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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 392 402
Rank change year-on-year +30 +10 +192
Permanent jobs citing CISA 63 103 112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.11% 1.62% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 36 61 100
10th Percentile £51,250 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £42,500 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,313
90th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £95,475
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.46% -2.14%

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 5,670 6,348 6,689
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.01% 27.28% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,312 3,081 5,032
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% -4.31% +5.45%

CISA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CISA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CISA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CISA
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CISA

CISA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CISA over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

CISA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.94%) AWS
3 2 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (3.17%) Azure
3 2 (3.17%) GCP
3 2 (3.17%) SaaS
3 2 (3.17%) Serverless
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) Firewall
2 2 (3.17%) Network Security
3 1 (1.59%) DNS
3 1 (1.59%) IPv4
3 1 (1.59%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.29%) Power BI
1 9 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 27 (42.86%) Finance
2 26 (41.27%) Social Skills
3 19 (30.16%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (26.98%) Banking
5 12 (19.05%) Legal
6 8 (12.70%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
8 4 (6.35%) Law
8 4 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.76%) Financial Institution
10 2 (3.17%) Advertising
10 2 (3.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Senior
2 17 (26.98%) Auditor
3 15 (23.81%) IT Manager
4 14 (22.22%) Audit Manager
4 14 (22.22%) IT Audit Manager
5 13 (20.63%) IT Auditor
6 12 (19.05%) Senior Manager
7 11 (17.46%) Internal Auditor
8 10 (15.87%) Senior Audit Manager
8 10 (15.87%) Senior IT Audit Manager
8 10 (15.87%) Senior IT Manager
9 7 (11.11%) Security Manager
10 6 (9.52%) Consultant
10 6 (9.52%) Senior Consultant
11 5 (7.94%) Information Manager
11 5 (7.94%) Information Security Manager
11 5 (7.94%) IT Consultant
11 5 (7.94%) Senior IT Consultant
12 4 (6.35%) Head of Security
12 4 (6.35%) Internal Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.17%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.17%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.59%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.05%) Windows
2 11 (17.46%) Linux
3 9 (14.29%) Unix
4 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
1 30 (47.62%) IT Audit
2 25 (39.68%) Information Security
3 20 (31.75%) Risk Management
4 15 (23.81%) Internal Audit
4 15 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (22.22%) Analytics
5 14 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (17.46%) Mentoring
7 10 (15.87%) Agile
7 10 (15.87%) Budget Management
7 10 (15.87%) Decision-Making
8 9 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (14.29%) Incident Response
8 9 (14.29%) ITIL
8 9 (14.29%) Visualisation
9 8 (12.70%) Data Analytics
10 7 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.29%) SQL
2 6 (9.52%) Python
3 4 (6.35%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (58.73%) CISSP
2 30 (47.62%) CISM
3 18 (28.57%) Degree
4 16 (25.40%) CRISC
5 8 (12.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (6.35%) ACCA
6 4 (6.35%) CIMA
7 3 (4.76%) AWS Certification
7 3 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (3.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.17%) GIAC
8 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.59%) CEH
9 1 (1.59%) CGEIT
9 1 (1.59%) CISMP
9 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (53.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (34.92%) ITGC
3 19 (30.16%) NIST
4 13 (20.63%) GDPR
4 13 (20.63%) GRC
5 11 (17.46%) COBIT
6 6 (9.52%) SOC 2
7 5 (7.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (7.94%) Data Quality
8 4 (6.35%) PCI DSS
9 3 (4.76%) SOC 1
10 2 (3.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (3.17%) ISO 22301
10 2 (3.17%) NIST 800
10 2 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (3.17%) SLA
11 1 (1.59%) ISO 14001
11 1 (1.59%) ISO 9001
11 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (1.59%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Docker
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.17%) RSA Archer
1 2 (3.17%) Terraform
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.29%) Oracle
3 5 (7.94%) SAP
4 1 (1.59%) Cisco