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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CRISC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 673 783 945
Rank change year-on-year +110 +162 -158
Permanent jobs citing CRISC 218 213 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.64% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 176 177 174
10th Percentile £39,375 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,063 £55,000 £53,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% - +12.00%
75th Percentile £87,813 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £99,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +16.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CRISC 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 27,491 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.72% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,282 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,254 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CRISC in the UK

CRISC
Top 17 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 8 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 +110 213 £68,500 -2.14% 39
UK excluding London +23 137 £65,000 +4.00% 23
London +118 75 £82,500 +10.00% 17
Work from Home +33 72 £60,000 -17.24% 29
South West +17 56 £68,500 -10.46% 3
North of England +60 31 £40,000 -19.19% 3
North West +21 24 £40,000 -19.19% 1
South East +8 20 £47,500 -5.00% 7
East of England +15 14 £77,500 +10.71% 2
Midlands -15 13 £61,500 +11.82% 6
West Midlands -9 11 £58,000 +5.45% 4
Yorkshire +85 6 £60,000 -4.00% 2
Northern Ireland +25 1 £57,500 +4.55%
North East -3 1 - -
Scotland -61 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £77,500 - 2

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 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (8.72%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.47%) AWS
2 22 (10.09%) Azure
3 17 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.88%) GCP
5 11 (5.05%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.46%) IaaS
7 1 (0.46%) PaaS
7 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.93%) Firewall
2 20 (9.17%) TCP/IP
3 16 (7.34%) Network Security
4 15 (6.88%) DNS
5 6 (2.75%) VPN
6 5 (2.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.83%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.92%) Intranet
8 2 (0.92%) LAN
8 2 (0.92%) WAN
9 1 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.46%) SAN
9 1 (0.46%) Wireless
9 1 (0.46%) Wireless Security
9 1 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.05%) Power BI
2 2 (0.92%) Big Data
3 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (6.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.46%) AppScan
2 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Metasploit
General
1 94 (43.12%) Finance
2 56 (25.69%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.26%) Legal
5 15 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.42%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.50%) Law
8 12 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.67%) Marketing
10 5 (2.29%) Banking
10 5 (2.29%) Retail
11 4 (1.83%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.38%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.46%) Advertising
14 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.46%) Police
14 1 (0.46%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 60 (27.52%) Consultant
2 57 (26.15%) Security Consultant
3 29 (13.30%) Senior
4 28 (12.84%) Analyst
5 25 (11.47%) Architect
6 24 (11.01%) Lead
7 21 (9.63%) Risk Analyst
8 20 (9.17%) Security Architect
8 20 (9.17%) Security Manager
9 17 (7.80%) Security Analyst
10 16 (7.34%) Risk Manager
11 12 (5.50%) Enterprise Architect
11 12 (5.50%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 12 (5.50%) Managing Consultant
12 10 (4.59%) Information Manager
12 10 (4.59%) Information Security Manager
12 10 (4.59%) Security Risk Analyst
13 9 (4.13%) IT Analyst
13 9 (4.13%) IT Risk Analyst
13 9 (4.13%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (28.44%) Management Information System
2 21 (9.63%) Operational Technology
2 21 (9.63%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.88%) PKI
4 14 (6.42%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.29%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.29%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.29%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.29%) Replication
7 3 (1.38%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.92%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.92%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.92%) Social Media
9 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.46%) IoT
9 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.46%) SCADA
9 1 (0.46%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.55%) Windows
2 5 (2.29%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.38%) Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (71.56%) Cybersecurity
2 146 (66.97%) Risk Management
3 92 (42.20%) Information Security
4 39 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (17.43%) Security Architecture
6 36 (16.51%) Information Assurance
7 32 (14.68%) Risk Assessment
8 31 (14.22%) Data Protection
9 28 (12.84%) Decision-Making
10 22 (10.09%) Incident Management
10 22 (10.09%) ITIL
11 20 (9.17%) Roadmaps
12 19 (8.72%) Architectural Patterns
12 19 (8.72%) Business Continuity
12 19 (8.72%) Threat Modelling
12 19 (8.72%) Vulnerability Management
13 18 (8.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 18 (8.26%) Security Management
13 18 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (8.26%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.17%) Python
2 5 (2.29%) C
2 5 (2.29%) Java
2 5 (2.29%) R
2 5 (2.29%) Scala
2 5 (2.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 177 (81.19%) CISM
2 168 (77.06%) CISSP
3 83 (38.07%) CISA
4 69 (31.65%) Security Cleared
5 64 (29.36%) SC Cleared
6 60 (27.52%) Degree
7 37 (16.97%) CESG Certified Professional
8 29 (13.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 23 (10.55%) GIAC
10 21 (9.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 20 (9.17%) CompTIA Security+
12 19 (8.72%) ISSMP
13 16 (7.34%) CASP
13 16 (7.34%) CEH
14 15 (6.88%) CompTIA CySA+
14 15 (6.88%) ISACA
15 14 (6.42%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (5.50%) SANS
17 9 (4.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 7 (3.21%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (34.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (25.69%) NIST
3 41 (18.81%) GRC
4 37 (16.97%) GDPR
5 29 (13.30%) COBIT
6 21 (9.63%) NCSC
7 19 (8.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (6.88%) PCI DSS
9 9 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (2.29%) ISO 31000
10 5 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (2.29%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (1.38%) COSO
12 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.92%) GLBA
13 2 (0.92%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.29%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (6.88%) Ansible
2 1 (0.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.46%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (0.46%) Nessus
Vendors
1 22 (10.09%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.34%) ServiceNow
3 15 (6.88%) Alibaba
4 11 (5.05%) Google
5 9 (4.13%) Cisco
5 9 (4.13%) Dell
6 8 (3.67%) Citrix
7 5 (2.29%) Meraki
7 5 (2.29%) VMware
8 3 (1.38%) OneTrust
9 2 (0.92%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.92%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.46%) Trustwave