ISMS Jobs in England

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring ISMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ISMS over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 691 630
Rank change year-on-year +68 -61 +94
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 68 149 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.17% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.20% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 52 133 149
10th Percentile £32,100 £28,400 £38,900
25th Percentile £52,000 £40,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £85,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year +4.35% -6.12% +11.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in England

ISMS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISMS in England.

Salary trend for ISMS in England

ISMS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISMS in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ISMS in England

ISMS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
South East +107 30 £60,000 -9.43% 30
London +96 25 £65,000 +18.18% 61
North of England +2 6 £60,000 -4.00% 20
Midlands +64 4 £52,000 +30.00% 4
Yorkshire +40 4 £57,500 -17.86% 5
East of England +40 4 £67,000 +123.33% 7
East Midlands +37 4 £52,000 +30.00% 2
South West +97 3 £47,500 +9.20% 11
North East +42 1 - - 6
North West -30 1 £60,000 +20.00% 9
ISMS
UK

ISMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (17.65%) IIS
2 8 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 29 (42.65%) Azure
2 18 (26.47%) SaaS
3 17 (25.00%) AWS
3 17 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.41%) IaaS
4 3 (4.41%) PaaS
5 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.18%) Firewall
2 3 (4.41%) Network Security
3 1 (1.47%) LAN
3 1 (1.47%) VPN
3 1 (1.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.65%) SQL Server
General
1 38 (55.88%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Finance
3 9 (13.24%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.76%) Law
5 7 (10.29%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (10.29%) Publishing
6 3 (4.41%) Marketing
6 3 (4.41%) Military
7 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.94%) Legal
8 1 (1.47%) Banking
8 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 16 (23.53%) Information Manager
3 15 (22.06%) Analyst
3 15 (22.06%) Information Security Manager
4 10 (14.71%) Lead
4 10 (14.71%) Security Analyst
5 9 (13.24%) Service Manager
6 8 (11.76%) Information Analyst
6 8 (11.76%) Information Security Analyst
6 8 (11.76%) Service Desk Manager
7 7 (10.29%) Governance Manager
7 7 (10.29%) Information Governance Manager
8 6 (8.82%) Architect
8 6 (8.82%) Security Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 5 (7.35%) IT Analyst
9 5 (7.35%) IT Support
9 5 (7.35%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (7.35%) Support Analyst
10 3 (4.41%) Information Security Compliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.65%) .NET
2 3 (4.41%) LDAP
2 3 (4.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (66.18%) Management Information System
2 13 (19.12%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (17.65%) Client/Server
3 12 (17.65%) Private Cloud
4 9 (13.24%) Security Posture
5 7 (10.29%) Freedom of Information
5 7 (10.29%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (4.41%) PKI
7 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.47%) Biopharmaceutical
8 1 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.47%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (92.65%) Information Security
2 50 (73.53%) Security Management
3 46 (67.65%) Information Security Management
4 28 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (27.94%) Risk Management
6 17 (25.00%) Data Protection
7 15 (22.06%) ITIL
8 13 (19.12%) ITSM
8 13 (19.12%) Process Improvement
8 13 (19.12%) Service Management
9 12 (17.65%) Asset Management
9 12 (17.65%) Change Management
9 12 (17.65%) Configuration Management
9 12 (17.65%) Customer-Centricity
9 12 (17.65%) People Management
9 12 (17.65%) Problem Management
10 11 (16.18%) Due Diligence
10 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (14.71%) Incident Response
11 10 (14.71%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 22 (32.35%) CISSP
2 15 (22.06%) CISM
3 12 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (11.76%) CISA
4 8 (11.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 7 (10.29%) Degree
6 6 (8.82%) Security Cleared
7 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.41%) CCSK
8 3 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.41%) CISMP
8 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.94%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.94%) CCNA
9 2 (2.94%) GSEC
9 2 (2.94%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (29.41%) GDPR
3 18 (26.47%) NIST
4 17 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (17.65%) SLA
6 10 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (10.29%) HIPAA
7 7 (10.29%) PCI DSS
8 4 (5.88%) GRC
9 3 (4.41%) SOC 2
10 2 (2.94%) COBIT
10 2 (2.94%) NCSC
11 1 (1.47%) GLP
11 1 (1.47%) GMP
11 1 (1.47%) GxP
11 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
11 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.65%) Oracle
3 6 (8.82%) Citrix
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco
4 1 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) OneTrust
4 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow