CISMP Job Trends in Wales

ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for CISMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing CISMP 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.24% - 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.06% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £45,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £46,898
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.27%
75th Percentile - - £48,477
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £85,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -20.59% +20.44% +17.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 188 258 360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 22.73% 16.90% 36.62%
Number of salaries quoted 107 131 255
10th Percentile £30,433 £36,103 £32,350
25th Percentile £46,745 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,544 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% +18.99% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,299 £69,800
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% -4.27% +6.36%

CISMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for CISMP in Wales

CISMP
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISMP

CISMP
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISMP within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
South Wales - 2 £35,000 - 1
CISMP
UK

CISMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft