ISMS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring ISMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ISMS over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 533 500
Rank change year-on-year +137 -33 +155
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 36 50 163
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.15% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.16% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 31 46 69
10th Percentile £31,500 £40,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £53,438 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £86,875 £83,484
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

ISMS falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,361 31,014 40,730
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.62% 91.60% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9,801 23,557 28,305
10th Percentile £29,913 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

ISMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ISMS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ISMS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ISMS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISMS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ISMS over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

ISMS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISMS
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 14 (38.89%) IIS
2 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (55.56%) Azure
2 19 (52.78%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (41.67%) AWS
3 15 (41.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
1 2 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (38.89%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Finance
2 5 (13.89%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Law
3 4 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (8.33%) Marketing
4 3 (8.33%) Military
5 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Lead
1 8 (22.22%) Service Desk Manager
1 8 (22.22%) Service Manager
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) IT Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) IT Support
3 5 (13.89%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Security Manager
3 5 (13.89%) Support Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Information Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Business Manager
6 2 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 2 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Security Technician
7 1 (2.78%) Security Compliance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (38.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (38.89%) Client/Server
2 14 (38.89%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Information Security
2 27 (75.00%) Information Security Management
2 27 (75.00%) Security Management
3 15 (41.67%) Change Management
3 15 (41.67%) ITIL
3 15 (41.67%) Process Improvement
4 14 (38.89%) Asset Management
4 14 (38.89%) Configuration Management
4 14 (38.89%) Customer-Centricity
4 14 (38.89%) ITSM
4 14 (38.89%) People Management
4 14 (38.89%) Problem Management
4 14 (38.89%) Service Management
5 7 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
7 3 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.33%) QMS
7 3 (8.33%) Quality Management
8 2 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (16.67%) CISSP
3 4 (11.11%) CISM
4 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.33%) Degree
4 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.56%) CCNA
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.78%) CCSK
6 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (38.89%) SLA
2 11 (30.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (16.67%) GDPR
3 6 (16.67%) NIST
4 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 3 (8.33%) GRC
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.78%) COBIT
7 1 (2.78%) NCSC
7 1 (2.78%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (38.89%) Oracle
3 1 (2.78%) OneTrust
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce