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 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 360 456
Rank change year-on-year +101 +96 -4
Permanent jobs citing CISA 132 77 71
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 0.49% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.69% 1.68% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 69 26 52
10th Percentile £53,900 £53,125 £41,825
25th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £62,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +2.04% -11.80%
75th Percentile £119,500 £74,375 £76,563
90th Percentile £127,250 £82,050 £89,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +16.67% -14.29%

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 4,907 4,585 7,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.27% 29.33% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,604 2,407 5,503
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £74,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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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 16 February 2026.

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 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.33%) Azure
2 10 (7.58%) SaaS
3 8 (6.06%) AWS
4 7 (5.30%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.27%) GCP
5 3 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.52%) Serverless
7 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.39%) CHAP
2 7 (5.30%) Firewall
3 3 (2.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.30%) Power BI
1 7 (5.30%) Tableau
2 1 (0.76%) DB2
General
1 92 (69.70%) Finance
2 73 (55.30%) Banking
3 39 (29.55%) Social Skills
4 27 (20.45%) Financial Institution
5 20 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (11.36%) Law
7 9 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (6.82%) Legal
8 7 (5.30%) Back Office
8 7 (5.30%) Retail
9 6 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Advertising
11 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (19.70%) Auditor
2 24 (18.18%) Internal Auditor
3 19 (14.39%) Security Auditor
4 14 (10.61%) Analyst
5 13 (9.85%) Security Analyst
6 12 (9.09%) Senior
7 11 (8.33%) Security Manager
8 10 (7.58%) Lead
9 9 (6.82%) Risk Manager
10 8 (6.06%) Senior Manager
11 7 (5.30%) Information Analyst
11 7 (5.30%) Information Manager
11 7 (5.30%) Information Security Analyst
11 7 (5.30%) IT Manager
12 6 (4.55%) Audit Manager
12 6 (4.55%) IT Audit Manager
12 6 (4.55%) IT Auditor
13 4 (3.03%) Consultant
13 4 (3.03%) Engineering Manager
13 4 (3.03%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) SLSA
2 1 (0.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 29 (21.97%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.33%) Blockchain
3 4 (3.03%) Linked Data
3 4 (3.03%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.76%) Insider Threat
6 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.30%) Windows
2 6 (4.55%) Linux
3 5 (3.79%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (78.79%) Information Security
2 100 (75.76%) Risk Management
3 74 (56.06%) Risk Assessment
4 49 (37.12%) Due Diligence
5 47 (35.61%) Business Continuity
5 47 (35.61%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (35.61%) Process Improvement
5 47 (35.61%) Roadmaps
6 45 (34.09%) Business Continuity Management
6 45 (34.09%) Operations Management
6 45 (34.09%) Supply Chain Management
7 33 (25.00%) Analytics
8 32 (24.24%) Internal Audit
9 29 (21.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (19.70%) Incident Response
12 25 (18.94%) Data Analytics
13 23 (17.42%) Data Protection
14 20 (15.15%) Threat Management
14 20 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.55%) Python
2 4 (3.03%) R
2 4 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (84.85%) CISSP
2 76 (57.58%) CRISC
3 60 (45.45%) CISM
4 26 (19.70%) SANS
5 21 (15.91%) CGEIT
6 19 (14.39%) FFIEC
7 16 (12.12%) Degree
8 13 (9.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 7 (5.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (5.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (5.30%) ISACA
10 6 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (3.79%) ACCA
11 5 (3.79%) GIAC
12 4 (3.03%) CIMA
13 3 (2.27%) CCSP
13 3 (2.27%) CEH
14 2 (1.52%) SC Cleared
14 2 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (64.39%) NIST
2 58 (43.94%) PCI DSS
3 45 (34.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (25.00%) GRC
5 32 (24.24%) GDPR
6 26 (19.70%) COBIT
7 11 (8.33%) SOC 2
8 7 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (5.30%) Data Quality
8 7 (5.30%) NIST 800
9 5 (3.79%) ISO 22301
10 3 (2.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (2.27%) ITGC
11 2 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (1.52%) SLA
11 2 (1.52%) SOC 1
System Software
1 2 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 8 (6.06%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.52%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 6 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.79%) Oracle
3 3 (2.27%) Google
3 3 (2.27%) Palo Alto
3 3 (2.27%) Tenable
4 1 (0.76%) Citrix
4 1 (0.76%) Sage
4 1 (0.76%) SAP
4 1 (0.76%) Xero