ISMS Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 653 605 611
Rank change year-on-year -48 +6 -39
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 127 123 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.22% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.23% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 108 73 161
10th Percentile £28,000 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £46,650 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £70,625 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.12% +11.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £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% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
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 12 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 12 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 +64 67 £62,500 - 10
Yorkshire +92 32 £70,000 +12.00% 5
North West 0 31 £50,000 -28.57% 4
South East -31 21 £65,000 +8.33% 9
South West -36 21 £28,000 -56.92% 6
East of England -23 8 £52,500 -12.50% 2
Midlands -52 8 £40,000 -37.25% 5
East Midlands -32 5 £40,000 -46.67% 1
North East - 4 £63,750 - 1
West Midlands -21 3 £58,500 -2.50% 4
Wales +8 2 £87,500 +124.36%
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 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.57%) IIS
3 1 (0.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (8.66%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.79%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.79%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 39 (30.71%) Azure
2 14 (11.02%) AWS
3 6 (4.72%) SaaS
4 4 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.36%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.36%) GCP
6 1 (0.79%) IaaS
6 1 (0.79%) PaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 34 (26.77%) Firewall
2 24 (18.90%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (3.94%) DHCP
3 5 (3.94%) DNS
3 5 (3.94%) Network Security
4 4 (3.15%) Internet
4 4 (3.15%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.15%) VLAN
4 4 (3.15%) VPN
5 3 (2.36%) 802.11
5 3 (2.36%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.79%) LAN
6 1 (0.79%) SAN
6 1 (0.79%) Skype
6 1 (0.79%) WAN
6 1 (0.79%) WebEx
6 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (16.54%) Law
1 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.09%) Finance
4 7 (5.51%) Legal
4 7 (5.51%) Retail
5 2 (1.57%) Billing
5 2 (1.57%) Games
5 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.57%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.79%) Marketing
6 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (19.69%) Analyst
2 23 (18.11%) Security Manager
3 22 (17.32%) Security Analyst
4 21 (16.54%) Information Analyst
4 21 (16.54%) Information Security Analyst
5 20 (15.75%) Lead
5 20 (15.75%) Team Leader
6 15 (11.81%) Information Manager
6 15 (11.81%) Information Security Manager
7 9 (7.09%) Compliance Analyst
7 9 (7.09%) Head of Security
7 9 (7.09%) Security Compliance Analyst
7 9 (7.09%) Senior
8 7 (5.51%) Head of Information
8 7 (5.51%) Head of Information Security
8 7 (5.51%) IT Manager
8 7 (5.51%) Systems Manager
9 6 (4.72%) Security Officer
10 5 (3.94%) Senior Information Analyst
10 5 (3.94%) Senior Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) Web Services
2 3 (2.36%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.79%) .NET
3 1 (0.79%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.79%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.79%) CSS
3 1 (0.79%) HTML
3 1 (0.79%) HTML5
3 1 (0.79%) jQuery
3 1 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (38.58%) Management Information System
2 14 (11.02%) Security Posture
3 9 (7.09%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (7.09%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.51%) Cyberattack
5 6 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.79%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.09%) Windows
2 5 (3.94%) Linux
3 4 (3.15%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (76.38%) Information Security
2 64 (50.39%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (47.24%) Information Security Management
3 60 (47.24%) Security Management
4 38 (29.92%) Risk Management
5 29 (22.83%) Incident Response
6 28 (22.05%) Business Continuity
7 26 (20.47%) SIEM
8 24 (18.90%) Cryptography
9 23 (18.11%) Risk Assessment
10 21 (16.54%) Data Protection
10 21 (16.54%) Risk Analysis
10 21 (16.54%) Social Engineering
11 20 (15.75%) Kalman Filter
11 20 (15.75%) Migration
12 17 (13.39%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (12.60%) Business Continuity Planning
13 16 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (11.81%) Project Management
15 14 (11.02%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.30%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.15%) Python
3 3 (2.36%) SQL
4 1 (0.79%) C#
4 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (23.62%) CISSP
2 18 (14.17%) CISM
3 12 (9.45%) CISA
3 12 (9.45%) Degree
4 10 (7.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 9 (7.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 7 (5.51%) CRISC
7 6 (4.72%) CCSK
8 5 (3.94%) CCNA
8 5 (3.94%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.94%) Security Cleared
9 4 (3.15%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.15%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (3.15%) ISSMP
10 3 (2.36%) CCNP
10 3 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (2.36%) PCI QSA
10 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (67.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (33.07%) NIST
3 40 (31.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (16.54%) PCI DSS
5 19 (14.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 15 (11.81%) GDPR
7 12 (9.45%) GRC
8 8 (6.30%) NCSC
9 7 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (4.72%) RMADS
11 4 (3.15%) ISO 22301
11 4 (3.15%) ISO 31000
11 4 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (3.15%) JSP 440
11 4 (3.15%) TickIT
12 3 (2.36%) NIST 800
13 2 (1.57%) COBIT
13 2 (1.57%) SLA
13 2 (1.57%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 4 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.57%) Firmware
3 2 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) Suricata
2 2 (1.57%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.79%) DatAdvantage
3 1 (0.79%) QRadar
3 1 (0.79%) SCCM
3 1 (0.79%) Stealthwatch
3 1 (0.79%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (11.81%) Cisco
2 14 (11.02%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.51%) Citrix
4 5 (3.94%) Dell
5 4 (3.15%) Juniper
5 4 (3.15%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.15%) Splunk
6 3 (2.36%) Veeam
6 3 (2.36%) VMware
7 2 (1.57%) Qualys
8 1 (0.79%) iManage
8 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.79%) Symantec
8 1 (0.79%) Varonis