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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 212 365
Rank change year-on-year -76 +153 -51
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 364 619 721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.05% 1.61% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.75% 6.16% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 267 454 586
10th Percentile £41,600 £43,575 £47,125
25th Percentile £56,530 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £84,919 £83,684 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,796 £97,500 £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 9,709 10,051 17,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.95% 26.13% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,901 6,071 8,883
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 £78,725 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 1 June 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 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (34.34%) Azure
2 78 (21.43%) AWS
3 37 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (6.04%) Azure Sentinel
4 22 (6.04%) Cloud Computing
4 22 (6.04%) SaaS
5 14 (3.85%) GCP
5 14 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.47%) PaaS
8 7 (1.92%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.92%) IaaS
9 6 (1.65%) Azure Service Fabric
10 5 (1.37%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.10%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.10%) Serverless
12 3 (0.82%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.82%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 101 (27.75%) Firewall
2 59 (16.21%) Network Security
3 57 (15.66%) WAN
4 40 (10.99%) TCP/IP
5 33 (9.07%) SD-WAN
6 29 (7.97%) Intrusion Detection
7 27 (7.42%) VPN
8 24 (6.59%) LAN
9 14 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (3.57%) Wireshark
11 10 (2.75%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (2.75%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (2.75%) DNS
12 6 (1.65%) Cisco IPT
13 5 (1.37%) DHCP
13 5 (1.37%) Internet
14 3 (0.82%) VLAN
14 3 (0.82%) VoIP
15 1 (0.27%) SAN
15 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.37%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.37%) Redis
3 4 (1.10%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.82%) Power BI
5 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 110 (30.22%) Finance
2 105 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 44 (12.09%) Law
4 37 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.52%) Legal
6 29 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (6.04%) Retail
8 21 (5.77%) Military
8 21 (5.77%) Telecoms
9 19 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (4.40%) Manufacturing
11 16 (4.40%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.65%) Marketing
14 5 (1.37%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.37%) Automotive
14 5 (1.37%) Back Office
14 5 (1.37%) Banking
15 4 (1.10%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 74 (20.33%) Architect
2 70 (19.23%) Lead
3 66 (18.13%) Analyst
4 53 (14.56%) Security Architect
5 39 (10.71%) Security Manager
6 38 (10.44%) Security Analyst
6 38 (10.44%) Security Engineer
7 35 (9.62%) Consultant
8 34 (9.34%) Senior
9 33 (9.07%) IT Manager
10 31 (8.52%) Lead Architect
10 31 (8.52%) Security Consultant
11 27 (7.42%) Information Analyst
11 27 (7.42%) Information Security Analyst
11 27 (7.42%) Lead Security Architect
12 18 (4.95%) IT Security Manager
13 14 (3.85%) Information Manager
13 14 (3.85%) Information Security Manager
13 14 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
13 14 (3.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.85%) HTML
2 6 (1.65%) ModSecurity
2 6 (1.65%) REST
2 6 (1.65%) SOAP
2 6 (1.65%) Web Services
3 5 (1.37%) Middleware
4 4 (1.10%) Kafka
5 2 (0.55%) .NET
5 2 (0.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 128 (35.16%) Management Information System
2 45 (12.36%) Security Posture
3 36 (9.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 29 (7.97%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (6.87%) Security Operations Centre
6 22 (6.04%) Operational Technology
7 18 (4.95%) Cyberattack
8 15 (4.12%) Product Ownership
9 11 (3.02%) Data Centre
9 11 (3.02%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.75%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.65%) PKI
12 6 (1.65%) PMI
12 6 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (1.37%) Cyber Security Posture
13 5 (1.37%) NHS
13 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.38%) Windows
2 30 (8.24%) Linux
3 18 (4.95%) Unix
4 14 (3.85%) Mac OS X
5 13 (3.57%) Android
5 13 (3.57%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.10%) CentOS
6 4 (1.10%) Solaris
6 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (60.71%) Information Security
2 182 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 86 (23.63%) Risk Management
4 80 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (21.70%) Security Architecture
6 73 (20.05%) Cloud Security
7 72 (19.78%) Incident Response
8 66 (18.13%) Security Operations
9 63 (17.31%) Agile
10 58 (15.93%) ITIL
11 57 (15.66%) SIEM
12 52 (14.29%) OWASP
13 51 (14.01%) Roadmaps
14 47 (12.91%) Application Security
15 44 (12.09%) Secure Coding
16 43 (11.81%) Computer Science
17 41 (11.26%) Mentoring
18 40 (10.99%) Vulnerability Management
19 39 (10.71%) DevOps
20 35 (9.62%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.14%) Python
2 19 (5.22%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.85%) SQL
4 3 (0.82%) Bash
5 2 (0.55%) C#
5 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 204 (56.04%) CISM
2 89 (24.45%) Cisco Certification
3 84 (23.08%) Degree
4 70 (19.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 62 (17.03%) CCSP
6 59 (16.21%) CISA
7 57 (15.66%) Security Cleared
8 54 (14.84%) CEH
9 45 (12.36%) Azure Certification
10 43 (11.81%) AWS Certification
11 42 (11.54%) GIAC
12 39 (10.71%) CCSK
13 38 (10.44%) CRISC
14 34 (9.34%) SC Cleared
15 33 (9.07%) Computer Science Degree
16 28 (7.69%) SSCP
17 27 (7.42%) SANS
18 26 (7.14%) DV Cleared
18 26 (7.14%) PMI Certification
19 22 (6.04%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (39.56%) NIST
2 130 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (13.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 44 (12.09%) GDPR
5 41 (11.26%) GRC
5 41 (11.26%) PCI DSS
6 33 (9.07%) NCSC
7 20 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 19 (5.22%) COBIT
9 16 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.65%) ISO 31000
10 6 (1.65%) JSP 440
10 6 (1.65%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.65%) RMADS
10 6 (1.65%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (1.37%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
12 4 (1.10%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.82%) QA
System Software
1 33 (9.07%) Docker
2 13 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (2.47%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (10.44%) Kubernetes
2 33 (9.07%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.57%) Nmap
5 8 (2.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.65%) Nessus
7 5 (1.37%) Grafana
7 5 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.37%) SCOM
8 4 (1.10%) Ansible
9 2 (0.55%) QRadar
10 1 (0.27%) CASB
Vendors
1 49 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.42%) Splunk
3 19 (5.22%) Qualys
4 17 (4.67%) Cisco
5 16 (4.40%) Palo Alto
6 14 (3.85%) Dell
6 14 (3.85%) Rapid7
7 13 (3.57%) Thycotic
8 10 (2.75%) Meraki
9 9 (2.47%) Oracle
10 8 (2.20%) SAP
10 8 (2.20%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.92%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.92%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.65%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.37%) Blue Coat
13 5 (1.37%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.37%) Netskope
13 5 (1.37%) SolarWinds