ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 607 562 783
Rank change year-on-year -45 +221 -150
Permanent jobs citing CISA 306 474 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.47% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.11% 1.43% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 236 355 315
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,970 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,212 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.33% -3.65% -2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CISA 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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £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%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CISA in the UK

CISA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISA over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CISA in the UK

CISA
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +21 278 £67,500 +3.85% 50
UK excluding London -46 159 £58,000 +0.33% 24
London +45 142 £75,000 +3.45% 26
Work from Home -53 101 £63,750 -4.85% 39
North of England +28 54 £40,000 -30.81% 8
North West +25 36 £40,000 -19.19% 6
South West -14 34 £82,500 +42.71% 4
Midlands -16 23 £62,500 +4.17% 6
Scotland -70 23 £75,000 +29.74% 3
West Midlands +1 18 £65,000 +8.33% 5
South East -4 15 £67,500 +35.00% 3
Yorkshire +50 10 £52,500 -22.79% 2
East of England +18 9 £50,000 -9.09%
North East -1 8 £40,000 -42.86%
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +22 1 £57,500 +61.40%

CISA
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 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.33%) Apache
2 1 (0.33%) IIS
2 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (5.56%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (14.38%) Azure
2 22 (7.19%) AWS
3 10 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.29%) Entra ID
4 7 (2.29%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.65%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.65%) GCP
7 2 (0.65%) SaaS
7 2 (0.65%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.33%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.33%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 61 (19.93%) Firewall
2 16 (5.23%) Network Security
3 11 (3.59%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (2.94%) Cisco IPT
5 8 (2.61%) LAN
5 8 (2.61%) WAN
6 7 (2.29%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.98%) VPN
8 3 (0.98%) X.509
9 2 (0.65%) VoIP
10 1 (0.33%) 5G
10 1 (0.33%) Broadband
10 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.56%) DB2
2 7 (2.29%) Power BI
3 2 (0.65%) Big Data
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.33%) AppScan
1 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.33%) JIRA
1 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
General
1 111 (36.27%) Finance
2 96 (31.37%) Social Skills
3 46 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.42%) Law
5 33 (10.78%) Legal
6 22 (7.19%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.56%) Banking
8 16 (5.23%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (4.25%) Marketing
10 13 (4.25%) Retail
11 6 (1.96%) Military
12 5 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.31%) Advertising
13 4 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.98%) German Language
14 3 (0.98%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (25.16%) Analyst
2 63 (20.59%) Security Analyst
3 51 (16.67%) Senior
4 34 (11.11%) Lead
5 28 (9.15%) Security Manager
6 26 (8.50%) Information Analyst
6 26 (8.50%) Information Security Analyst
6 26 (8.50%) IT Manager
7 25 (8.17%) Architect
7 25 (8.17%) Audit Manager
8 22 (7.19%) Risk Analyst
9 21 (6.86%) Auditor
10 20 (6.54%) Security Officer
11 19 (6.21%) IT Audit Manager
11 19 (6.21%) IT Auditor
12 18 (5.88%) Security Architect
13 17 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 15 (4.90%) Consultant
15 12 (3.92%) Enterprise Architect
15 12 (3.92%) Senior IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.61%) ModSecurity
2 5 (1.63%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.65%) OAuth
3 2 (0.65%) OpenID
3 2 (0.65%) REST
3 2 (0.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (26.14%) Management Information System
2 29 (9.48%) Security Posture
3 21 (6.86%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.27%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.61%) IoT
7 7 (2.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (2.29%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.63%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.63%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.63%) Replication
10 4 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.31%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.31%) PKI
11 3 (0.98%) Derivative
11 3 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.82%) Linux
2 22 (7.19%) Windows
3 19 (6.21%) Windows Server
4 18 (5.88%) Unix
5 1 (0.33%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (60.13%) Information Security
2 146 (47.71%) Cybersecurity
3 98 (32.03%) Risk Management
4 68 (22.22%) IT Audit
5 57 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (17.97%) Internal Audit
7 52 (16.99%) Project Management
8 48 (15.69%) Computer Science
9 44 (14.38%) Data Protection
9 44 (14.38%) SIEM
10 43 (14.05%) Incident Response
11 39 (12.75%) Incident Management
12 36 (11.76%) Security Management
13 33 (10.78%) Disaster Recovery
14 29 (9.48%) Penetration Testing
14 29 (9.48%) Security Architecture
15 27 (8.82%) Data Security
16 25 (8.17%) ITIL
17 24 (7.84%) Business Continuity
17 24 (7.84%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.13%) SQL
2 23 (7.52%) Python
3 8 (2.61%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.96%) Bash
5 5 (1.63%) C
5 5 (1.63%) Java
5 5 (1.63%) R
5 5 (1.63%) Scala
6 2 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 214 (69.93%) CISSP
2 198 (64.71%) CISM
3 97 (31.70%) Degree
4 85 (27.78%) CRISC
5 52 (16.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 33 (10.78%) Security Cleared
7 27 (8.82%) SC Cleared
8 26 (8.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 26 (8.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (7.52%) GIAC
10 21 (6.86%) SANS
11 19 (6.21%) ISACA
12 17 (5.56%) PCI QSA
13 15 (4.90%) ACCA
14 14 (4.58%) CEH
14 14 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (4.58%) CompTIA CySA+
14 14 (4.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (3.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (3.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (33.01%) NIST
3 50 (16.34%) GRC
4 48 (15.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (13.07%) PCI DSS
6 36 (11.76%) GDPR
7 30 (9.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (7.84%) COBIT
8 24 (7.84%) ITGC
9 17 (5.56%) PMO
10 15 (4.90%) NCSC
11 10 (3.27%) HIPAA
12 8 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (2.29%) SOC 2
14 5 (1.63%) COSO
14 5 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 5 (1.63%) Solvency II
15 4 (1.31%) GLBA
15 4 (1.31%) JSP 440
15 4 (1.31%) RMADS
System Software
1 10 (3.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.29%) Nessus
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.98%) CASB
3 3 (0.98%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 51 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.82%) Oracle
3 26 (8.50%) SAP
4 17 (5.56%) Sage
5 8 (2.61%) CA
6 6 (1.96%) Juniper
6 6 (1.96%) Splunk
7 2 (0.65%) Cisco
7 2 (0.65%) ForgeRock
7 2 (0.65%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.65%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.65%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.65%) Sophos
8 1 (0.33%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.33%) F5
8 1 (0.33%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.33%) Peregrine
8 1 (0.33%) Trustwave
8 1 (0.33%) Virgin Media