ISMS Job Trends in Berkshire

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring ISMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 115 143
Rank change year-on-year +8 +28 +31
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 5 7 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.20% 0.44% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.47% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68,750 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.74%
75th Percentile £76,250 - £68,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year +20.83% -9.43% +3.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,813 1,477 2,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 71.18% 92.60% 85.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 543 1,815
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,625 £70,625
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISMS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

ISMS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

ISMS
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing ISMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing ISMS

ISMS
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
Reading -6 3 £72,500 - 3
ISMS
South East

ISMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Account Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Compliance Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (60.00%) Information Security Management
3 3 (60.00%) Security Management
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Business Development
4 2 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (40.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) CRM
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Google
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft