ISMS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ISMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 312 449
Rank change year-on-year +16 +137 +103
Contract jobs citing ISMS 8 33 28
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.22% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.24% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 26 20
10th Percentile £388 £165 £525
25th Percentile £463 £416 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £597 £638
90th Percentile £697 £608 £789
UK median daily rate £425 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -26.09% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £74.79
UK median hourly rate - - £74.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

ISMS falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

ISMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISMS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ISMS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ISMS.

ISMS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ISMS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

ISMS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISMS
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Police
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Security Management
2 6 (75.00%) Information Security
2 6 (75.00%) Information Security Management
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
5 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit
5 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) CISM
3 3 (37.50%) CISA
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) CEH
5 1 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (12.50%) CRISC
5 1 (12.50%) ISACA
5 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (12.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) GRC
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) COBIT
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Forcepoint
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Siemens