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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 752 699 984
Rank change year-on-year -53 +285 -150
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 159 266 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.27% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.82% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 131 206 158
10th Percentile £55,750 £41,250 £47,125
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -15.63% +33.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,927 £64,750 £67,750
% change year-on-year +9.54% -4.43% -5.90%

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 27,804 32,509 45,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.92% 33.46% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,251 14,583 19,146
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +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 29 May 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 29 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 -33 143 £79,842 +22.83% 20
UK excluding London -60 74 £70,927 +9.54% 13
London +53 72 £79,921 +14.17% 9
Work from Home +32 72 £75,000 - 13
North of England +40 40 £79,842 -6.07% 3
North West -8 21 £65,000 - 2
South East -27 20 £57,500 +76.92% 5
Yorkshire +90 13 £79,842 -20.16% 1
North East +2 6 £79,842 -17.69%
South West -42 6 £50,000 -23.08%
West Midlands -3 4 £79,842 +30.35%
Midlands -18 4 £79,842 +30.35% 1
Scotland -63 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 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 101 (63.52%) Azure
2 76 (47.80%) AWS
3 43 (27.04%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (10.69%) Microsoft Purview
5 15 (9.43%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (8.81%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (8.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (7.55%) GCP
8 10 (6.29%) PaaS
9 8 (5.03%) IaaS
9 8 (5.03%) SaaS
10 2 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.63%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 47 (29.56%) WAN
2 44 (27.67%) Firewall
3 33 (20.75%) SD-WAN
4 24 (15.09%) Network Security
5 22 (13.84%) TCP/IP
6 20 (12.58%) LAN
7 14 (8.81%) Wireshark
8 9 (5.66%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (3.77%) VPN
10 5 (3.14%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Snyk
1 1 (0.63%) Vagrant
General
1 64 (40.25%) Finance
2 27 (16.98%) Social Skills
3 21 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.81%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (6.29%) Law
6 8 (5.03%) Retail
7 7 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.40%) Legal
8 5 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Banking
10 2 (1.26%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.63%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) Local Government
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Marketing
11 1 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.63%) Police
11 1 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 80 (50.31%) Architect
1 80 (50.31%) Security Architect
2 41 (25.79%) Lead
3 28 (17.61%) Senior
4 27 (16.98%) Lead Architect
4 27 (16.98%) Lead Security Architect
5 22 (13.84%) Security Engineer
6 21 (13.21%) Analyst
7 20 (12.58%) Security Analyst
8 14 (8.81%) IT Architect
8 14 (8.81%) IT Security Architect
9 12 (7.55%) Consultant
9 12 (7.55%) Information Security Engineer
9 12 (7.55%) Security Consultant
9 12 (7.55%) Security Manager
9 12 (7.55%) Senior Architect
9 12 (7.55%) Senior Security Architect
10 10 (6.29%) Information Analyst
10 10 (6.29%) Information Security Analyst
11 9 (5.66%) Information Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.26%) OAuth
1 2 (1.26%) OpenID
1 2 (1.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (38.36%) Management Information System
2 45 (28.30%) Security Posture
3 38 (23.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 15 (9.43%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (8.81%) Cloud Security Posture
5 14 (8.81%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (6.92%) Cloud Native
7 9 (5.66%) Cyberattack
8 8 (5.03%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.52%) PKI
10 3 (1.89%) NHS
10 3 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.26%) Data Structures
11 2 (1.26%) IoT
11 2 (1.26%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.26%) PMI
12 1 (0.63%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.63%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.06%) Windows
2 14 (8.81%) Android
2 14 (8.81%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.63%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (70.44%) Information Security
2 74 (46.54%) Cloud Security
3 69 (43.40%) Security Architecture
4 64 (40.25%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (31.45%) Application Security
6 41 (25.79%) Incident Response
7 40 (25.16%) Security Operations
8 39 (24.53%) Identity Management
8 39 (24.53%) OWASP
9 36 (22.64%) Secure Coding
10 34 (21.38%) Roadmaps
10 34 (21.38%) Security Management
11 31 (19.50%) CI/CD
12 30 (18.87%) SIEM
13 29 (18.24%) Agile
13 29 (18.24%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (16.98%) Regulatory Compliance
15 24 (15.09%) Data Loss Prevention
16 23 (14.47%) Zero Trust
17 21 (13.21%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.06%) Python
2 15 (9.43%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 158 (99.37%) Cisco Certification
2 152 (95.60%) CISSP
3 135 (84.91%) CCSP
4 66 (41.51%) CISM
5 57 (35.85%) Azure Certification
6 54 (33.96%) CCSK
7 53 (33.33%) AWS Certification
8 47 (29.56%) Degree
9 25 (15.72%) CEH
10 19 (11.95%) SSCP
11 16 (10.06%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (9.43%) SANS
13 13 (8.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 13 (8.18%) Security Cleared
14 12 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (6.29%) CISA
15 10 (6.29%) SC Cleared
16 9 (5.66%) CompTIA CySA+
16 9 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (5.03%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (59.12%) NIST
2 55 (34.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (16.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (16.35%) PCI DSS
5 16 (10.06%) GDPR
5 16 (10.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (6.29%) QA
7 9 (5.66%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.77%) IASME
8 6 (3.77%) SOC 2
9 5 (3.14%) NCSC
10 3 (1.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (1.26%) GRC
11 2 (1.26%) ISO 22301
11 2 (1.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (21.38%) Docker
2 16 (10.06%) Active Directory
3 14 (8.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.63%) LXC
Systems Management
1 41 (25.79%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (21.38%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (8.81%) Nmap
4 4 (2.52%) CASB
5 2 (1.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (40.25%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.81%) Cisco
2 14 (8.81%) Qualys
2 14 (8.81%) Rapid7
2 14 (8.81%) Splunk
2 14 (8.81%) Thycotic
3 8 (5.03%) Netskope
3 8 (5.03%) Symantec
3 8 (5.03%) Zscaler
4 7 (4.40%) CA
4 7 (4.40%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (4.40%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.77%) Google
6 5 (3.14%) Blue Coat
6 5 (3.14%) CheckPoint
6 5 (3.14%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.26%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.26%) SAP
7 2 (1.26%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.63%) iManage