CISSP Jobs in England

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 278 364
Rank change year-on-year +19 +86 -66
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 945 1,136 1,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.10% 1.26% 1.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.87% 3.87% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 727 843 935
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,217 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CISSP 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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,443 29,349 35,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.46% 32.67% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15,785 13,406 16,670
10th Percentile £28,453 £31,322 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in England.

Salary trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in England

CISSP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
London +46 452 £80,000 +6.67% 92
North of England +70 159 £56,500 -4.24% 27
South West -13 115 £68,500 +1.48% 18
North West +45 109 £55,000 -4.60% 11
South East -36 101 £55,000 -8.33% 23
Midlands -55 66 £70,000 +16.67% 15
West Midlands -55 42 £75,000 +25.00% 8
East of England +15 40 £54,000 -20.00% 8
Yorkshire +65 36 £56,500 -13.08% 12
East Midlands +2 23 £65,750 +3.14% 7
North East +3 14 £79,842 +14.06% 4
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.21%) Apache
3 1 (0.11%) IIS
3 1 (0.11%) nginx
3 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 258 (27.30%) Azure
2 162 (17.14%) AWS
3 126 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.44%) GCP
5 39 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
6 37 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
7 25 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (1.80%) SaaS
9 16 (1.69%) Power Platform
10 14 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.48%) PaaS
11 13 (1.38%) IaaS
12 11 (1.16%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.63%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.42%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.42%) Serverless
15 3 (0.32%) Mimecast
15 3 (0.32%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 247 (26.14%) Firewall
2 121 (12.80%) Network Security
3 69 (7.30%) WAN
4 62 (6.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 57 (6.03%) TCP/IP
6 40 (4.23%) VPN
7 36 (3.81%) LAN
8 34 (3.60%) SD-WAN
9 26 (2.75%) DNS
10 22 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (1.69%) Wireshark
12 15 (1.59%) Internet
13 11 (1.16%) Cisco IPT
14 10 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
14 10 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
14 10 (1.06%) VoIP
15 6 (0.63%) 5G
16 5 (0.53%) DHCP
17 4 (0.42%) NetScaler
17 4 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.69%) Power BI
2 5 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (0.53%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.53%) Redis
3 4 (0.42%) Big Data
3 4 (0.42%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 22 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.21%) JIRA
3 1 (0.11%) Snyk
3 1 (0.11%) Vagrant
General
1 285 (30.16%) Finance
2 219 (23.17%) Social Skills
3 112 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (10.05%) Legal
5 86 (9.10%) Law
6 44 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 42 (4.44%) Retail
8 35 (3.70%) Telecoms
9 31 (3.28%) Military
10 29 (3.07%) Banking
10 29 (3.07%) Manufacturing
11 21 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (2.01%) Marketing
12 19 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.16%) Electronics
14 10 (1.06%) Back Office
15 9 (0.95%) Automotive
16 8 (0.85%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 180 (19.05%) Analyst
2 158 (16.72%) Architect
3 137 (14.50%) Security Analyst
4 131 (13.86%) Security Manager
5 129 (13.65%) Senior
6 120 (12.70%) Security Architect
7 107 (11.32%) Lead
8 102 (10.79%) Consultant
9 96 (10.16%) Security Engineer
10 91 (9.63%) Security Consultant
11 63 (6.67%) Information Manager
11 63 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
12 49 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 49 (5.19%) IT Manager
13 44 (4.66%) Information Analyst
13 44 (4.66%) Information Security Analyst
13 44 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
14 38 (4.02%) IT Analyst
15 37 (3.92%) Lead Architect
16 36 (3.81%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.48%) HTML
2 9 (0.95%) ModSecurity
3 8 (0.85%) Web Services
4 7 (0.74%) OAuth
4 7 (0.74%) web3js
5 6 (0.63%) SailPoint
5 6 (0.63%) SAML
6 5 (0.53%) Middleware
7 4 (0.42%) Kafka
8 3 (0.32%) REST
9 2 (0.21%) .NET
9 2 (0.21%) EDI
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.11%) J2EE
10 1 (0.11%) JSON
10 1 (0.11%) LDAP
10 1 (0.11%) Lightning Web Components
10 1 (0.11%) OpenID
10 1 (0.11%) RESTful
10 1 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 268 (28.36%) Management Information System
2 131 (13.86%) Security Posture
3 100 (10.58%) Cyber Threat
4 59 (6.24%) Security Operations Centre
5 55 (5.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 37 (3.92%) PKI
7 33 (3.49%) Cyberattack
8 32 (3.39%) Data Centre
8 32 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (3.28%) Operational Technology
10 25 (2.65%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.01%) Product Ownership
12 17 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
13 16 (1.69%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.59%) Client/Server
14 15 (1.59%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (1.48%) IoT
16 10 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
17 9 (0.95%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 80 (8.47%) Windows
2 24 (2.54%) Linux
3 14 (1.48%) Android
3 14 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.85%) Unix
6 5 (0.53%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.42%) CentOS
7 4 (0.42%) Solaris
7 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.42%) zOS
8 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (64.02%) Cybersecurity
2 511 (54.07%) Information Security
3 251 (26.56%) Risk Management
4 237 (25.08%) Incident Response
5 184 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
5 184 (19.47%) SIEM
6 168 (17.78%) Security Architecture
7 157 (16.61%) Cloud Security
8 153 (16.19%) Computer Science
9 148 (15.66%) Security Operations
10 137 (14.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 121 (12.80%) Security Management
12 120 (12.70%) Application Security
13 112 (11.85%) ITIL
14 108 (11.43%) Roadmaps
15 106 (11.22%) Data Protection
16 102 (10.79%) Incident Management
17 98 (10.37%) Penetration Testing
18 88 (9.31%) Agile
19 84 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 78 (8.25%) Python
2 46 (4.87%) PowerShell
3 19 (2.01%) Bash
4 12 (1.27%) SQL
5 8 (0.85%) Java
6 5 (0.53%) C
6 5 (0.53%) R
6 5 (0.53%) Scala
7 2 (0.21%) C#
7 2 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.11%) C++
8 1 (0.11%) Groovy
8 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 518 (54.81%) CISM
2 285 (30.16%) Degree
3 201 (21.27%) CISA
4 183 (19.37%) Cisco Certification
5 165 (17.46%) CRISC
6 143 (15.13%) Security Cleared
7 140 (14.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 121 (12.80%) CCSP
9 120 (12.70%) CEH
10 101 (10.69%) CompTIA Security+
11 96 (10.16%) SC Cleared
12 88 (9.31%) GIAC
13 83 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
14 72 (7.62%) Azure Certification
15 69 (7.30%) AWS Certification
16 68 (7.20%) CESG Certified Professional
17 58 (6.14%) CCSK
18 55 (5.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 53 (5.61%) CompTIA CySA+
20 51 (5.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 339 (35.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 281 (29.74%) NIST
3 121 (12.80%) PCI DSS
4 117 (12.38%) GDPR
5 90 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (8.78%) GRC
7 53 (5.61%) NCSC
8 45 (4.76%) COBIT
9 41 (4.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 37 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 22 (2.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 22 (2.33%) NIST 800
11 22 (2.33%) SOC 2
12 18 (1.90%) HIPAA
13 11 (1.16%) JSP 440
13 11 (1.16%) RMADS
14 9 (0.95%) Data Quality
14 9 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.74%) ISO 31000
16 6 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 34 (3.60%) Docker
2 31 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) LXC
8 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 43 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 42 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.86%) Ansible
4 20 (2.12%) CASB
5 19 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.48%) Nessus
6 14 (1.48%) Nmap
7 7 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.63%) SCCM
9 5 (0.53%) Grafana
9 5 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.53%) SCOM
9 5 (0.53%) Suricata
10 4 (0.42%) QRadar
11 3 (0.32%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 211 (22.33%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.44%) Splunk
3 33 (3.49%) Qualys
4 30 (3.17%) Cisco
5 23 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 22 (2.33%) CyberArk
7 21 (2.22%) Google
7 21 (2.22%) Palo Alto
8 19 (2.01%) Rapid7
9 16 (1.69%) Alibaba
9 16 (1.69%) Oracle
10 15 (1.59%) SAP
11 14 (1.48%) Meraki
11 14 (1.48%) Thycotic
12 12 (1.27%) Citrix
13 11 (1.16%) Juniper
14 10 (1.06%) ArcSight
14 10 (1.06%) Atlassian
14 10 (1.06%) McAfee
14 10 (1.06%) VMware