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 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 365 413
Rank change year-on-year +14 +48 +148
Permanent jobs citing CISA 59 105 90
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.52% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.96% 1.93% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 38 38 78
10th Percentile £53,725 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -15.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,888 £77,500
90th Percentile £126,875 £90,000 £89,732
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

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 6,141 5,454 6,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.57% 26.79% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,271 2,685 4,751
10th Percentile £30,750 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

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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 18 October 2025.

CISA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.34%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.78%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (3.39%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) GCP
3 2 (3.39%) SaaS
3 2 (3.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) Firewall
2 2 (3.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.34%) Power BI
1 12 (20.34%) Tableau
General
1 31 (52.54%) Social Skills
2 22 (37.29%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (37.29%) Finance
3 12 (20.34%) Banking
4 9 (15.25%) Legal
5 8 (13.56%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (10.17%) Law
7 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
8 4 (6.78%) Financial Institution
8 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.39%) Advertising
10 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (30.51%) Senior
2 15 (25.42%) Auditor
3 14 (23.73%) Internal Auditor
4 13 (22.03%) IT Manager
5 12 (20.34%) Audit Manager
5 12 (20.34%) IT Audit Manager
6 11 (18.64%) IT Auditor
7 9 (15.25%) Security Manager
7 9 (15.25%) Senior Manager
8 8 (13.56%) Consultant
9 7 (11.86%) Internal Audit Manager
9 7 (11.86%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (8.47%) Information Manager
10 5 (8.47%) Information Security Manager
10 5 (8.47%) IT Consultant
10 5 (8.47%) Senior Audit Manager
10 5 (8.47%) Senior IT Audit Manager
10 5 (8.47%) Senior IT Consultant
10 5 (8.47%) Senior IT Manager
11 4 (6.78%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.39%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.39%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.39%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.69%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.73%) Linux
1 14 (23.73%) Windows
2 12 (20.34%) Unix
3 5 (8.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (55.93%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (45.76%) Information Security
3 23 (38.98%) IT Audit
4 22 (37.29%) Risk Management
5 19 (32.20%) Internal Audit
6 17 (28.81%) Analytics
6 17 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (20.34%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (20.34%) Data Visualisation
8 12 (20.34%) Incident Response
8 12 (20.34%) Visualisation
9 11 (18.64%) Data Analytics
9 11 (18.64%) Decision-Making
10 10 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (15.25%) Application Security
11 9 (15.25%) IT Governance
12 8 (13.56%) AI
12 8 (13.56%) Penetration Testing
13 7 (11.86%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) SQL
2 9 (15.25%) Python
3 7 (11.86%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (62.71%) CISSP
2 27 (45.76%) CISM
3 19 (32.20%) Degree
4 18 (30.51%) CRISC
5 10 (16.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 7 (11.86%) ACCA
6 7 (11.86%) CIMA
7 5 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (6.78%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (6.78%) GIAC
9 2 (3.39%) AWS Certification
9 2 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.69%) CEH
10 1 (1.69%) CGEIT
10 1 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (55.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (27.12%) ITGC
3 14 (23.73%) GDPR
3 14 (23.73%) GRC
3 14 (23.73%) NIST
4 6 (10.17%) COBIT
4 6 (10.17%) SOC 2
5 5 (8.47%) Data Quality
6 4 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (6.78%) ISO 22301
7 3 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 3 (5.08%) PCI DSS
7 3 (5.08%) SOC 1
8 2 (3.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (3.39%) NIST 800
8 2 (3.39%) SLA
9 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.69%) NCSC
9 1 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
2 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.39%) RSA Archer
1 2 (3.39%) Terraform
2 1 (1.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.69%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
1 12 (20.34%) Oracle
2 5 (8.47%) SAP