CISM Jobs with Work from Home Options

ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CISM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 285 514
Rank change year-on-year -56 +229 -100
Permanent jobs citing CISM 205 353 456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.73% 1.08% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.66% 3.96% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 154 250 339
10th Percentile £38,575 £45,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £58,520 £55,000 £55,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,750 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.07% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CISM 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 7,707 8,918 18,247
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.59% 27.17% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,422 5,570 9,177
10th Percentile £33,755 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,999 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,454
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.64% +6.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

CISM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CISM trend for jobs with a WFH option

CISM
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISM.

CISM salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CISM
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CISM over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

CISM salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISM
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.98%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.85%) Azure
2 44 (21.46%) AWS
3 8 (3.90%) GCP
3 8 (3.90%) SaaS
4 6 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.95%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.95%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.46%) IaaS
7 3 (1.46%) PaaS
8 2 (0.98%) Azure Service Fabric
8 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.98%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.49%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (14.63%) Firewall
2 25 (12.20%) WAN
3 24 (11.71%) SD-WAN
4 13 (6.34%) Network Security
4 13 (6.34%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.93%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.95%) DNS
7 4 (1.95%) VPN
8 2 (0.98%) SAN
9 1 (0.49%) DHCP
9 1 (0.49%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.49%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.49%) LAN
9 1 (0.49%) NAS
9 1 (0.49%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.95%) Power BI
1 4 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 40 (19.51%) Finance
3 22 (10.73%) Law
4 20 (9.76%) Legal
5 15 (7.32%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.85%) Military
7 11 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.39%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.93%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.44%) Banking
11 5 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.95%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.46%) Automotive
13 3 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.49%) Advertising
15 1 (0.49%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 49 (23.90%) Lead
2 34 (16.59%) Analyst
3 29 (14.15%) Architect
3 29 (14.15%) Security Architect
3 29 (14.15%) Security Manager
4 27 (13.17%) Security Analyst
5 24 (11.71%) Lead Architect
5 24 (11.71%) Lead Security Architect
5 24 (11.71%) Security Officer
6 22 (10.73%) Information Security Manager
7 21 (10.24%) Information Manager
8 20 (9.76%) Consultant
8 20 (9.76%) Information Analyst
8 20 (9.76%) Information Security Analyst
9 18 (8.78%) Information Officer
9 18 (8.78%) Information Security Officer
10 17 (8.29%) Security Consultant
11 13 (6.34%) Security Engineer
12 12 (5.85%) Head of Security
13 8 (3.90%) Managing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.93%) ModSecurity
2 4 (1.95%) Kafka
3 2 (0.98%) REST
3 2 (0.98%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.98%) SOAP
3 2 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (35.12%) Management Information System
2 25 (12.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 21 (10.24%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (8.78%) Security Posture
5 17 (8.29%) Operational Technology
6 7 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.93%) Cyber Security Posture
7 6 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.95%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.95%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.46%) PKI
10 2 (0.98%) Anti-Spyware
10 2 (0.98%) CESG
10 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.98%) NHS
10 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.49%) CSOC
11 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.27%) Windows
2 14 (6.83%) Linux
3 9 (4.39%) Unix
4 5 (2.44%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.95%) CentOS
5 4 (1.95%) Solaris
5 4 (1.95%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.95%) zOS
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (80.00%) Information Security
2 91 (44.39%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (27.80%) Risk Management
4 52 (25.37%) Security Architecture
5 43 (20.98%) Incident Response
6 40 (19.51%) Data Protection
7 30 (14.63%) Application Security
7 30 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (14.15%) OWASP
9 28 (13.66%) Incident Management
9 28 (13.66%) Secure Coding
9 28 (13.66%) Security Operations
10 26 (12.68%) SIEM
11 25 (12.20%) CI/CD
11 25 (12.20%) Cloud Security
12 24 (11.71%) Identity Management
12 24 (11.71%) Risk Assessment
12 24 (11.71%) Security Management
13 21 (10.24%) Agile
13 21 (10.24%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.88%) Python
2 8 (3.90%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.46%) SQL
4 2 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 180 (87.80%) CISSP
2 75 (36.59%) CISA
3 51 (24.88%) Degree
4 49 (23.90%) Security Cleared
5 43 (20.98%) SC Cleared
6 41 (20.00%) CRISC
7 29 (14.15%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (12.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 25 (12.20%) Azure Certification
8 25 (12.20%) CCSP
9 24 (11.71%) AWS Certification
9 24 (11.71%) CCSK
10 19 (9.27%) CEH
10 19 (9.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 16 (7.80%) CASP
12 15 (7.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (6.83%) Master's Degree
14 12 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (5.85%) GIAC
15 11 (5.37%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (52.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (42.44%) NIST
3 54 (26.34%) GRC
4 51 (24.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 51 (24.88%) GDPR
5 32 (15.61%) NCSC
6 21 (10.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 15 (7.32%) PCI DSS
8 12 (5.85%) COBIT
9 9 (4.39%) NIST 800
10 6 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (2.93%) RMADS
11 5 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (2.44%) JSP 440
12 4 (1.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (1.95%) ISO 31000
13 3 (1.46%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.98%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.98%) GxP
14 2 (0.98%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 24 (11.71%) Docker
2 6 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.49%) pfSense
3 1 (0.49%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (11.71%) Kubernetes
1 24 (11.71%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (1.95%) Nessus
3 3 (1.46%) Ansible
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.49%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 14 (6.83%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.39%) Splunk
3 7 (3.41%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.93%) Dell
4 6 (2.93%) Qualys
5 3 (1.46%) Alibaba
6 2 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.98%) Sophos
7 1 (0.49%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco
7 1 (0.49%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.49%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.49%) HP
7 1 (0.49%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.49%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.49%) VMware
7 1 (0.49%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.49%) Zscaler