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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 357 415
Rank change year-on-year +13 +58 +140
Permanent jobs citing CISA 61 101 79
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 0.51% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 1.93% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 41 34 63
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,411 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,563 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -17.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,100 £74,375
90th Percentile £126,875 £90,000 £88,766
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.66% +6.00% -10.71%

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 5,918 5,243 6,166
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.33% 26.41% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,375 2,570 4,518
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,040 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,438 £77,438
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +3.60%

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 6 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 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.67%) Power Platform
2 5 (8.20%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) Azure
4 2 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (3.28%) GCP
4 2 (3.28%) SaaS
4 2 (3.28%) Serverless
5 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.64%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) Firewall
2 2 (3.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.67%) Power BI
1 12 (19.67%) Tableau
General
1 30 (49.18%) Social Skills
2 23 (37.70%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (31.15%) Finance
4 9 (14.75%) Legal
5 8 (13.11%) Banking
5 8 (13.11%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (11.48%) Law
7 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
8 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.92%) Advertising
9 3 (4.92%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (24.59%) Senior
2 14 (22.95%) Auditor
3 13 (21.31%) Internal Auditor
4 11 (18.03%) IT Manager
4 11 (18.03%) Security Manager
5 10 (16.39%) IT Auditor
6 9 (14.75%) Audit Manager
6 9 (14.75%) IT Audit Manager
7 8 (13.11%) Consultant
8 7 (11.48%) Internal Audit Manager
8 7 (11.48%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (9.84%) Senior Manager
10 5 (8.20%) Analyst
10 5 (8.20%) Information Manager
10 5 (8.20%) Information Security Manager
10 5 (8.20%) IT Consultant
10 5 (8.20%) Senior IT Consultant
11 4 (6.56%) Architecture Manager
11 4 (6.56%) Engineering Manager
11 4 (6.56%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.28%) Cyberattack
2 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.28%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.64%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.95%) Linux
1 14 (22.95%) Windows
2 12 (19.67%) Unix
3 5 (8.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (59.02%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (47.54%) Information Security
3 24 (39.34%) Risk Management
4 19 (31.15%) Internal Audit
4 19 (31.15%) IT Audit
5 17 (27.87%) Analytics
6 16 (26.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (19.67%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (19.67%) Data Visualisation
7 12 (19.67%) Incident Response
7 12 (19.67%) Visualisation
8 11 (18.03%) Data Analytics
8 11 (18.03%) Decision-Making
9 9 (14.75%) Application Security
9 9 (14.75%) IT Governance
10 8 (13.11%) AI
10 8 (13.11%) ITIL
10 8 (13.11%) Penetration Testing
11 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) SQL
2 9 (14.75%) Python
3 7 (11.48%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (62.30%) CISSP
2 32 (52.46%) CISM
3 20 (32.79%) Degree
4 19 (31.15%) CRISC
5 11 (18.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 8 (13.11%) ACCA
7 7 (11.48%) CIMA
8 5 (8.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (8.20%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (6.56%) GIAC
10 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
10 2 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (3.28%) CEH
10 2 (3.28%) CGEIT
10 2 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
10 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
10 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
11 1 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (60.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (27.87%) NIST
3 16 (26.23%) GRC
4 15 (24.59%) GDPR
5 13 (21.31%) ITGC
6 6 (9.84%) COBIT
6 6 (9.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (9.84%) SOC 2
7 5 (8.20%) Data Quality
7 5 (8.20%) PCI DSS
8 4 (6.56%) ISO 22301
9 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (4.92%) SOC 1
10 2 (3.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (3.28%) NCSC
10 2 (3.28%) NIST 800
10 2 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (3.28%) SLA
11 1 (1.64%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.28%) RSA Archer
1 2 (3.28%) Terraform
2 1 (1.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.64%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.67%) Oracle
3 5 (8.20%) SAP
4 1 (1.64%) Google
4 1 (1.64%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.64%) Tenable