CISSP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 275 223
Rank change year-on-year +64 -52 +109
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 206 380 646
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.38% 1.12% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.38% 4.00% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 158 281 519
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £43,700
25th Percentile £57,940 £55,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,919 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,991 £95,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% +2.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CISSP 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 4,703 9,496 10,878
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.45% 28.06% 25.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,034 5,942 6,655
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,777 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +0.45%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%

CISSP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CISSP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CISSP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CISSP.

CISSP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CISSP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CISSP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
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 16 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.49%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (22.33%) Azure
2 30 (14.56%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (14.08%) AWS
4 18 (8.74%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (8.25%) SaaS
6 16 (7.77%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.91%) GCP
7 6 (2.91%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.43%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.46%) IaaS
9 3 (1.46%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.97%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (0.97%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.97%) PaaS
10 2 (0.97%) Route 53
11 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 52 (25.24%) Firewall
2 21 (10.19%) Network Security
3 18 (8.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (4.85%) SAN
5 7 (3.40%) VPN
6 5 (2.43%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.94%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.94%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.94%) VSAN
7 4 (1.94%) WAN
8 2 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.97%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.97%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.97%) TACACS
9 1 (0.49%) DNS
9 1 (0.49%) IPv4
9 1 (0.49%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.49%) SSL
9 1 (0.49%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.91%) Power BI
2 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.49%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
1 1 (0.49%) JIRA
1 1 (0.49%) JMeter
1 1 (0.49%) JUnit
1 1 (0.49%) LoadRunner
1 1 (0.49%) Selenium
1 1 (0.49%) TestRail
General
1 92 (44.66%) Social Skills
2 69 (33.50%) Finance
3 57 (27.67%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.68%) Banking
5 21 (10.19%) Retail
6 13 (6.31%) Legal
7 8 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.40%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.91%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.46%) Electronics
10 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Marketing
10 3 (1.46%) Military
10 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.97%) Law
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Aviation
12 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 37 (17.96%) IT Manager
2 35 (16.99%) Analyst
3 32 (15.53%) Security Manager
4 31 (15.05%) Senior
5 30 (14.56%) Security Analyst
6 27 (13.11%) Security Engineer
7 18 (8.74%) Senior Manager
8 16 (7.77%) Audit Manager
8 16 (7.77%) Consultant
8 16 (7.77%) Information Manager
8 16 (7.77%) Information Security Manager
8 16 (7.77%) IT Audit Manager
8 16 (7.77%) Senior Audit Manager
8 16 (7.77%) Senior IT Audit Manager
8 16 (7.77%) Senior IT Manager
9 15 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 15 (7.28%) Security Consultant
10 14 (6.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 13 (6.31%) Architect
12 12 (5.83%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.43%) Azure Blueprints
2 4 (1.94%) Leaflet
3 2 (0.97%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.97%) HTML
3 2 (0.97%) Web Services
4 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.49%) CSS
4 1 (0.49%) EJB
4 1 (0.49%) JDBC
4 1 (0.49%) LDAP
4 1 (0.49%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.49%) Node.js
4 1 (0.49%) RESTful
4 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.53%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.25%) Cyber Threat
2 17 (8.25%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.37%) Hedge funds
3 9 (4.37%) Podcast
4 5 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.43%) Operational Technology
4 5 (2.43%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (1.94%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.94%) Housing Association
6 3 (1.46%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (0.97%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.97%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.56%) Windows
2 11 (5.34%) Linux
3 5 (2.43%) VMS
4 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (61.65%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (42.23%) Information Security
3 60 (29.13%) ITIL
4 58 (28.16%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (26.70%) SIEM
6 53 (25.73%) Incident Response
7 52 (25.24%) Risk Management
8 36 (17.48%) Security Operations
9 29 (14.08%) Agile
9 29 (14.08%) Vulnerability Management
10 28 (13.59%) Cloud Security
11 26 (12.62%) Computer Science
11 26 (12.62%) Roadmaps
12 25 (12.14%) Security Architecture
12 25 (12.14%) Security Management
13 24 (11.65%) Mentoring
14 22 (10.68%) Penetration Testing
15 21 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (8.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.68%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.77%) Python
3 6 (2.91%) Bash
4 5 (2.43%) SQL
5 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.49%) ABAP
6 1 (0.49%) Perl
6 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 95 (46.12%) CISM
2 63 (30.58%) Degree
3 39 (18.93%) CISA
4 32 (15.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 32 (15.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (15.05%) Security Cleared
6 25 (12.14%) CEH
6 25 (12.14%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (12.14%) PMI Certification
6 25 (12.14%) PMP
6 25 (12.14%) SANS
7 22 (10.68%) CRISC
8 17 (8.25%) OSCP
8 17 (8.25%) SC Cleared
9 13 (6.31%) CCNP
9 13 (6.31%) GCIA
10 11 (5.34%) GCIH
10 11 (5.34%) GIAC
11 9 (4.37%) AWS Certification
11 9 (4.37%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (27.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (24.27%) NIST
3 38 (18.45%) GDPR
4 33 (16.02%) PCI DSS
5 27 (13.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (9.22%) GRC
7 16 (7.77%) ITGC
8 12 (5.83%) QA
9 10 (4.85%) COBIT
9 10 (4.85%) NCSC
10 6 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (2.43%) JSP 440
11 5 (2.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (2.43%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.97%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.97%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.97%) RMADS
13 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.88%) Terraform
3 7 (3.40%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.43%) CASB
4 5 (2.43%) Istio
4 5 (2.43%) linkerd
5 3 (1.46%) Nessus
6 1 (0.49%) Ansible
6 1 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.49%) MaaS360
6 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.77%) VMware
3 13 (6.31%) Tenable
4 12 (5.83%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (5.83%) Salesforce
5 11 (5.34%) Cisco
6 6 (2.91%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.91%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.43%) Google
8 4 (1.94%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.94%) SAP
9 3 (1.46%) Juniper
10 2 (0.97%) AlienVault
10 2 (0.97%) Qualys
11 1 (0.49%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.49%) McAfee
11 1 (0.49%) OneTrust
11 1 (0.49%) Splunk
11 1 (0.49%) Thales
11 1 (0.49%) Zscaler