CISSP Jobs with Work from Home Options

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for CISSP 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 279 227 341
Rank change year-on-year -52 +114 -45
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 381 621 711
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.13% 1.49% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.00% 5.88% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 282 498 592
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,625 £49,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% - +8.00%
75th Percentile £84,919 £82,500 £82,813
90th Percentile £91,791 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CISSP 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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,521 10,556 15,670
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.12% 25.39% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,896 6,449 8,575
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,450
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

CISSP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CISSP trend for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISSP.

CISSP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CISSP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

CISSP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (1.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (32.81%) Azure
2 78 (20.47%) AWS
3 42 (11.02%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.82%) SaaS
5 23 (6.04%) Cloud Computing
6 22 (5.77%) Azure Sentinel
7 18 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (3.67%) GCP
9 13 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.41%) PaaS
10 11 (2.89%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.89%) IaaS
11 6 (1.57%) Azure Service Fabric
12 5 (1.31%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.05%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.05%) Serverless
14 3 (0.79%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.79%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 100 (26.25%) Firewall
2 57 (14.96%) WAN
3 55 (14.44%) Network Security
4 42 (11.02%) TCP/IP
5 33 (8.66%) SD-WAN
6 28 (7.35%) VPN
7 25 (6.56%) Intrusion Detection
8 24 (6.30%) LAN
9 14 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (3.41%) Wireshark
11 10 (2.62%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (2.62%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (2.62%) DNS
12 6 (1.57%) Cisco IPT
12 6 (1.57%) Internet
13 5 (1.31%) DHCP
14 3 (0.79%) VLAN
14 3 (0.79%) VoIP
15 1 (0.26%) SSL
15 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.31%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.31%) Redis
3 4 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.79%) Power BI
5 1 (0.26%) Big Data
5 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Jenkins
General
1 113 (29.66%) Finance
2 103 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.76%) Law
4 39 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (9.19%) Legal
6 24 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (5.77%) Retail
8 21 (5.51%) Military
8 21 (5.51%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (4.20%) Manufacturing
12 15 (3.94%) Public Sector
13 8 (2.10%) Back Office
13 8 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.57%) Marketing
15 5 (1.31%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.31%) Automotive
15 5 (1.31%) Banking
16 4 (1.05%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 79 (20.73%) Architect
2 70 (18.37%) Lead
3 68 (17.85%) Analyst
4 55 (14.44%) Security Architect
5 43 (11.29%) Security Manager
6 41 (10.76%) Consultant
7 40 (10.50%) Security Analyst
8 38 (9.97%) Security Engineer
9 37 (9.71%) Senior
10 36 (9.45%) Security Consultant
11 33 (8.66%) IT Manager
12 31 (8.14%) Lead Architect
13 27 (7.09%) Lead Security Architect
14 26 (6.82%) Information Analyst
14 26 (6.82%) Information Security Analyst
15 20 (5.25%) IT Security Manager
16 16 (4.20%) Information Manager
16 16 (4.20%) Information Security Manager
17 14 (3.67%) Senior Security Engineer
17 14 (3.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.67%) HTML
2 7 (1.84%) ModSecurity
3 6 (1.57%) REST
3 6 (1.57%) SOAP
3 6 (1.57%) Web Services
4 5 (1.31%) Middleware
5 4 (1.05%) Kafka
6 2 (0.52%) .NET
6 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 131 (34.38%) Management Information System
2 45 (11.81%) Security Posture
3 36 (9.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 33 (8.66%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (6.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 21 (5.51%) Cyberattack
6 21 (5.51%) Operational Technology
7 15 (3.94%) Product Ownership
8 14 (3.67%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.89%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.36%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.84%) PKI
11 7 (1.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (1.57%) CESG
12 6 (1.57%) PMI
12 6 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.31%) NHS
14 4 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 60 (15.75%) Windows
2 30 (7.87%) Linux
3 19 (4.99%) Unix
4 14 (3.67%) Mac OS X
5 13 (3.41%) Android
5 13 (3.41%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.10%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.05%) CentOS
7 4 (1.05%) Solaris
7 4 (1.05%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.05%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (59.06%) Information Security
2 194 (50.92%) Cybersecurity
3 94 (24.67%) Risk Management
4 82 (21.52%) Security Architecture
5 77 (20.21%) Cloud Security
6 76 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (19.69%) Incident Response
8 71 (18.64%) Security Operations
9 57 (14.96%) Agile
10 55 (14.44%) Roadmaps
11 54 (14.17%) ITIL
11 54 (14.17%) SIEM
12 52 (13.65%) Mentoring
12 52 (13.65%) OWASP
13 51 (13.39%) Application Security
14 44 (11.55%) Secure Coding
15 42 (11.02%) Computer Science
16 40 (10.50%) Penetration Testing
16 40 (10.50%) Vulnerability Management
17 39 (10.24%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.77%) Python
2 19 (4.99%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.67%) SQL
4 3 (0.79%) Bash
5 2 (0.52%) C#
5 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 215 (56.43%) CISM
2 95 (24.93%) Cisco Certification
3 84 (22.05%) Degree
4 76 (19.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 69 (18.11%) CCSP
6 61 (16.01%) CEH
6 61 (16.01%) Security Cleared
7 55 (14.44%) CISA
8 49 (12.86%) Azure Certification
9 45 (11.81%) GIAC
10 44 (11.55%) AWS Certification
11 43 (11.29%) CRISC
12 39 (10.24%) CCSK
13 36 (9.45%) SC Cleared
14 33 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
15 32 (8.40%) CompTIA Security+
16 29 (7.61%) SANS
17 28 (7.35%) SSCP
18 27 (7.09%) DV Cleared
19 22 (5.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (39.63%) NIST
2 134 (35.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (11.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 41 (10.76%) GDPR
4 41 (10.76%) GRC
4 41 (10.76%) PCI DSS
5 33 (8.66%) NCSC
6 19 (4.99%) COBIT
6 19 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (2.10%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.84%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.84%) ISO 31000
9 7 (1.84%) JSP 440
9 7 (1.84%) RMADS
10 6 (1.57%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.57%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (1.05%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 33 (8.66%) Docker
2 13 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (3.15%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (9.97%) Kubernetes
2 33 (8.66%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.41%) Nmap
5 8 (2.10%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.57%) Nessus
7 5 (1.31%) Grafana
7 5 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.31%) SCOM
8 4 (1.05%) Ansible
9 2 (0.52%) QRadar
10 1 (0.26%) CASB
Vendors
1 54 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.04%) Splunk
3 19 (4.99%) Cisco
3 19 (4.99%) Qualys
4 17 (4.46%) Palo Alto
5 14 (3.67%) Dell
5 14 (3.67%) Rapid7
6 13 (3.41%) Thycotic
7 12 (3.15%) Oracle
8 11 (2.89%) SAP
9 10 (2.62%) Meraki
10 8 (2.10%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.10%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.84%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.57%) Blue Coat
12 6 (1.57%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.57%) Netskope
12 6 (1.57%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.57%) Symantec
12 6 (1.57%) Zscaler