Hybrid/Remote CISA Job Trends

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CISA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 366 420
Rank change year-on-year +80 +54 +134
Permanent jobs citing CISA 93 100 76
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.50% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.66% 1.93% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 47 33 61
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,077 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £89,375 £82,100 £75,000
90th Percentile £122,450 £90,000 £89,082
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -13.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CISA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,614 5,192 6,164
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.37% 26.21% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,448 2,572 4,510
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,050 £35,483
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.68%

CISA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CISA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CISA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CISA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CISA

CISA
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CISA over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

CISA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

CISA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.45%) AWS
3 4 (4.30%) Azure
4 2 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.15%) GCP
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.15%) SaaS
4 2 (2.15%) Serverless
5 1 (1.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.38%) Firewall
2 4 (4.30%) CHAP
3 2 (2.15%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.90%) Power BI
1 12 (12.90%) Tableau
General
1 48 (51.61%) Finance
2 38 (40.86%) Banking
3 34 (36.56%) Social Skills
4 23 (24.73%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (9.68%) Legal
6 7 (7.53%) Financial Institution
6 7 (7.53%) Law
7 5 (5.38%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.23%) Advertising
10 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Retail
10 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (19.35%) Auditor
2 17 (18.28%) Internal Auditor
3 13 (13.98%) Senior
4 12 (12.90%) Security Manager
5 10 (10.75%) IT Auditor
6 9 (9.68%) IT Manager
7 7 (7.53%) Audit Manager
7 7 (7.53%) Consultant
7 7 (7.53%) Internal Audit Manager
7 7 (7.53%) IT Audit Manager
8 6 (6.45%) Analyst
8 6 (6.45%) Information Manager
8 6 (6.45%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (5.38%) Security Analyst
10 4 (4.30%) Architecture Manager
10 4 (4.30%) Engineering Manager
10 4 (4.30%) Head of Security
10 4 (4.30%) IT Consultant
10 4 (4.30%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.83%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.15%) Blockchain
2 2 (2.15%) Cyberattack
2 2 (2.15%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.15%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.08%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.98%) Linux
1 13 (13.98%) Windows
2 11 (11.83%) Unix
3 4 (4.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (66.67%) Information Security
2 57 (61.29%) Risk Management
3 41 (44.09%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (37.63%) Risk Assessment
5 32 (34.41%) Roadmaps
6 30 (32.26%) Due Diligence
7 28 (30.11%) Business Continuity
7 28 (30.11%) Business Continuity Management
7 28 (30.11%) Operations Management
7 28 (30.11%) Process Improvement
7 28 (30.11%) Supply Chain Management
8 23 (24.73%) Internal Audit
9 21 (22.58%) Analytics
10 18 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (18.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (18.28%) IT Audit
12 16 (17.20%) Incident Response
13 15 (16.13%) Data Analytics
14 12 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
14 12 (12.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.83%) SQL
2 9 (9.68%) Python
3 7 (7.53%) R
Qualifications
1 70 (75.27%) CISSP
2 49 (52.69%) CRISC
3 38 (40.86%) CISM
4 19 (20.43%) Degree
5 11 (11.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 8 (8.60%) ACCA
7 7 (7.53%) CIMA
8 6 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (6.45%) CGEIT
8 6 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (4.30%) FFIEC
10 4 (4.30%) GIAC
10 4 (4.30%) SANS
11 3 (3.23%) CEH
12 2 (2.15%) AWS Certification
12 2 (2.15%) CCSP
12 2 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
12 2 (2.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (53.76%) NIST
2 39 (41.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (37.63%) PCI DSS
4 19 (20.43%) GDPR
4 19 (20.43%) GRC
5 10 (10.75%) COBIT
5 10 (10.75%) ITGC
6 8 (8.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (6.45%) SOC 2
8 5 (5.38%) Data Quality
8 5 (5.38%) ISO 22301
9 3 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (3.23%) SOC 1
10 2 (2.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (2.15%) NCSC
10 2 (2.15%) NIST 800
10 2 (2.15%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.15%) Docker
2 1 (1.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.15%) RSA Archer
1 2 (2.15%) Terraform
2 1 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.08%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.83%) Oracle
3 4 (4.30%) SAP
4 2 (2.15%) Google
4 2 (2.15%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.15%) Tenable