ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISM qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 405 396 566
Rank change year-on-year -9 +170 -133
Permanent jobs citing CISM 633 786 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.81% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.29% 2.42% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 506 599 621
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,938 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £101,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,862 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.21% -0.21% +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISM 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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CISM in the UK

CISM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CISM in the UK

CISM
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +7 553 £71,250 -1.72% 130
UK excluding London -28 348 £65,000 +0.21% 73
London +77 249 £80,000 - 59
Work from Home -57 234 £72,500 +3.57% 59
North of England +45 104 £60,000 +1.69% 16
North West +37 86 £52,084 +5.22% 9
South West -3 81 £68,500 -2.14% 11
Midlands -21 54 £71,250 +1.79% 14
Scotland -41 45 £60,000 -3.81% 9
South East -45 37 £65,000 +8.33% 17
West Midlands -21 36 £75,000 +3.45% 7
East of England +5 22 £50,000 -28.57% 7
East Midlands -1 17 £66,500 +2.31% 7
Yorkshire +40 10 £79,842 +22.83% 7
North East -2 8 £79,842 -15.96%
Isle of Man -13 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Wales -14 1 £85,000 +103.19%
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

CISM
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 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 160 (25.28%) Azure
2 125 (19.75%) AWS
3 45 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.90%) GCP
5 25 (3.95%) SaaS
6 19 (3.00%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.58%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.58%) IaaS
8 10 (1.58%) PaaS
9 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (0.95%) Azure Service Fabric
11 4 (0.63%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.47%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.32%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.16%) Dropbox
14 1 (0.16%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 112 (17.69%) Firewall
2 47 (7.42%) Network Security
3 35 (5.53%) WAN
4 33 (5.21%) SD-WAN
5 21 (3.32%) DNS
6 20 (3.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (3.16%) VPN
7 19 (3.00%) TCP/IP
8 17 (2.69%) LAN
9 12 (1.90%) Cisco IPT
10 10 (1.58%) VoIP
11 5 (0.79%) 5G
11 5 (0.79%) Internet
11 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.63%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (0.47%) X.509
14 1 (0.16%) NGFW
14 1 (0.16%) SAN
14 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.00%) Power BI
2 6 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.63%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.32%) Big Data
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (2.69%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 182 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 162 (25.59%) Finance
3 53 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.58%) Law
5 44 (6.95%) Military
6 43 (6.79%) Legal
7 38 (6.00%) Public Sector
8 32 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (4.42%) Telecoms
10 26 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.69%) Banking
12 16 (2.53%) Marketing
13 14 (2.21%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.74%) Back Office
14 11 (1.74%) Retail
15 9 (1.42%) Automotive
16 7 (1.11%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.11%) Electronics
17 6 (0.95%) Advertising
18 5 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 114 (18.01%) Architect
2 106 (16.75%) Analyst
3 92 (14.53%) Security Architect
4 87 (13.74%) Lead
4 87 (13.74%) Security Manager
5 83 (13.11%) Consultant
6 76 (12.01%) Senior
7 74 (11.69%) Security Consultant
8 71 (11.22%) Security Analyst
9 52 (8.21%) Information Manager
9 52 (8.21%) Information Security Manager
10 39 (6.16%) Lead Architect
11 38 (6.00%) Security Engineer
12 33 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 29 (4.58%) Vulnerability Manager
14 28 (4.42%) Security Officer
15 27 (4.27%) Information Analyst
15 27 (4.27%) Information Security Analyst
15 27 (4.27%) Lead Security Architect
15 27 (4.27%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.58%) ModSecurity
1 10 (1.58%) OAuth
1 10 (1.58%) SAML
2 8 (1.26%) REST
2 8 (1.26%) Web Services
3 7 (1.11%) web3js
4 6 (0.95%) SOAP
5 4 (0.63%) Kafka
6 3 (0.47%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.32%) EDI
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 197 (31.12%) Management Information System
2 68 (10.74%) Security Posture
3 47 (7.42%) Cyber Threat
4 37 (5.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 33 (5.21%) Operational Technology
6 30 (4.74%) PKI
7 26 (4.11%) Cyberattack
8 25 (3.95%) Data Centre
9 20 (3.16%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (2.53%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (2.37%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.58%) Cyber Security Posture
13 10 (1.58%) iPhone
13 10 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.26%) Blockchain
15 7 (1.11%) Cloud Native
15 7 (1.11%) IoT
15 7 (1.11%) Web3
16 6 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.74%) Windows
2 25 (3.95%) Linux
3 19 (3.00%) Unix
4 14 (2.21%) Mac OS X
5 7 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.63%) CentOS
6 4 (0.63%) Solaris
6 4 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (64.93%) Cybersecurity
2 410 (64.77%) Information Security
3 208 (32.86%) Risk Management
4 156 (24.64%) Incident Response
5 129 (20.38%) Security Architecture
6 109 (17.22%) Computer Science
7 95 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (14.69%) Vulnerability Management
9 88 (13.90%) Incident Management
10 81 (12.80%) Application Security
11 79 (12.48%) Data Protection
12 76 (12.01%) Security Operations
13 71 (11.22%) Roadmaps
14 69 (10.90%) Cloud Security
15 66 (10.43%) SIEM
16 65 (10.27%) OWASP
17 64 (10.11%) Security Management
18 62 (9.79%) Penetration Testing
19 56 (8.85%) Threat Modelling
20 52 (8.21%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.06%) Python
2 12 (1.90%) SQL
3 9 (1.42%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.79%) C
4 5 (0.79%) Java
4 5 (0.79%) R
4 5 (0.79%) Scala
5 3 (0.47%) Bash
6 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 597 (94.31%) CISSP
2 210 (33.18%) Degree
3 207 (32.70%) CISA
4 170 (26.86%) CRISC
5 129 (20.38%) Security Cleared
6 114 (18.01%) SC Cleared
7 76 (12.01%) Cisco Certification
8 65 (10.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 61 (9.64%) AWS Certification
10 56 (8.85%) Azure Certification
10 56 (8.85%) CCSP
10 56 (8.85%) CEH
11 54 (8.53%) CESG Certified Professional
11 54 (8.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 49 (7.74%) Computer Science Degree
13 48 (7.58%) GIAC
14 47 (7.42%) Master's Degree
15 36 (5.69%) CCSK
16 33 (5.21%) CompTIA Security+
17 25 (3.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (40.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 222 (35.07%) NIST
3 84 (13.27%) GDPR
4 74 (11.69%) GRC
5 73 (11.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 60 (9.48%) PCI DSS
7 52 (8.21%) NCSC
8 49 (7.74%) COBIT
9 43 (6.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (2.69%) NIST 800
11 13 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (1.90%) HIPAA
13 11 (1.74%) JSP 440
13 11 (1.74%) RMADS
14 10 (1.58%) ISO 22301
14 10 (1.58%) QA
15 9 (1.42%) Data Quality
16 7 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 7 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (5.21%) Docker
2 25 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.69%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (2.69%) Ansible
4 14 (2.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 9 (1.42%) CASB
6 8 (1.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 77 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.63%) Dell
3 16 (2.53%) Alibaba
4 14 (2.21%) Qualys
5 12 (1.90%) Citrix
5 12 (1.90%) Google
6 10 (1.58%) Cisco
7 9 (1.42%) Oracle
7 9 (1.42%) SAP
8 8 (1.26%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.11%) Splunk
10 5 (0.79%) Meraki
10 5 (0.79%) VMware
11 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.47%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.32%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.32%) Rapid7
13 2 (0.32%) Sophos
14 1 (0.16%) CyberArk