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

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 533 503
Rank change year-on-year +104 -30 +166
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 33 52 154
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.15% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.17% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 29 46 65
10th Percentile £31,500 £40,250 £41,750
25th Percentile £52,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +15.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £76,500 £87,500 £83,484
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

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 17,536 30,883 38,813
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.19% 91.21% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,778 23,380 26,991
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 19 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 12 (36.36%) IIS
2 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) Azure
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (39.39%) AWS
3 13 (39.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Finance
2 5 (15.15%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Law
3 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (9.09%) Marketing
4 3 (9.09%) Military
5 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Service Desk Manager
1 8 (24.24%) Service Manager
2 6 (18.18%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Lead
3 5 (15.15%) IT Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) IT Support
3 5 (15.15%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Security Manager
3 5 (15.15%) Support Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Information Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Business Manager
6 2 (6.06%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Security Technician
7 1 (3.03%) Compliance Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Senior
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (72.73%) Management Information System
2 12 (36.36%) Client/Server
2 12 (36.36%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Information Security
2 24 (72.73%) Information Security Management
2 24 (72.73%) Security Management
3 13 (39.39%) Change Management
3 13 (39.39%) ITIL
3 13 (39.39%) Process Improvement
4 12 (36.36%) Asset Management
4 12 (36.36%) Configuration Management
4 12 (36.36%) Customer-Centricity
4 12 (36.36%) ITSM
4 12 (36.36%) People Management
4 12 (36.36%) Problem Management
4 12 (36.36%) Service Management
5 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.09%) QMS
7 3 (9.09%) Quality Management
8 2 (6.06%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (18.18%) CISSP
3 4 (12.12%) CISM
4 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) CCNA
5 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
5 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.03%) CCSK
6 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (36.36%) SLA
2 10 (30.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (18.18%) GDPR
4 5 (15.15%) NIST
5 4 (12.12%) PCI DSS
6 3 (9.09%) GRC
7 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (3.03%) COBIT
8 1 (3.03%) NCSC
8 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 12 (36.36%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) OneTrust
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce