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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 277 234
Rank change year-on-year -7 -43 +106
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 197 376 597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.08% 1.11% 1.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 3.95% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 146 280 477
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £84,919 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £91,991 £95,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -

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 6,704 9,526 10,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 28.24% 25.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 5,895 6,319
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 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

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 16 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 15 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.51%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.81%) Azure
2 31 (15.74%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (13.71%) AWS
4 18 (9.14%) SaaS
5 16 (8.12%) Azure Sentinel
5 16 (8.12%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.05%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.03%) GCP
8 3 (1.52%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.52%) IaaS
8 3 (1.52%) PaaS
8 3 (1.52%) WhatsApp
9 2 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.02%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.02%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.02%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.02%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.02%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 51 (25.89%) Firewall
2 17 (8.63%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (8.12%) Network Security
4 10 (5.08%) SAN
5 8 (4.06%) VPN
6 5 (2.54%) WAN
7 3 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.52%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (1.52%) VSAN
8 2 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.02%) TACACS
8 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.51%) DNS
9 1 (0.51%) IPv4
9 1 (0.51%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.51%) SSL
9 1 (0.51%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.05%) Power BI
2 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.51%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
1 1 (0.51%) JIRA
1 1 (0.51%) JMeter
1 1 (0.51%) JUnit
1 1 (0.51%) LoadRunner
1 1 (0.51%) Selenium
1 1 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 81 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 68 (34.52%) Finance
3 55 (27.92%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.69%) Banking
5 18 (9.14%) Retail
6 8 (4.06%) Legal
7 7 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.55%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.03%) Electronics
8 4 (2.03%) Marketing
8 4 (2.03%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.52%) Law
9 3 (1.52%) Military
9 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Advertising
11 1 (0.51%) Aviation
11 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (19.29%) IT Manager
2 36 (18.27%) Analyst
3 31 (15.74%) Security Analyst
4 30 (15.23%) Senior
5 26 (13.20%) Security Manager
6 21 (10.66%) Security Engineer
6 21 (10.66%) Senior Manager
7 19 (9.64%) Audit Manager
7 19 (9.64%) IT Audit Manager
7 19 (9.64%) Senior Audit Manager
7 19 (9.64%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 19 (9.64%) Senior IT Manager
8 15 (7.61%) Architect
8 15 (7.61%) Consultant
8 15 (7.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 14 (7.11%) Security Consultant
10 12 (6.09%) Information Manager
10 12 (6.09%) Information Security Manager
10 12 (6.09%) Security Architect
11 11 (5.58%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.03%) Leaflet
2 3 (1.52%) Azure Blueprints
3 2 (1.02%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.02%) HTML
3 2 (1.02%) Kafka
3 2 (1.02%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.51%) CSS
4 1 (0.51%) EJB
4 1 (0.51%) JDBC
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) Node.js
4 1 (0.51%) RESTful
4 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.20%) Management Information System
2 15 (7.61%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (7.61%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.57%) Hedge funds
3 9 (4.57%) Podcast
4 5 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.54%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.03%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.03%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.52%) Housing Association
6 3 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.51%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 31 (15.74%) Windows
2 11 (5.58%) Linux
3 3 (1.52%) VMS
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (60.91%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (40.10%) Information Security
3 55 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (26.40%) Incident Response
5 47 (23.86%) ITIL
5 47 (23.86%) SIEM
6 45 (22.84%) Risk Management
7 35 (17.77%) Agile
8 31 (15.74%) Security Operations
9 27 (13.71%) Mentoring
10 26 (13.20%) Roadmaps
11 24 (12.18%) Cloud Security
12 23 (11.68%) Computer Science
13 22 (11.17%) Security Management
13 22 (11.17%) Vulnerability Management
14 21 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (10.15%) Security Architecture
16 19 (9.64%) Budget Management
16 19 (9.64%) IT Audit
17 17 (8.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.66%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.11%) Python
3 5 (2.54%) SQL
4 4 (2.03%) Bash
5 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.51%) ABAP
6 1 (0.51%) Perl
6 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (45.69%) CISM
2 58 (29.44%) Degree
3 41 (20.81%) CISA
4 33 (16.75%) Security Cleared
5 30 (15.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 29 (14.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (12.69%) CEH
8 23 (11.68%) SANS
9 22 (11.17%) PMI Certification
9 22 (11.17%) PMP
10 20 (10.15%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (10.15%) CRISC
11 19 (9.64%) SC Cleared
12 18 (9.14%) OSCP
13 11 (5.58%) GCIH
13 11 (5.58%) GIAC
14 10 (5.08%) CCNP
14 10 (5.08%) GCIA
15 9 (4.57%) DV Cleared
16 7 (3.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (24.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (23.35%) NIST
3 36 (18.27%) GDPR
4 31 (15.74%) PCI DSS
5 23 (11.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (9.64%) GRC
6 19 (9.64%) ITGC
7 10 (5.08%) NCSC
8 9 (4.57%) QA
9 6 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (2.54%) COBIT
10 5 (2.54%) JSP 440
10 5 (2.54%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (1.02%) Def Stans
12 2 (1.02%) HIPAA
12 2 (1.02%) RMADS
13 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 6 (3.05%) Active Directory
1 6 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.02%) Docker
4 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (7.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.55%) Terraform
3 5 (2.54%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.03%) CASB
5 3 (1.52%) Istio
5 3 (1.52%) linkerd
5 3 (1.52%) Nessus
6 2 (1.02%) Ansible
7 1 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.51%) MaaS360
7 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.64%) VMware
3 14 (7.11%) Tenable
4 12 (6.09%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (6.09%) Salesforce
5 11 (5.58%) Cisco
6 6 (3.05%) Fortinet
7 5 (2.54%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.54%) SAP
8 4 (2.03%) Juniper
9 3 (1.52%) AlienVault
9 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.52%) Google
10 2 (1.02%) HP
10 2 (1.02%) Qualys
11 1 (0.51%) Dell
11 1 (0.51%) McAfee
11 1 (0.51%) Splunk
11 1 (0.51%) Sybase
11 1 (0.51%) Thales