CISSP Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 231 329
Rank change year-on-year -43 +98 -31
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 379 653 719
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.12% 1.51% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.00% 5.89% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 281 522 594
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,525 £48,825
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,481 11,095 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.03% 25.66% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,934 6,713 8,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,990 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,043 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +5.45% -

CISSP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CISSP trend for jobs with a WFH option

CISSP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing CISSP over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (32.98%) Azure
2 79 (20.84%) AWS
3 43 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.86%) SaaS
5 24 (6.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 23 (6.07%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (4.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (3.69%) GCP
9 13 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.43%) PaaS
10 11 (2.90%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.90%) IaaS
11 6 (1.58%) Azure Service Fabric
12 5 (1.32%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.06%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.06%) Serverless
14 3 (0.79%) OneDrive
15 2 (0.53%) Power Platform
16 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 98 (25.86%) Firewall
2 56 (14.78%) WAN
3 55 (14.51%) Network Security
4 42 (11.08%) TCP/IP
5 33 (8.71%) SD-WAN
6 28 (7.39%) VPN
7 25 (6.60%) Intrusion Detection
8 23 (6.07%) LAN
9 14 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (3.43%) Wireshark
11 10 (2.64%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (2.64%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (2.64%) DNS
12 6 (1.58%) Internet
13 5 (1.32%) Cisco IPT
13 5 (1.32%) DHCP
14 3 (0.79%) VLAN
14 3 (0.79%) VoIP
15 1 (0.26%) SAN
15 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.32%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.32%) Redis
3 4 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.53%) Power BI
5 1 (0.26%) Big Data
5 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
General
1 111 (29.29%) Finance
2 102 (26.91%) Social Skills
3 40 (10.55%) Law
4 39 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (9.50%) Legal
6 24 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (5.80%) Retail
8 21 (5.54%) Telecoms
9 20 (5.28%) Military
10 19 (5.01%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (4.22%) Manufacturing
13 15 (3.96%) Public Sector
14 8 (2.11%) Back Office
14 8 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.58%) Marketing
16 5 (1.32%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.32%) Automotive
16 5 (1.32%) Banking
17 4 (1.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 79 (20.84%) Architect
2 70 (18.47%) Lead
3 67 (17.68%) Analyst
4 55 (14.51%) Security Architect
5 44 (11.61%) Security Manager
6 43 (11.35%) Consultant
7 40 (10.55%) Security Analyst
7 40 (10.55%) Security Engineer
8 38 (10.03%) Security Consultant
8 38 (10.03%) Senior
9 33 (8.71%) IT Manager
10 31 (8.18%) Lead Architect
11 27 (7.12%) Lead Security Architect
12 25 (6.60%) Information Analyst
12 25 (6.60%) Information Security Analyst
13 20 (5.28%) IT Security Manager
14 17 (4.49%) Information Manager
14 17 (4.49%) Information Security Manager
15 16 (4.22%) Senior Security Engineer
16 14 (3.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.69%) HTML
2 6 (1.58%) ModSecurity
2 6 (1.58%) REST
2 6 (1.58%) SOAP
2 6 (1.58%) Web Services
3 5 (1.32%) Middleware
4 4 (1.06%) Kafka
5 2 (0.53%) .NET
5 2 (0.53%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 131 (34.56%) Management Information System
2 46 (12.14%) Security Posture
3 36 (9.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 34 (8.97%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (6.60%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (6.07%) Cyberattack
7 22 (5.80%) Operational Technology
8 15 (3.96%) Product Ownership
9 14 (3.69%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.90%) Data Centre
11 9 (2.37%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.85%) PKI
12 7 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.58%) CESG
13 6 (1.58%) PMI
13 6 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.32%) NHS
15 4 (1.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 58 (15.30%) Windows
2 29 (7.65%) Linux
3 19 (5.01%) Unix
4 14 (3.69%) Mac OS X
5 13 (3.43%) Android
5 13 (3.43%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.85%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.06%) CentOS
7 4 (1.06%) Solaris
7 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.06%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (58.58%) Information Security
2 200 (52.77%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (23.75%) Risk Management
4 81 (21.37%) Security Architecture
5 76 (20.05%) Cloud Security
6 74 (19.53%) Incident Response
6 74 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (19.26%) Security Operations
8 57 (15.04%) Agile
9 55 (14.51%) Roadmaps
10 54 (14.25%) Application Security
10 54 (14.25%) SIEM
11 52 (13.72%) Mentoring
11 52 (13.72%) OWASP
12 48 (12.66%) ITIL
13 44 (11.61%) Secure Coding
14 41 (10.82%) Computer Science
14 41 (10.82%) Penetration Testing
15 39 (10.29%) DevOps
15 39 (10.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.80%) Python
2 19 (5.01%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.69%) SQL
4 3 (0.79%) Bash
5 2 (0.53%) C#
5 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 214 (56.46%) CISM
2 99 (26.12%) Cisco Certification
3 85 (22.43%) Degree
4 80 (21.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 73 (19.26%) CCSP
6 62 (16.36%) Security Cleared
7 60 (15.83%) CEH
8 52 (13.72%) CISA
9 49 (12.93%) Azure Certification
10 46 (12.14%) CRISC
11 45 (11.87%) GIAC
12 44 (11.61%) AWS Certification
13 39 (10.29%) CCSK
14 38 (10.03%) SC Cleared
15 37 (9.76%) CompTIA Security+
16 33 (8.71%) Computer Science Degree
17 29 (7.65%) DV Cleared
17 29 (7.65%) SANS
18 28 (7.39%) SSCP
19 22 (5.80%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (39.84%) NIST
2 131 (34.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (11.08%) PCI DSS
4 39 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 38 (10.03%) GRC
6 36 (9.50%) GDPR
7 33 (8.71%) NCSC
8 19 (5.01%) COBIT
9 18 (4.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 9 (2.37%) SOC 2
12 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
12 7 (1.85%) ISO 31000
12 7 (1.85%) JSP 440
12 7 (1.85%) RMADS
13 6 (1.58%) NIST 800
13 6 (1.58%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (1.06%) HIPAA
15 4 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 33 (8.71%) Docker
2 13 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (2.64%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (10.03%) Kubernetes
2 33 (8.71%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.43%) Nmap
4 8 (2.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.58%) Nessus
6 5 (1.32%) Grafana
6 5 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.32%) SCOM
7 4 (1.06%) Ansible
8 2 (0.53%) QRadar
9 1 (0.26%) CASB
Vendors
1 56 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.07%) Splunk
3 19 (5.01%) Cisco
3 19 (5.01%) Qualys
4 17 (4.49%) Palo Alto
5 14 (3.69%) Dell
6 13 (3.43%) Rapid7
6 13 (3.43%) Thycotic
7 12 (3.17%) Oracle
8 11 (2.90%) SAP
9 10 (2.64%) Meraki
10 8 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.11%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.85%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.85%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.58%) Blue Coat
12 6 (1.58%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.58%) Netskope
12 6 (1.58%) Symantec
12 6 (1.58%) Zscaler