ISMS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ISMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ISMS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 650 632 607
Rank change year-on-year -18 -25 -23
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 120 101 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.18% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.19% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 103 72 157
10th Percentile £28,000 £41,325 £34,750
25th Percentile £40,250 £46,650 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,875 £83,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

ISMS is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISMS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISMS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for ISMS in the UK excluding London

ISMS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +90 64 £62,500 -5.66% 13
North West +16 32 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Yorkshire +88 30 £70,000 +12.00% 5
South West -23 21 £28,000 -56.92% 8
South East -15 20 £66,250 +10.42% 10
East of England -18 7 £41,250 -31.25% 1
Midlands -25 6 £40,000 -40.74% 5
East Midlands -16 5 £40,000 -46.67% 2
Wales +2 2 £87,500 +124.36%
North East - 2 £63,750 - 4
West Midlands -22 1 - - 3
ISMS
UK

ISMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (2.50%) IIS
1 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) Apache
3 1 (0.83%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.83%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (9.17%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.83%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.83%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 37 (30.83%) Azure
2 14 (11.67%) AWS
3 4 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.33%) SaaS
4 3 (2.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.50%) GCP
5 1 (0.83%) IaaS
5 1 (0.83%) PaaS
5 1 (0.83%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 33 (27.50%) Firewall
2 23 (19.17%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (4.17%) DHCP
3 5 (4.17%) DNS
3 5 (4.17%) Network Security
3 5 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 5 (4.17%) VPN
4 4 (3.33%) Internet
4 4 (3.33%) VLAN
5 3 (2.50%) 802.11
5 3 (2.50%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.83%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.83%) LAN
6 1 (0.83%) SAN
6 1 (0.83%) Skype
6 1 (0.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.83%) WebEx
6 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.00%) Law
3 16 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.83%) Finance
4 7 (5.83%) Retail
5 5 (4.17%) Legal
6 3 (2.50%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.67%) Billing
7 2 (1.67%) Games
7 2 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.67%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.83%) Marketing
8 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (20.83%) Analyst
2 24 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 22 (18.33%) Security Analyst
4 20 (16.67%) Information Analyst
4 20 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
5 18 (15.00%) Lead
5 18 (15.00%) Team Leader
6 15 (12.50%) Information Manager
6 15 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
7 10 (8.33%) Compliance Analyst
7 10 (8.33%) Security Compliance Analyst
8 8 (6.67%) Senior
9 7 (5.83%) Head of Security
9 7 (5.83%) IT Manager
9 7 (5.83%) Systems Manager
10 5 (4.17%) Head of Information
10 5 (4.17%) Head of Information Security
11 4 (3.33%) Security Assurance Coordinator
11 4 (3.33%) Senior Information Analyst
11 4 (3.33%) Senior Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.33%) Web Services
2 3 (2.50%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.83%) .NET
3 1 (0.83%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.83%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.83%) CSS
3 1 (0.83%) HTML
3 1 (0.83%) HTML5
3 1 (0.83%) jQuery
3 1 (0.83%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (40.83%) Management Information System
2 14 (11.67%) Security Posture
3 9 (7.50%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (7.50%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.83%) Cyberattack
5 6 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 6 (5.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.83%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.83%) Life Science
8 1 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.50%) Windows
2 5 (4.17%) Linux
3 4 (3.33%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (76.67%) Information Security
2 59 (49.17%) Information Security Management
2 59 (49.17%) Security Management
3 58 (48.33%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (30.83%) Risk Management
5 25 (20.83%) Business Continuity
5 25 (20.83%) Incident Response
6 24 (20.00%) SIEM
7 22 (18.33%) Cryptography
8 21 (17.50%) Risk Assessment
9 20 (16.67%) Data Protection
10 19 (15.83%) Kalman Filter
10 19 (15.83%) Risk Analysis
10 19 (15.83%) Social Engineering
11 18 (15.00%) Migration
12 16 (13.33%) Project Management
13 15 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
13 15 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
14 14 (11.67%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.33%) Python
3 3 (2.50%) SQL
4 1 (0.83%) C#
4 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (23.33%) CISSP
2 15 (12.50%) CISM
3 12 (10.00%) CISA
4 11 (9.17%) Degree
5 9 (7.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 8 (6.67%) CRISC
7 6 (5.00%) CCSK
8 5 (4.17%) CCNA
8 5 (4.17%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (4.17%) Security Cleared
9 4 (3.33%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.33%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (3.33%) ISSMP
10 3 (2.50%) CCNP
10 3 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (2.50%) PCI QSA
10 3 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (67.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (32.50%) NIST
3 37 (30.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (17.50%) PCI DSS
5 19 (15.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (10.00%) GDPR
7 9 (7.50%) GRC
8 7 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 7 (5.83%) NCSC
9 6 (5.00%) RMADS
10 5 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (3.33%) JSP 440
11 4 (3.33%) TickIT
12 3 (2.50%) ISO 22301
12 3 (2.50%) ISO 31000
12 3 (2.50%) NIST 800
12 3 (2.50%) SLA
13 2 (1.67%) COBIT
13 2 (1.67%) ISO 9001
13 2 (1.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.67%) Firmware
3 2 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.33%) Suricata
2 2 (1.67%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.83%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.83%) DatAdvantage
3 1 (0.83%) QRadar
3 1 (0.83%) SCCM
3 1 (0.83%) Stealthwatch
3 1 (0.83%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.83%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (12.50%) Cisco
2 14 (11.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.83%) Citrix
4 5 (4.17%) Dell
5 4 (3.33%) Juniper
5 4 (3.33%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.33%) Splunk
6 3 (2.50%) Veeam
6 3 (2.50%) VMware
7 2 (1.67%) Qualys
8 1 (0.83%) iManage
8 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.83%) Symantec
8 1 (0.83%) Varonis