CISM Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 367 302
Rank change year-on-year +29 -65 +165
Permanent jobs citing CISM 108 236 443
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.65% 0.70% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.87% 2.48% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 91 185 351
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,809 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £76,840 £84,919 £83,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.57%

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 5,771 9,505 10,536
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.73% 28.15% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,116 5,902 6,443
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.24% +8.18%

CISM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CISM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CISM
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing CISM over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

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 3 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.00%) Azure
2 15 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (11.11%) AWS
4 11 (10.19%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.70%) SaaS
6 3 (2.78%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.85%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.85%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.93%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.93%) IaaS
8 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (23.15%) Firewall
2 14 (12.96%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (7.41%) Network Security
4 4 (3.70%) VPN
5 2 (1.85%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.93%) DNS
6 1 (0.93%) IPv4
6 1 (0.93%) IPv6
6 1 (0.93%) LAN
6 1 (0.93%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.93%) SSL
6 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.93%) WAN
6 1 (0.93%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.85%) Power BI
General
1 32 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 30 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (20.37%) Finance
4 19 (17.59%) Legal
5 13 (12.04%) Retail
6 8 (7.41%) Banking
7 6 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.70%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.85%) Law
10 2 (1.85%) Military
11 1 (0.93%) Advertising
11 1 (0.93%) Aviation
11 1 (0.93%) Electronics
11 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.93%) Marketing
11 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (20.37%) Analyst
2 19 (17.59%) Security Analyst
3 16 (14.81%) Security Manager
4 13 (12.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 12 (11.11%) Consultant
5 12 (11.11%) Security Consultant
6 10 (9.26%) Auditor
6 10 (9.26%) Information Manager
6 10 (9.26%) Information Security Manager
6 10 (9.26%) IT Auditor
6 10 (9.26%) Senior
7 9 (8.33%) Security Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Head of Cybersecurity
8 7 (6.48%) Information Analyst
9 6 (5.56%) Head of Security
9 6 (5.56%) Lead
9 6 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.56%) Senior Information Analyst
10 5 (4.63%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) EJB
1 1 (0.93%) HTML
1 1 (0.93%) ModSecurity
1 1 (0.93%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.04%) Management Information System
1 13 (12.04%) Security Posture
2 8 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.78%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (2.78%) Cyberattack
4 3 (2.78%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.85%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.85%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.85%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.93%) PKI
6 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.96%) Windows
2 5 (4.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (64.81%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (56.48%) Information Security
3 36 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 30 (27.78%) SIEM
5 26 (24.07%) Incident Response
6 25 (23.15%) Security Operations
7 23 (21.30%) ITIL
7 23 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (19.44%) Security Management
9 19 (17.59%) Vulnerability Management
10 16 (14.81%) Cloud Security
11 13 (12.04%) Information Security Management
12 12 (11.11%) Project Delivery
12 12 (11.11%) Roadmaps
13 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (10.19%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 10 (9.26%) Agile
14 10 (9.26%) IT Audit
15 9 (8.33%) Risk Register
15 9 (8.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.85%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.85%) SQL
3 1 (0.93%) Perl
3 1 (0.93%) Python
3 1 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (83.33%) CISSP
2 30 (27.78%) Degree
3 28 (25.93%) CISA
4 21 (19.44%) CRISC
5 19 (17.59%) CompTIA Security+
5 19 (17.59%) Security Cleared
6 13 (12.04%) SC Cleared
7 12 (11.11%) CEH
8 11 (10.19%) SANS
9 10 (9.26%) GIAC
10 6 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (5.56%) ISACA
10 6 (5.56%) Master's Degree
10 6 (5.56%) SSCP
11 4 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (2.78%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.78%) CASP
12 3 (2.78%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (54.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (50.00%) NIST
3 28 (25.93%) PCI DSS
4 27 (25.00%) GDPR
5 25 (23.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (18.52%) GRC
7 17 (15.74%) COBIT
8 10 (9.26%) NCSC
9 8 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (4.63%) JSP 440
10 5 (4.63%) SOC 2
11 4 (3.70%) Def Stans
12 3 (2.78%) NIST 800
13 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (1.85%) RMADS
13 2 (1.85%) SOC 1
14 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.93%) ITGC
14 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (10.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.85%) Nessus
2 2 (1.85%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.93%) CASB
3 1 (0.93%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.93%) MaaS360
3 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (15.74%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.11%) Tenable
3 11 (10.19%) VMware
4 4 (3.70%) Cisco
4 4 (3.70%) Juniper
5 2 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.85%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.85%) Qualys
6 1 (0.93%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.93%) Dell
6 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.93%) McAfee
6 1 (0.93%) SAP
6 1 (0.93%) Splunk
6 1 (0.93%) Thales
6 1 (0.93%) Zscaler