Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 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 760 793 1138
Rank change year-on-year +33 +345 -237
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 145 153 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.16% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 0.48% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 121 118 96
10th Percentile £52,500 £27,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £56,809 £56,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,625 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £57,000 £62,250
% change year-on-year +7.38% -8.43% +18.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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% -

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCSP.

Salary trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for CCSP in the UK

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 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 +58 127 £79,842 +22.83% 16
UK excluding London -50 68 £61,206 +7.38% 11
Work from Home +58 67 £79,842 +18.28% 12
London +120 64 £79,842 +18.28% 10
North of England +46 34 £79,842 -19.35% 2
South East -27 18 £57,500 +101.75% 3
North West -15 15 £79,842 - 1
Yorkshire +73 13 £79,842 -20.16% 1
North East -7 6 £79,842 -17.69%
South West -42 6 £50,000 -23.08%
Scotland - 6 £49,990 - 4
West Midlands -12 4 £79,842 +33.07%
Midlands -13 4 £79,842 +33.07%

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 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 90 (62.07%) Azure
2 65 (44.83%) AWS
3 39 (26.90%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (11.72%) Microsoft Purview
5 14 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.66%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.66%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (6.90%) PaaS
6 10 (6.90%) SaaS
7 7 (4.83%) IaaS
8 4 (2.76%) GCP
9 2 (1.38%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.69%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.69%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 48 (33.10%) WAN
2 46 (31.72%) Firewall
3 34 (23.45%) SD-WAN
4 28 (19.31%) Network Security
5 21 (14.48%) LAN
5 21 (14.48%) TCP/IP
6 14 (9.66%) Wireshark
7 10 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (4.14%) VPN
9 5 (3.45%) Internet
10 1 (0.69%) BGP
10 1 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.69%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.69%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (0.69%) DMVPN
10 1 (0.69%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.69%) OSPF
10 1 (0.69%) VLAN
10 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Snyk
1 1 (0.69%) Vagrant
General
1 52 (35.86%) Finance
2 26 (17.93%) Social Skills
3 23 (15.86%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.66%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.21%) Legal
7 5 (3.45%) Law
7 5 (3.45%) Retail
8 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.38%) Banking
10 2 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.69%) Automotive
11 1 (0.69%) Local Government
11 1 (0.69%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.69%) Marketing
11 1 (0.69%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 70 (48.28%) Architect
1 70 (48.28%) Security Architect
2 37 (25.52%) Lead
3 29 (20.00%) Senior
4 27 (18.62%) Lead Architect
4 27 (18.62%) Lead Security Architect
5 23 (15.86%) Security Engineer
6 22 (15.17%) Analyst
7 21 (14.48%) Security Analyst
8 14 (9.66%) IT Architect
8 14 (9.66%) IT Security Architect
9 12 (8.28%) Senior Architect
9 12 (8.28%) Senior Security Architect
10 11 (7.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (7.59%) Information Security Engineer
11 10 (6.90%) Consultant
11 10 (6.90%) Security Consultant
11 10 (6.90%) Security Manager
11 10 (6.90%) Senior Security Engineer
12 9 (6.21%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) OAuth
1 2 (1.38%) OpenID
1 2 (1.38%) SAML
2 1 (0.69%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.69%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 60 (41.38%) Management Information System
2 38 (26.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 38 (26.21%) Security Posture
3 15 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (6.21%) Cyberattack
6 8 (5.52%) Cloud Native
6 8 (5.52%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (4.83%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.07%) PKI
8 3 (2.07%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.38%) IoT
9 2 (1.38%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.69%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.24%) Windows
2 14 (9.66%) Android
2 14 (9.66%) Apple iOS
3 7 (4.83%) Linux
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (68.28%) Information Security
2 66 (45.52%) Security Architecture
3 62 (42.76%) Cloud Security
4 59 (40.69%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (33.10%) Application Security
6 39 (26.90%) Identity Management
7 37 (25.52%) OWASP
7 37 (25.52%) Security Operations
8 35 (24.14%) Incident Response
9 34 (23.45%) Secure Coding
9 34 (23.45%) SIEM
10 32 (22.07%) Security Management
11 31 (21.38%) CI/CD
12 29 (20.00%) Roadmaps
13 28 (19.31%) Identity Access Management
14 26 (17.93%) Agile
14 26 (17.93%) Data Loss Prevention
15 25 (17.24%) Regulatory Compliance
16 22 (15.17%) Zero Trust
17 21 (14.48%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.10%) Python
2 17 (11.72%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.07%) Bash
4 1 (0.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 145 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 132 (91.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 128 (88.28%) CISSP
4 56 (38.62%) CISM
5 53 (36.55%) CCSK
6 52 (35.86%) Azure Certification
7 44 (30.34%) AWS Certification
8 41 (28.28%) Degree
9 28 (19.31%) CEH
10 19 (13.10%) SSCP
11 14 (9.66%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (9.66%) SANS
12 12 (8.28%) CCNP
12 12 (8.28%) Security Cleared
13 9 (6.21%) SC Cleared
14 8 (5.52%) CISA
14 8 (5.52%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (5.52%) ISACA
15 6 (4.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (4.14%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (58.62%) NIST
2 46 (31.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (15.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (13.79%) PCI DSS
5 15 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 13 (8.97%) GDPR
7 9 (6.21%) NIST 800
8 7 (4.83%) QA
9 6 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (4.14%) IASME
10 5 (3.45%) SOC 2
11 3 (2.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (2.07%) NCSC
12 2 (1.38%) ISO 22301
12 2 (1.38%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.69%) GRC
13 1 (0.69%) HIPAA
System Software
1 34 (23.45%) Docker
2 16 (11.03%) Active Directory
3 14 (9.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.69%) LXC
Systems Management
1 41 (28.28%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (23.45%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (9.66%) Nmap
4 6 (4.14%) CASB
5 3 (2.07%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (36.55%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.03%) Cisco
3 14 (9.66%) Qualys
3 14 (9.66%) Rapid7
3 14 (9.66%) Splunk
3 14 (9.66%) Thycotic
4 8 (5.52%) Netskope
4 8 (5.52%) Symantec
4 8 (5.52%) Zscaler
5 6 (4.14%) CA
5 6 (4.14%) CheckPoint
5 6 (4.14%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (4.14%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.45%) Blue Coat
6 5 (3.45%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.38%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.69%) Databricks
8 1 (0.69%) Google
8 1 (0.69%) iManage
8 1 (0.69%) Intel