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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 222 345
Rank change year-on-year -64 +123 -45
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 373 620 717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.10% 1.55% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.90% 5.99% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 276 471 589
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,125 £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 £83,484 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,995 £97,138 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

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 9,557 10,342 16,600
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.79% 23.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5,892 6,235 8,773
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

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 23 May 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 5 (1.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (32.98%) Azure
2 75 (20.11%) AWS
3 39 (10.46%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.17%) Cloud Computing
4 23 (6.17%) SaaS
5 22 (5.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (3.75%) GCP
8 13 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.68%) PaaS
10 8 (2.14%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.14%) IaaS
11 6 (1.61%) Azure Service Fabric
12 5 (1.34%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.07%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.07%) Serverless
14 3 (0.80%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.80%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 102 (27.35%) Firewall
2 57 (15.28%) WAN
3 56 (15.01%) Network Security
4 41 (10.99%) TCP/IP
5 33 (8.85%) SD-WAN
6 28 (7.51%) VPN
7 26 (6.97%) Intrusion Detection
8 24 (6.43%) LAN
9 14 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (3.49%) Wireshark
11 10 (2.68%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (2.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (2.68%) DNS
12 6 (1.61%) Cisco IPT
12 6 (1.61%) Internet
13 5 (1.34%) DHCP
14 3 (0.80%) VLAN
14 3 (0.80%) VoIP
15 1 (0.27%) SAN
15 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.34%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.34%) Redis
3 4 (1.07%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.80%) Power BI
5 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Jenkins
General
1 114 (30.56%) Finance
2 105 (28.15%) Social Skills
3 44 (11.80%) Law
4 37 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (9.38%) Legal
6 26 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (5.90%) Retail
8 21 (5.63%) Military
8 21 (5.63%) Telecoms
9 19 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (4.56%) Manufacturing
11 15 (4.02%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.14%) Back Office
13 7 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.61%) Marketing
15 5 (1.34%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.34%) Automotive
15 5 (1.34%) Banking
16 4 (1.07%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 77 (20.64%) Architect
2 69 (18.50%) Lead
3 68 (18.23%) Analyst
4 53 (14.21%) Security Architect
5 43 (11.53%) Security Manager
6 40 (10.72%) Security Analyst
7 38 (10.19%) Consultant
8 37 (9.92%) Senior
9 36 (9.65%) Security Engineer
10 33 (8.85%) IT Manager
10 33 (8.85%) Security Consultant
11 31 (8.31%) Lead Architect
12 28 (7.51%) Information Analyst
12 28 (7.51%) Information Security Analyst
13 27 (7.24%) Lead Security Architect
14 18 (4.83%) Information Manager
14 18 (4.83%) Information Security Manager
14 18 (4.83%) IT Security Manager
15 14 (3.75%) Senior Security Engineer
15 14 (3.75%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.75%) HTML
2 7 (1.88%) ModSecurity
3 6 (1.61%) REST
3 6 (1.61%) SOAP
3 6 (1.61%) Web Services
4 5 (1.34%) Middleware
5 4 (1.07%) Kafka
6 2 (0.54%) .NET
6 2 (0.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 129 (34.58%) Management Information System
2 45 (12.06%) Security Posture
3 36 (9.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 31 (8.31%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (6.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 22 (5.90%) Operational Technology
7 21 (5.63%) Cyberattack
8 15 (4.02%) Product Ownership
9 14 (3.75%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.95%) Data Centre
11 9 (2.41%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.88%) PKI
13 6 (1.61%) PMI
13 6 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 5 (1.34%) CESG
14 5 (1.34%) NHS
14 5 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.28%) Windows
2 30 (8.04%) Linux
3 19 (5.09%) Unix
4 14 (3.75%) Mac OS X
5 13 (3.49%) Android
5 13 (3.49%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.34%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.07%) CentOS
7 4 (1.07%) Solaris
7 4 (1.07%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.07%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (60.32%) Information Security
2 186 (49.87%) Cybersecurity
3 89 (23.86%) Risk Management
4 80 (21.45%) Security Architecture
5 77 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (19.57%) Incident Response
7 71 (19.03%) Cloud Security
8 69 (18.50%) Security Operations
9 59 (15.82%) Agile
10 57 (15.28%) ITIL
11 55 (14.75%) Roadmaps
11 55 (14.75%) SIEM
12 52 (13.94%) OWASP
13 48 (12.87%) Application Security
13 48 (12.87%) Mentoring
14 44 (11.80%) Computer Science
14 44 (11.80%) Secure Coding
15 40 (10.72%) Vulnerability Management
16 39 (10.46%) DevOps
17 38 (10.19%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.17%) Python
2 17 (4.56%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.75%) SQL
4 3 (0.80%) Bash
5 2 (0.54%) C#
5 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 209 (56.03%) CISM
2 93 (24.93%) Cisco Certification
3 86 (23.06%) Degree
4 73 (19.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 66 (17.69%) CCSP
6 58 (15.55%) CEH
6 58 (15.55%) CISA
6 58 (15.55%) Security Cleared
7 46 (12.33%) Azure Certification
8 43 (11.53%) AWS Certification
9 42 (11.26%) GIAC
10 39 (10.46%) CCSK
10 39 (10.46%) CRISC
11 34 (9.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 34 (9.12%) SC Cleared
12 28 (7.51%) SANS
12 28 (7.51%) SSCP
13 27 (7.24%) CompTIA Security+
14 26 (6.97%) DV Cleared
15 25 (6.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (39.41%) NIST
2 132 (35.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (12.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 42 (11.26%) GDPR
4 42 (11.26%) GRC
5 41 (10.99%) PCI DSS
6 32 (8.58%) NCSC
7 19 (5.09%) COBIT
7 19 (5.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (1.88%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.88%) JSP 440
9 7 (1.88%) RMADS
10 6 (1.61%) ISO 31000
10 6 (1.61%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.61%) SOC 2
10 6 (1.61%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (1.07%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 33 (8.85%) Docker
2 13 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (2.68%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (10.19%) Kubernetes
2 33 (8.85%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.49%) Nmap
5 8 (2.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.61%) Nessus
7 5 (1.34%) Grafana
7 5 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.34%) SCOM
8 4 (1.07%) Ansible
9 2 (0.54%) QRadar
10 1 (0.27%) CASB
Vendors
1 50 (13.40%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.43%) Splunk
3 19 (5.09%) Cisco
3 19 (5.09%) Qualys
4 17 (4.56%) Palo Alto
5 14 (3.75%) Dell
5 14 (3.75%) Rapid7
6 13 (3.49%) Thycotic
7 12 (3.22%) Oracle
8 11 (2.95%) SAP
9 10 (2.68%) Meraki
10 8 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.14%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.88%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.88%) Zscaler
12 6 (1.61%) Blue Coat
12 6 (1.61%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.61%) Netskope
12 6 (1.61%) Symantec
13 5 (1.34%) SolarWinds