ISMS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 644 647
Rank change year-on-year +105 +3 -28
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 40 118 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.19% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 27 102 71
10th Percentile £44,250 £28,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £40,250 £46,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISMS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISMS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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 +84 26 £60,000 -9.43% 14
North of England -18 7 £62,500 - 15
Midlands +63 4 £52,000 +30.00% 4
East Midlands +42 4 £52,000 +30.00% 2
Yorkshire +30 4 £57,500 -17.86% 4
South West +94 3 £47,500 +69.64% 3
North East +50 2 £70,000 +9.80% 8
East of England +46 2 £43,500 +45.00% 2
Scotland - 2 £60,000 - 1
North West -28 1 £60,000 +20.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
ISMS
UK

ISMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (22.50%) IIS
2 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) SaaS
2 13 (32.50%) Azure
3 12 (30.00%) AWS
4 9 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (7.50%) IaaS
5 3 (7.50%) PaaS
6 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (22.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Publishing
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
3 3 (7.50%) Marketing
3 3 (7.50%) Military
3 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Security Manager
2 10 (25.00%) Information Manager
2 10 (25.00%) Information Security Manager
3 7 (17.50%) Service Desk Manager
3 7 (17.50%) Service Manager
4 6 (15.00%) Governance Manager
4 6 (15.00%) Information Governance Manager
4 6 (15.00%) Lead
5 4 (10.00%) Architect
5 4 (10.00%) Security Architect
6 3 (7.50%) Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Business Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (7.50%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Cloud Security Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Compliance Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Security Compliance Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (22.50%) .NET
2 3 (7.50%) LDAP
2 3 (7.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (57.50%) Management Information System
2 9 (22.50%) Client/Server
2 9 (22.50%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (22.50%) Private Cloud
3 6 (15.00%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (15.00%) Freedom of Information Act
4 3 (7.50%) PKI
5 2 (5.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (2.50%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (2.50%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.50%) Life Science
6 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (87.50%) Information Security
2 29 (72.50%) Security Management
3 25 (62.50%) Information Security Management
4 13 (32.50%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (27.50%) Data Protection
5 11 (27.50%) ITIL
5 11 (27.50%) Risk Management
6 10 (25.00%) Process Improvement
7 9 (22.50%) Asset Management
7 9 (22.50%) Change Management
7 9 (22.50%) Configuration Management
7 9 (22.50%) Customer-Centricity
7 9 (22.50%) ITSM
7 9 (22.50%) People Management
7 9 (22.50%) Problem Management
7 9 (22.50%) Service Management
8 7 (17.50%) Cloud Security
8 7 (17.50%) Incident Management
9 6 (15.00%) Data Privacy
9 6 (15.00%) Psychology
Qualifications
1 16 (40.00%) CISSP
2 10 (25.00%) CISM
3 9 (22.50%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (20.00%) CISA
5 6 (15.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (7.50%) CCSK
7 3 (7.50%) CISMP
7 3 (7.50%) Degree
7 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared
8 2 (5.00%) AWS Certification
8 2 (5.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.00%) GSEC
9 1 (2.50%) CEH
9 1 (2.50%) CRISC
9 1 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (32.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (30.00%) GDPR
4 9 (22.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (22.50%) SLA
5 7 (17.50%) NIST
6 6 (15.00%) HIPAA
7 4 (10.00%) PCI DSS
8 2 (5.00%) GRC
8 2 (5.00%) ISO 9001
8 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (2.50%) GLP
9 1 (2.50%) GMP
9 1 (2.50%) GxP
9 1 (2.50%) ISO 14001
9 1 (2.50%) QA
9 1 (2.50%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (22.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.50%) Salesforce