CISM Jobs in England

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 396 390
Rank change year-on-year +50 -6 +157
Permanent jobs citing CISM 391 575 657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.59% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.67% 2.24% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 189 452 482
10th Percentile £48,165 £46,375 £46,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,809 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,313 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £104,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23,474 25,723 27,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 47.50% 26.43% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,450 15,791 12,715
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,603 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,977 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.82% -11.71% +9.09%

CISM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CISM in England

CISM
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for CISM in England

CISM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISM in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for CISM in England

CISM
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the England region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Midlands +158 124 £57,500 -19.30% 101
London -12 121 £80,000 - 538
West Midlands +113 86 £58,750 -21.67% 55
South East +113 68 £65,000 - 154
East Midlands +69 38 £55,000 -19.41% 43
North of England -16 33 £67,500 +12.50% 145
South West +58 23 £67,500 -1.46% 79
North West -44 21 £61,000 +17.12% 92
East of England +33 10 £51,711 +3.42% 63
Yorkshire +53 6 £61,250 -23.29% 36
North East +53 6 £80,000 +0.20% 17
CISM
UK

CISM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.77%) Confluence
2 2 (0.51%) IIS
2 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.51%) TPMS
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (13.04%) Azure
2 35 (8.95%) AWS
3 14 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.07%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (3.07%) GCP
5 11 (2.81%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.56%) SaaS
7 5 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (1.28%) IaaS
7 5 (1.28%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.51%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.26%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.26%) PaaS
11 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.26%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (15.09%) Firewall
2 23 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 23 (5.88%) Network Security
2 23 (5.88%) VPN
3 5 (1.28%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.02%) DNS
4 4 (1.02%) HTTP
4 4 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.77%) S/MIME
5 3 (0.77%) SSL
5 3 (0.77%) X.509
6 2 (0.51%) DMZ
6 2 (0.51%) LAN
6 2 (0.51%) SMTP
6 2 (0.51%) WAN
7 1 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.26%) NGFW
7 1 (0.26%) SAN
7 1 (0.26%) VoIP
7 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.28%) Power BI
2 4 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.26%) HBase
4 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 140 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 72 (18.41%) Finance
3 61 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.00%) Legal
5 20 (5.12%) Banking
6 19 (4.86%) Retail
7 14 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (2.81%) Local Government
9 9 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.05%) Law
11 7 (1.79%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.28%) Military
12 5 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.02%) Publishing
14 3 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.51%) Advertising
15 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.51%) Games
15 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 131 (33.50%) Security Engineer
2 101 (25.83%) Principal Engineer
2 101 (25.83%) Principal Security Engineer
3 78 (19.95%) Analyst
4 71 (18.16%) Security Analyst
5 60 (15.35%) Product Engineer
6 45 (11.51%) Security Manager
7 41 (10.49%) Principal Security Analyst
7 41 (10.49%) Product Analyst
8 39 (9.97%) Consultant
9 33 (8.44%) Security Consultant
10 27 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 23 (5.88%) Risk Manager
12 21 (5.37%) Managing Consultant
13 20 (5.12%) Architect
14 19 (4.86%) Security Architect
15 18 (4.60%) Head of Security
15 18 (4.60%) Information Security Manager
15 18 (4.60%) Senior
16 17 (4.35%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.53%) SailPoint
2 5 (1.28%) LDAP
2 5 (1.28%) OAuth
2 5 (1.28%) OpenID
2 5 (1.28%) SAML
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.77%) EJB
5 2 (0.51%) Leaflet
5 2 (0.51%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (20.20%) Management Information System
2 53 (13.55%) Security Posture
3 21 (5.37%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (5.37%) Life Science
4 15 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.58%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (2.05%) PKI
8 8 (2.05%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.53%) Social Media
9 6 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
11 4 (1.02%) Freedom of Information Act
12 3 (0.77%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.42%) Windows
2 8 (2.05%) Linux
3 7 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.53%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (75.45%) Cybersecurity
2 260 (66.50%) Information Security
3 220 (56.27%) Risk Management
4 123 (31.46%) Project Management
5 108 (27.62%) Cyber Resilience
6 107 (27.37%) Security Testing
7 74 (18.93%) Incident Response
8 61 (15.60%) Agile
9 60 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (14.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 55 (14.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 54 (13.81%) SIEM
14 50 (12.79%) Mentoring
15 49 (12.53%) Cloud Security
16 48 (12.28%) Security Operations
17 47 (12.02%) Regulatory Compliance
18 42 (10.74%) Risk Assessment
18 42 (10.74%) Vulnerability Management
19 37 (9.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.58%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.32%) R
3 8 (2.05%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (1.53%) Python
5 5 (1.28%) Bash
6 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.26%) C#
7 1 (0.26%) C++
7 1 (0.26%) Java
7 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 358 (91.56%) CISSP
2 194 (49.62%) Degree
3 108 (27.62%) CESG Certified Professional
4 103 (26.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (18.93%) CRISC
6 72 (18.41%) CISA
7 34 (8.70%) CEH
8 28 (7.16%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (7.16%) Security Cleared
9 26 (6.65%) Master's Degree
10 25 (6.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 25 (6.39%) CompTIA Security+
11 22 (5.63%) GIAC
12 21 (5.37%) SANS
13 20 (5.12%) SC Cleared
14 14 (3.58%) CCSP
14 14 (3.58%) ISACA
15 13 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (2.05%) AWS Certification
16 8 (2.05%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (65.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 245 (62.66%) NIST
3 107 (27.37%) JSP 440
4 105 (26.85%) RMADS
5 53 (13.55%) GRC
6 50 (12.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 45 (11.51%) GDPR
8 33 (8.44%) SOC 2
9 32 (8.18%) PCI DSS
10 23 (5.88%) NCSC
11 21 (5.37%) COBIT
11 21 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 14 (3.58%) NIST 800
14 8 (2.05%) Accessibility
14 8 (2.05%) HIPAA
15 7 (1.79%) SOC 1
16 6 (1.53%) Def Stans
17 5 (1.28%) QA
17 5 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (3.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) HDFS
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.30%) QRadar
2 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.05%) RSA Archer
3 7 (1.79%) Nessus
3 7 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.28%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.28%) Terraform
5 4 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (1.02%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.51%) CASB
7 1 (0.26%) MaaS360
7 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 60 (15.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.58%) Tenable
3 12 (3.07%) VMware
4 10 (2.56%) Splunk
5 8 (2.05%) Google
5 8 (2.05%) Palo Alto
6 7 (1.79%) Cisco
7 6 (1.53%) Qualys
8 5 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.28%) Oracle
8 5 (1.28%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.02%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.02%) SAP
10 3 (0.77%) Juniper
10 3 (0.77%) Sophos
10 3 (0.77%) Thales
11 2 (0.51%) AlienVault
11 2 (0.51%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.51%) Trend Micro
11 2 (0.51%) Zscaler
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