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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 794 1108
Rank change year-on-year +28 +314 -232
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 148 158 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.16% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.49% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 124 120 99
10th Percentile £52,500 £27,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £56,809 £57,000 £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 £99,250 £91,375 £116,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,030 £54,000 £62,250
% change year-on-year +18.57% -13.25% +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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +65 130 £78,671 +21.03% 15
Work from Home +75 70 £79,842 +6.46% 10
UK excluding London -36 69 £64,030 +18.57% 12
London +159 66 £79,842 +18.28% 8
North of England +58 34 £79,842 -19.35% 2
South East -13 19 £57,500 +101.75% 3
North West 0 15 £79,842 - 1
Yorkshire +91 13 £79,842 -20.16% 1
North East -2 6 £79,842 -17.69%
South West -40 6 £50,000 -23.08%
Scotland - 6 £49,990 - 4
West Midlands +8 4 £79,842 +33.07%
Midlands -7 4 £79,842 +33.07% 1

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 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 91 (61.49%) Azure
2 65 (43.92%) AWS
3 41 (27.70%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (11.49%) Microsoft Purview
5 14 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.46%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.46%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (6.76%) PaaS
6 10 (6.76%) SaaS
7 7 (4.73%) IaaS
8 4 (2.70%) GCP
9 2 (1.35%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.68%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.68%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 49 (33.11%) Firewall
2 48 (32.43%) WAN
3 34 (22.97%) SD-WAN
4 29 (19.59%) Network Security
5 22 (14.86%) TCP/IP
6 20 (13.51%) LAN
7 14 (9.46%) Wireshark
8 10 (6.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (4.73%) VPN
10 6 (4.05%) Internet
11 1 (0.68%) BGP
11 1 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.68%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.68%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.68%) OSPF
11 1 (0.68%) VLAN
11 1 (0.68%) VXLAN
11 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Snyk
1 1 (0.68%) Vagrant
General
1 53 (35.81%) Finance
2 25 (16.89%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.86%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.78%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.08%) Legal
7 7 (4.73%) Law
8 5 (3.38%) Retail
9 4 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Banking
11 2 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.68%) Automotive
12 1 (0.68%) Local Government
12 1 (0.68%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.68%) Marketing
12 1 (0.68%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 70 (47.30%) Architect
1 70 (47.30%) Security Architect
2 37 (25.00%) Lead
3 28 (18.92%) Senior
4 27 (18.24%) Lead Architect
4 27 (18.24%) Lead Security Architect
5 24 (16.22%) Analyst
6 23 (15.54%) Security Analyst
6 23 (15.54%) Security Engineer
7 14 (9.46%) IT Architect
7 14 (9.46%) IT Security Architect
8 12 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 11 (7.43%) Consultant
9 11 (7.43%) Information Security Engineer
9 11 (7.43%) Security Consultant
9 11 (7.43%) Senior Architect
9 11 (7.43%) Senior Security Architect
10 10 (6.76%) Information Security Analyst
10 10 (6.76%) Security Manager
10 10 (6.76%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.35%) OAuth
1 2 (1.35%) OpenID
1 2 (1.35%) SAML
2 1 (0.68%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.68%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (39.86%) Management Information System
2 40 (27.03%) Security Posture
3 38 (25.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 15 (10.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (9.46%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (6.08%) Cloud Native
7 8 (5.41%) Cloud Security Posture
7 8 (5.41%) Cyberattack
8 6 (4.05%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.70%) PKI
10 3 (2.03%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.35%) IoT
11 2 (1.35%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.68%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.68%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.57%) Windows
2 14 (9.46%) Android
2 14 (9.46%) Apple iOS
3 8 (5.41%) Linux
4 1 (0.68%) Unix
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (67.57%) Information Security
2 66 (44.59%) Security Architecture
3 64 (43.24%) Cloud Security
4 60 (40.54%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (33.11%) Application Security
6 39 (26.35%) Security Operations
7 38 (25.68%) Identity Management
8 37 (25.00%) Incident Response
8 37 (25.00%) OWASP
9 36 (24.32%) SIEM
10 34 (22.97%) Secure Coding
11 33 (22.30%) Security Management
12 31 (20.95%) CI/CD
13 29 (19.59%) Identity Access Management
13 29 (19.59%) Roadmaps
14 26 (17.57%) Agile
14 26 (17.57%) Data Loss Prevention
14 26 (17.57%) Regulatory Compliance
15 24 (16.22%) Zero Trust
16 21 (14.19%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.84%) Python
2 17 (11.49%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.03%) Bash
4 1 (0.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 148 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 135 (91.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 131 (88.51%) CISSP
4 56 (37.84%) CISM
5 54 (36.49%) CCSK
6 51 (34.46%) Azure Certification
7 43 (29.05%) AWS Certification
7 43 (29.05%) Degree
8 29 (19.59%) CEH
9 19 (12.84%) SSCP
10 15 (10.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (10.14%) SANS
11 13 (8.78%) CCNP
12 11 (7.43%) Security Cleared
13 9 (6.08%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (5.41%) CISA
14 8 (5.41%) SC Cleared
15 7 (4.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (4.73%) CCIE
15 7 (4.73%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (59.46%) NIST
2 47 (31.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (15.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (13.51%) PCI DSS
5 16 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 14 (9.46%) GDPR
7 9 (6.08%) NIST 800
8 6 (4.05%) QA
8 6 (4.05%) SOC 2
9 5 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (3.38%) IASME
10 3 (2.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (2.03%) NCSC
11 2 (1.35%) ISO 22301
11 2 (1.35%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.68%) GRC
12 1 (0.68%) HIPAA
System Software
1 34 (22.97%) Docker
2 15 (10.14%) Active Directory
3 14 (9.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.68%) LXC
Systems Management
1 41 (27.70%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (22.97%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (9.46%) Nmap
4 6 (4.05%) CASB
5 3 (2.03%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (36.49%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.49%) Cisco
3 14 (9.46%) Qualys
3 14 (9.46%) Rapid7
3 14 (9.46%) Splunk
3 14 (9.46%) Thycotic
4 9 (6.08%) Netskope
4 9 (6.08%) Symantec
4 9 (6.08%) Zscaler
5 7 (4.73%) CheckPoint
5 7 (4.73%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (4.73%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.05%) Blue Coat
6 6 (4.05%) CA
6 6 (4.05%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.35%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.68%) Databricks
8 1 (0.68%) Google
8 1 (0.68%) iManage
8 1 (0.68%) Intel