ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CRISC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 681 582 899
Rank change year-on-year -99 +317 +35
Permanent jobs citing CRISC 109 199 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 1.01% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 38 116 222
10th Percentile £48,375 £45,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £54,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,500 £116,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.23% -2.80% -1.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CRISC 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 24,389 19,754 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.18% 32.63% 28.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,097 11,787 18,027
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +5.26%

CRISC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CRISC over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

Salary histogram for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CRISC within the UK over the 6 months to 11 October 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 -87 101 £80,000 +14.29% 30
London +8 54 £85,000 +6.25% 16
UK excluding London -94 54 £60,000 -1.23% 16
South East -51 16 £60,000 - 1
Work from Home -83 13 £67,500 -6.90% 28
North of England -20 11 £80,000 +61.62% 12
South West -24 9 £60,000 -23.99% 1
Yorkshire +31 8 £80,000 +30.61% 3
Scotland -3 7 £44,000 -51.11% 2
Midlands -51 7 £57,500 -6.50%
West Midlands -37 4 £60,000 -2.44%
East of England -46 4 - -
East Midlands -40 3 £57,500 -
North West -43 3 £51,000 +3.03% 8

CRISC
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 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (13.76%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.61%) AWS
2 21 (19.27%) GCP
3 17 (15.60%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (11.01%) Azure
5 7 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.83%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon Macie
8 1 (0.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (22.94%) Network Security
2 13 (11.93%) Firewall
3 5 (4.59%) DNS
4 3 (2.75%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.83%) LAN
5 2 (1.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.83%) Power BI
2 1 (0.92%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 15 (13.76%) Artifactory
1 15 (13.76%) Git
2 6 (5.50%) Jenkins
General
1 51 (46.79%) Finance
2 43 (39.45%) Social Skills
3 29 (26.61%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (23.85%) Law
5 22 (20.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (15.60%) Legal
7 16 (14.68%) Financial Institution
8 8 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (5.50%) Marketing
10 5 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.67%) Retail
11 4 (3.67%) Telecoms
12 3 (2.75%) Banking
12 3 (2.75%) Dutch Language
12 3 (2.75%) French Language
13 2 (1.83%) Electronics
13 2 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (27.52%) Senior
2 23 (21.10%) Security Manager
3 22 (20.18%) Analyst
4 17 (15.60%) Consultant
4 17 (15.60%) Information Manager
4 17 (15.60%) Information Security Manager
5 15 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (13.76%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 15 (13.76%) Risk Analyst
5 15 (13.76%) Security Engineer
5 15 (13.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (13.76%) Senior Security Engineer
6 12 (11.01%) Security Consultant
7 11 (10.09%) Lead
8 8 (7.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 7 (6.42%) Risk Manager
9 7 (6.42%) Security Analyst
10 6 (5.50%) Architect
10 6 (5.50%) Technology Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (24.77%) Management Information System
2 20 (18.35%) Public Cloud
3 15 (13.76%) Blockchain
3 15 (13.76%) Product Ownership
4 12 (11.01%) Operational Technology
5 10 (9.17%) Security Posture
6 7 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (5.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (5.50%) Client/Server
7 6 (5.50%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (4.59%) Cloud Native
8 5 (4.59%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (4.59%) PKI
8 5 (4.59%) Replication
9 4 (3.67%) Onboarding
10 3 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.83%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.34%) Windows
2 2 (1.83%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (60.55%) Cybersecurity
1 66 (60.55%) Information Security
2 62 (56.88%) Risk Management
3 44 (40.37%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (28.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (22.02%) Vulnerability Management
6 23 (21.10%) Computer Science
7 22 (20.18%) Decision-Making
7 22 (20.18%) Risk Analysis
8 17 (15.60%) Cloud Security
9 15 (13.76%) Change Management
9 15 (13.76%) DevOps
9 15 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (13.76%) Security Hardening
9 15 (13.76%) User Experience
10 13 (11.93%) Data Protection
11 12 (11.01%) Risk Assessment
12 11 (10.09%) Business Continuity
12 11 (10.09%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (10.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.85%) Python
2 5 (4.59%) C
2 5 (4.59%) Java
2 5 (4.59%) R
2 5 (4.59%) Scala
2 5 (4.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (91.74%) CISSP
2 83 (76.15%) CISM
3 57 (52.29%) CISA
4 55 (50.46%) Degree
5 24 (22.02%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (20.18%) GIAC
7 18 (16.51%) CEH
8 15 (13.76%) CCNA
8 15 (13.76%) CCNP
9 14 (12.84%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (12.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (11.93%) CASP
10 13 (11.93%) Master's Degree
11 12 (11.01%) CompTIA CySA+
12 9 (8.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (8.26%) CCSP
13 6 (5.50%) Security Cleared
14 5 (4.59%) CGEIT
14 5 (4.59%) ISSMP
14 5 (4.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (52.29%) NIST
2 45 (41.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (22.02%) GRC
4 17 (15.60%) COBIT
4 17 (15.60%) GDPR
4 17 (15.60%) PCI DSS
5 6 (5.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (5.50%) SOC 2
6 5 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 4 (3.67%) NCSC
8 3 (2.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (2.75%) COSO
8 3 (2.75%) ITGC
8 3 (2.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.83%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.83%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.83%) SOC 1
9 2 (1.83%) SOC 3
10 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.50%) Ansible
2 1 (0.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.92%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (0.92%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.59%) Alibaba
2 5 (4.59%) Google
3 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.83%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.83%) Rapid7
5 1 (0.92%) Cisco
5 1 (0.92%) F5
5 1 (0.92%) Meraki
5 1 (0.92%) OneTrust
5 1 (0.92%) Palo Alto