CISM Job Trends in Yorkshire

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 123 161
Rank change year-on-year -29 +38 +80
Permanent jobs citing CISM 7 31 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.21% 0.95% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 2.51% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 3
10th Percentile £58,670 £51,250 £64,076
25th Percentile £61,132 £71,250 £64,940
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £67,761
Median % change year-on-year - +10.68% +17.84%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £70,084
90th Percentile - £80,000 £70,650
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £73,993
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.36% -1.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

CISM 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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,035 1,234 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 31.04% 37.89% 22.65%
Number of salaries quoted 383 248 435
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £27,600
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,653 £39,070
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

CISM job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

CISM
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing CISM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing CISM

CISM
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CISM in Yorkshire

CISM
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
South Yorkshire -2 4 £75,000 -6.25% 2
West Yorkshire -23 3 £71,014 -5.31% 1
CISM
England

CISM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Security Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Information Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Security Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Information Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SOC Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
3 4 (57.14%) Architecture Governance
3 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security
3 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
3 4 (57.14%) Design Patterns
3 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) SABSA
3 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Dependency Management
5 1 (14.29%) Information Management
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Product Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) DBS Check
2 4 (57.14%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) CRISC
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GRC
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (14.29%) Centrify
1 1 (14.29%) CyberArk
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Thycotic