(ISC)2 CCSP Jobs

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered 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 749 690 1004
Rank change year-on-year -59 +314 -152
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 156 258 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.81% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 128 202 156
10th Percentile £55,750 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,875 £58,125 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.83% -18.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £93,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,853 £64,750 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.25% -11.30% +1.39%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP 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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Salary trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the UK 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
England -14 140 £79,842 +22.83% 27
UK excluding London -79 73 £66,853 +3.25% 14
London +63 70 £80,000 +14.29% 15
Work from Home +27 70 £75,000 - 17
North of England +46 40 £79,842 -6.07% 3
North West -15 21 £65,000 - 2
South East -35 19 £57,500 +76.92% 6
Yorkshire +73 13 £79,842 -20.16% 1
North East -7 6 £79,842 -17.69%
South West -53 6 £50,000 -23.08%
West Midlands -13 4 £79,842 +30.35%
Midlands -14 4 £79,842 +30.35% 1
Scotland -69 4 £80,000 +23.55% 2

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 99 (63.46%) Azure
2 75 (48.08%) AWS
3 41 (26.28%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (10.90%) Microsoft Purview
5 15 (9.62%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (8.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (7.69%) GCP
8 10 (6.41%) PaaS
9 8 (5.13%) IaaS
9 8 (5.13%) SaaS
10 2 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.64%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 47 (30.13%) WAN
2 42 (26.92%) Firewall
3 33 (21.15%) SD-WAN
4 24 (15.38%) Network Security
5 21 (13.46%) TCP/IP
6 20 (12.82%) LAN
7 14 (8.97%) Wireshark
8 9 (5.77%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (3.85%) VPN
10 5 (3.21%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Snyk
1 1 (0.64%) Vagrant
General
1 63 (40.38%) Finance
2 27 (17.31%) Social Skills
3 21 (13.46%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.97%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (5.13%) Law
5 8 (5.13%) Retail
6 7 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.49%) Legal
7 5 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.28%) Banking
9 2 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.64%) Automotive
10 1 (0.64%) Local Government
10 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.64%) Marketing
10 1 (0.64%) Military
10 1 (0.64%) Police
10 1 (0.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 79 (50.64%) Architect
1 79 (50.64%) Security Architect
2 41 (26.28%) Lead
3 28 (17.95%) Senior
4 27 (17.31%) Lead Architect
4 27 (17.31%) Lead Security Architect
5 22 (14.10%) Security Engineer
6 19 (12.18%) Analyst
7 18 (11.54%) Security Analyst
8 14 (8.97%) IT Architect
8 14 (8.97%) IT Security Architect
9 12 (7.69%) Consultant
9 12 (7.69%) Information Security Engineer
9 12 (7.69%) Security Consultant
9 12 (7.69%) Security Manager
9 12 (7.69%) Senior Architect
9 12 (7.69%) Senior Security Architect
10 9 (5.77%) Information Analyst
10 9 (5.77%) Information Security Analyst
10 9 (5.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.28%) OAuth
1 2 (1.28%) OpenID
1 2 (1.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (39.10%) Management Information System
2 43 (27.56%) Security Posture
3 38 (24.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 15 (9.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (8.97%) Cloud Security Posture
6 11 (7.05%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (6.41%) Cloud Native
8 9 (5.77%) Cyberattack
9 8 (5.13%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.92%) NHS
10 3 (1.92%) PKI
10 3 (1.92%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 2 (1.28%) IoT
11 2 (1.28%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.28%) PMI
12 1 (0.64%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.64%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.62%) Windows
2 14 (8.97%) Android
2 14 (8.97%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (70.51%) Information Security
2 73 (46.79%) Cloud Security
3 68 (43.59%) Security Architecture
4 62 (39.74%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (31.41%) Application Security
6 39 (25.00%) Identity Management
6 39 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 39 (25.00%) OWASP
7 38 (24.36%) Security Operations
8 36 (23.08%) Secure Coding
9 34 (21.79%) Roadmaps
10 33 (21.15%) Security Management
11 31 (19.87%) CI/CD
12 29 (18.59%) Agile
12 29 (18.59%) Identity Access Management
13 28 (17.95%) SIEM
14 26 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
15 24 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
16 22 (14.10%) Zero Trust
17 21 (13.46%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.26%) Python
2 15 (9.62%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 155 (99.36%) Cisco Certification
2 149 (95.51%) CISSP
3 132 (84.62%) CCSP
4 65 (41.67%) CISM
5 57 (36.54%) Azure Certification
6 53 (33.97%) AWS Certification
6 53 (33.97%) CCSK
7 45 (28.85%) Degree
8 24 (15.38%) CEH
9 19 (12.18%) SSCP
10 15 (9.62%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (8.97%) SANS
12 13 (8.33%) Security Cleared
13 12 (7.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (6.41%) CISA
14 10 (6.41%) SC Cleared
15 9 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (5.13%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (5.13%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (58.97%) NIST
2 54 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 15 (9.62%) GDPR
4 15 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 10 (6.41%) QA
6 9 (5.77%) NIST 800
7 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.85%) IASME
8 5 (3.21%) NCSC
8 5 (3.21%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (1.28%) GRC
10 2 (1.28%) ISO 22301
10 2 (1.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (21.79%) Docker
2 16 (10.26%) Active Directory
3 14 (8.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.64%) LXC
Systems Management
1 41 (26.28%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (21.79%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (8.97%) Nmap
4 4 (2.56%) CASB
5 2 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (40.38%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.97%) Cisco
2 14 (8.97%) Qualys
2 14 (8.97%) Rapid7
2 14 (8.97%) Splunk
2 14 (8.97%) Thycotic
3 8 (5.13%) Netskope
3 8 (5.13%) Symantec
3 8 (5.13%) Zscaler
4 7 (4.49%) CA
4 7 (4.49%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (4.49%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.85%) Google
6 5 (3.21%) Blue Coat
6 5 (3.21%) CheckPoint
6 5 (3.21%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.28%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.28%) SAP
7 2 (1.28%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.64%) iManage