ISMS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ISMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 196 189
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +79
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 2 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.052% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile - £66,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +17.39% -20.69%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £63,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £66,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.81% +40.00% -38.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,475 3,936 3,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.47% 83.28% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,465 1,918 2,340
10th Percentile £27,100 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,520 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.60% - -

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

ISMS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ISMS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ISMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ISMS

ISMS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £70,000 - 1
ISMS
South East

ISMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Head of Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST