Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISACA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 648 852 928
Rank change year-on-year +204 +76 +228
Permanent jobs citing ISACA 36 33 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.034% 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5 25 41
10th Percentile - £54,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +24.32% -13.81%
75th Percentile £57,500 £82,500 £73,001
90th Percentile £104,000 £87,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,344 - £63,750
% change year-on-year - - -3.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISACA 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 25,484 27,371 34,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.86% 27.83% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 17,308 15,226
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,776
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

ISACA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISACA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for ISACA in the UK

ISACA
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISACA within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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 +200 36 £55,000 -15.38% 16
UK excluding London +237 35 £54,344 - 6
West Midlands - 33 £53,688 - 4
Midlands - 33 £53,688 - 4
London +95 13 £130,000 +100.00% 10
Work from Home +180 6 £55,000 -35.29% 3
North of England - 2 £55,000 - 1
North West - 2 £55,000 -

ISACA
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (61.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Firewall
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (8.33%) VPN
4 2 (5.56%) Internet
5 1 (2.78%) Network Security
General
1 23 (63.89%) Finance
2 22 (61.11%) Games
2 22 (61.11%) Manufacturing
2 22 (61.11%) Retail
2 22 (61.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Senior
2 12 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 12 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 2 (5.56%) Malware Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Lead
4 1 (2.78%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 22 (61.11%) Blockchain
2 22 (61.11%) Robotics
3 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) PKI
3 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (75.00%) Information Security
2 23 (63.89%) Artificial Intelligence
3 22 (61.11%) Agile
3 22 (61.11%) Analytics
3 22 (61.11%) Change Management
3 22 (61.11%) Coaching
3 22 (61.11%) Data Analytics
3 22 (61.11%) ERP
3 22 (61.11%) IT Audit
3 22 (61.11%) Mentoring
3 22 (61.11%) Robotic Process Automation
4 20 (55.56%) Creative Thinking
5 14 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (25.00%) ITIL
6 9 (25.00%) Problem Management
7 8 (22.22%) Compliance Management
8 7 (19.44%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (11.11%) Incident Response
9 4 (11.11%) Security Operations
9 4 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (94.44%) CISA
2 14 (38.89%) SANS
3 13 (36.11%) GIAC
4 12 (33.33%) CISM
4 12 (33.33%) CISSP
5 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 5 (13.89%) Degree
7 3 (8.33%) CRISC
8 2 (5.56%) A+ Certification
8 2 (5.56%) APMG
8 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
8 2 (5.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (5.56%) CEH
8 2 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (5.56%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (5.56%) GCIH
8 2 (5.56%) GISF
8 2 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (61.11%) ITGC
2 9 (25.00%) GRC
3 8 (22.22%) JSP 440
3 8 (22.22%) NCSC
4 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.78%) NIST
4 1 (2.78%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Nessus
2 4 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.78%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 22 (61.11%) Oracle
1 22 (61.11%) SAP
2 6 (16.67%) Tenable
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.33%) Fortinet