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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 683 770 916
Rank change year-on-year +87 +146 -118
Permanent jobs citing CRISC 220 210 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.80% 0.64% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 176 175 177
10th Percentile £39,375 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,063 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% - +12.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,875 £87,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.12% -5.77% +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 27,489 32,962 42,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,297 14,888 18,855
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,276 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.55% +0.50%

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 10 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 10 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 +133 215 £68,500 +1.48% 34
UK excluding London +27 139 £65,000 +6.12% 16
London +111 75 £80,000 +6.67% 18
Work from Home +30 72 £60,000 -14.29% 28
South West +21 55 £68,500 -10.46% 3
North of England +67 31 £40,000 -19.19% 3
North West +18 24 £40,000 -19.19% 1
South East +3 21 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Midlands -31 15 £61,500 +11.82% 3
East of England +21 14 £77,500 +10.71% 2
West Midlands -18 13 £58,000 +5.45% 2
Yorkshire +93 6 £60,000 -4.00% 2
Northern Ireland +20 1 £57,500 +4.55%
North East -7 1 - -
Scotland -61 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £77,500 - 1

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 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.82%) AWS
2 23 (10.45%) Azure
3 18 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.27%) GCP
5 11 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.45%) IaaS
7 1 (0.45%) PaaS
7 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.18%) Firewall
2 20 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 16 (7.27%) DNS
3 16 (7.27%) Network Security
4 6 (2.73%) VPN
5 5 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.82%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.91%) Intranet
7 2 (0.91%) LAN
7 2 (0.91%) WAN
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.45%) SAN
8 1 (0.45%) Wireless
8 1 (0.45%) Wireless Security
8 1 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (0.91%) Big Data
3 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (7.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.45%) AppScan
2 1 (0.45%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Metasploit
General
1 96 (43.64%) Finance
2 54 (24.55%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.73%) Legal
5 15 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.36%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.45%) Law
8 12 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.64%) Marketing
10 5 (2.27%) Banking
10 5 (2.27%) Retail
11 4 (1.82%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.36%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.91%) Electronics
13 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Advertising
14 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (27.27%) Consultant
2 57 (25.91%) Security Consultant
3 31 (14.09%) Analyst
4 29 (13.18%) Senior
5 25 (11.36%) Architect
5 25 (11.36%) Lead
6 22 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
7 20 (9.09%) Security Architect
7 20 (9.09%) Security Manager
8 19 (8.64%) Security Analyst
9 14 (6.36%) Risk Manager
10 12 (5.45%) Enterprise Architect
10 12 (5.45%) Enterprise Security Architect
10 12 (5.45%) Managing Consultant
11 10 (4.55%) Information Manager
11 10 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
11 10 (4.55%) Security Risk Analyst
12 9 (4.09%) IT Analyst
12 9 (4.09%) IT Risk Analyst
12 9 (4.09%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (28.64%) Management Information System
2 23 (10.45%) Security Posture
3 21 (9.55%) Operational Technology
4 16 (7.27%) PKI
5 14 (6.36%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.27%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.27%) Replication
8 3 (1.36%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.36%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.91%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.91%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.91%) Social Media
10 1 (0.45%) IoT
10 1 (0.45%) SCADA
10 1 (0.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.91%) Windows
2 5 (2.27%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.36%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (71.82%) Cybersecurity
2 147 (66.82%) Risk Management
3 95 (43.18%) Information Security
4 41 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (17.27%) Information Assurance
5 38 (17.27%) Security Architecture
6 31 (14.09%) Data Protection
6 31 (14.09%) Risk Assessment
7 28 (12.73%) Decision-Making
8 25 (11.36%) ITIL
9 24 (10.91%) Incident Management
10 22 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
11 21 (9.55%) Business Continuity
12 20 (9.09%) Roadmaps
12 20 (9.09%) Security Management
12 20 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
13 19 (8.64%) Architectural Patterns
13 19 (8.64%) Incident Response
14 18 (8.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 18 (8.18%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.55%) Python
2 5 (2.27%) C
2 5 (2.27%) Java
2 5 (2.27%) R
2 5 (2.27%) Scala
2 5 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 179 (81.36%) CISM
2 170 (77.27%) CISSP
3 85 (38.64%) CISA
4 69 (31.36%) Security Cleared
5 64 (29.09%) SC Cleared
6 61 (27.73%) Degree
7 37 (16.82%) CESG Certified Professional
8 29 (13.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 26 (11.82%) GIAC
10 21 (9.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 20 (9.09%) ISSMP
12 18 (8.18%) CEH
12 18 (8.18%) CompTIA Security+
13 16 (7.27%) CASP
14 15 (6.82%) ISACA
15 14 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (5.91%) CompTIA CySA+
17 12 (5.45%) SANS
18 9 (4.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 8 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (25.91%) NIST
3 41 (18.64%) GRC
4 37 (16.82%) GDPR
5 30 (13.64%) COBIT
6 21 (9.55%) NCSC
7 19 (8.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (7.73%) PCI DSS
9 9 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (2.27%) ISO 31000
10 5 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (2.27%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (1.36%) COSO
12 3 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.91%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.91%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.91%) SLA
13 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.27%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (7.27%) Ansible
2 1 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.45%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (0.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 24 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.27%) Alibaba
3 14 (6.36%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.45%) Google
5 9 (4.09%) Cisco
5 9 (4.09%) Dell
6 8 (3.64%) Citrix
7 5 (2.27%) Meraki
7 5 (2.27%) VMware
8 3 (1.36%) OneTrust
9 2 (0.91%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.91%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.45%) Trustwave