%) Penetration Tester
3 13 (16.05%) Tester
4 11 (13.58%) Information Manager
4 11 (13.58%) Information Security Manager
4 11 (13.58%) Security Manager
5 9 (11.11%) Security Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) Consultant
6 8 (9.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 8 (9.88%) Security Consultant
7 7 (8.64%) Lead Tester
8 6 (7.41%) Lead Consultant
8 6 (7.41%) Lead Security Consultant
9 5 (6.17%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.99%) OAuth
1 17 (20.99%) OpenID
2 1 (1.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (37.04%) Cybercrime
2 23 (28.40%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.41%) PKI
4 5 (6.17%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (85.19%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (62.96%) Information Security
3 28 (34.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 24 (29.63%) Roadmaps
5 22 (27.16%) Security Testing
6 21 (25.93%) Risk Management
7 20 (24.69%) Security Architecture
8 19 (23.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (22.22%) Agile
9 18 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
10 17 (20.99%) Application Security
10 17 (20.99%) Architecture Roadmap
10 17 (20.99%) Customer-Centricity
10 17 (20.99%) Fintech
10 17 (20.99%) IT Strategy
10 17 (20.99%) Technology Strategy
10 17 (20.99%) Zero Trust
11 16 (19.75%) Server Building
11 16 (19.75%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (12.35%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (1.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 57 (70.37%) CISSP
2 33 (40.74%) CREST Certified
3 27 (33.33%) OSCP
4 14 (17.28%) Security Cleared
5 13 (16.05%) Degree
6 9 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (11.11%) SSCP
7 8 (9.88%) CESG Certified Professional
8 6 (7.41%) CISM
8 6 (7.41%) CRISC
8 6 (7.41%) Master's Degree
9 5 (6.17%) ISACA
10 4 (4.94%) Azure Certification
11 3 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (3.70%) CCSP
11 3 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (3.70%) GSEC
12 2 (2.47%) Postgraduate
12 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
13 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (30.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (20.99%) GRC
3 8 (9.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 6 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 5 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (6.17%) HIPAA
5 5 (6.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (3.70%) GDPR
6 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.23%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.23%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.23%) SAP