CISSP Jobs in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 222 372
Rank change year-on-year +59 +150 -106
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 462 585 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.97% 1.63% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.89% 6.28% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 361 467 454
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,000 £52,575
25th Percentile £69,545 £61,250 £61,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £109,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £71,858 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.65% +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,709 9,312 13,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.58% 26.00% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,275 5,792 6,844
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,725 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in London

CISSP
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +58 95 £85,000 -2.86% 11
West London +8 16 £55,000 +34.15% 1
South London -19 9 £97,500 +200.00% 1
North London - 7 £55,000 -
East London +25 3 £120,000 +14.29% 1
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (0.22%) Apache
1 1 (0.22%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 116 (25.11%) Azure
2 84 (18.18%) AWS
3 71 (15.37%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (7.36%) GCP
5 17 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (3.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.38%) Power Platform
8 9 (1.95%) SaaS
9 8 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.73%) PaaS
10 7 (1.52%) IaaS
11 4 (0.87%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.65%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.43%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
14 1 (0.22%) Dropbox
14 1 (0.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 140 (30.30%) Firewall
2 48 (10.39%) Network Security
3 31 (6.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 24 (5.19%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.90%) DNS
6 14 (3.03%) WAN
7 10 (2.16%) LAN
7 10 (2.16%) VPN
8 9 (1.95%) Internet
9 8 (1.73%) Wireshark
10 6 (1.30%) 5G
10 6 (1.30%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.87%) VoIP
12 3 (0.65%) Cisco IPT
12 3 (0.65%) X.509
13 2 (0.43%) Broadband
13 2 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
14 1 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
14 1 (0.22%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.38%) Power BI
2 4 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 20 (4.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.43%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) Snyk
3 1 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 164 (35.50%) Finance
2 131 (28.35%) Social Skills
3 68 (14.72%) Law
4 66 (14.29%) Legal
5 55 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.76%) Banking
8 21 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (4.55%) Public Sector
9 19 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.81%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.81%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.38%) Marketing
13 8 (1.73%) Back Office
14 7 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.52%) Retail
15 6 (1.30%) Electronics
16 4 (0.87%) Advertising
16 4 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 94 (20.35%) Analyst
2 82 (17.75%) Security Analyst
3 81 (17.53%) Security Engineer
4 75 (16.23%) Senior
5 67 (14.50%) Architect
6 66 (14.29%) Security Manager
7 50 (10.82%) Lead
8 44 (9.52%) Security Architect
9 38 (8.23%) Information Manager
9 38 (8.23%) Information Security Manager
10 30 (6.49%) CISSP Analyst
11 29 (6.28%) Senior Security Engineer
12 28 (6.06%) Consultant
13 27 (5.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 27 (5.84%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 26 (5.63%) Information Analyst
14 26 (5.63%) Information Security Analyst
15 25 (5.41%) IT Analyst
16 23 (4.98%) IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.03%) HTML
2 7 (1.52%) OAuth
2 7 (1.52%) web3js
3 6 (1.30%) SAML
4 5 (1.08%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.87%) Kafka
6 3 (0.65%) REST
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.22%) J2EE
8 1 (0.22%) JSON
8 1 (0.22%) LDAP
8 1 (0.22%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.22%) OpenID
8 1 (0.22%) RESTful
8 1 (0.22%) Web Services
8 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (23.38%) Management Information System
2 95 (20.56%) Security Posture
3 44 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (7.14%) PKI
5 25 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 23 (4.98%) Cyberattack
7 20 (4.33%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 16 (3.46%) Cloud Security Posture
9 16 (3.46%) Operational Technology
10 13 (2.81%) Onboarding
11 10 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.52%) Blockchain
13 7 (1.52%) Web3
14 6 (1.30%) IoT
14 6 (1.30%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
15 5 (1.08%) Cloud Native
15 5 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.79%) Windows
2 15 (3.25%) Linux
3 8 (1.73%) Android
3 8 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.52%) Unix
5 4 (0.87%) CentOS
5 4 (0.87%) Solaris
5 4 (0.87%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.87%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 265 (57.36%) Information Security
3 118 (25.54%) Incident Response
4 104 (22.51%) SIEM
5 94 (20.35%) Risk Management
6 91 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (19.48%) Cloud Security
8 80 (17.32%) Computer Science
9 78 (16.88%) Security Operations
10 75 (16.23%) Security Architecture
11 69 (14.94%) Roadmaps
12 68 (14.72%) Security Management
13 65 (14.07%) Application Security
14 62 (13.42%) Vulnerability Management
15 58 (12.55%) Penetration Testing
16 57 (12.34%) Disaster Recovery
17 50 (10.82%) ITIL
18 49 (10.61%) Identity Access Management
19 47 (10.17%) Incident Management
20 46 (9.96%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 48 (10.39%) Python
2 25 (5.41%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.60%) Bash
4 3 (0.65%) Java
5 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.22%) C++
6 1 (0.22%) Groovy
6 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 238 (51.52%) CISM
2 137 (29.65%) Degree
3 106 (22.94%) CISA
4 95 (20.56%) Cisco Certification
5 78 (16.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 69 (14.94%) CEH
7 65 (14.07%) CCSP
8 63 (13.64%) CRISC
9 59 (12.77%) CompTIA Security+
10 53 (11.47%) GIAC
11 52 (11.26%) CompTIA CySA+
12 49 (10.61%) Security Cleared
13 39 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 38 (8.23%) Master's Degree
15 31 (6.71%) DV Cleared
15 31 (6.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 25 (5.41%) SSCP
17 23 (4.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 23 (4.98%) SC Cleared
18 21 (4.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (37.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 123 (26.62%) NIST
3 48 (10.39%) GDPR
4 47 (10.17%) PCI DSS
5 38 (8.23%) GRC
6 35 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (7.36%) COBIT
8 19 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (3.68%) NCSC
10 16 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 16 (3.46%) SOC 2
11 14 (3.03%) HIPAA
12 10 (2.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (2.16%) NIST 800
13 8 (1.73%) Data Quality
14 6 (1.30%) ISO 31000
15 5 (1.08%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.87%) ITGC
16 4 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.08%) Docker
4 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.22%) LXC
5 1 (0.22%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.22%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 24 (5.19%) Ansible
2 14 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (2.38%) CASB
4 8 (1.73%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.73%) Nmap
5 5 (1.08%) SCCM
6 2 (0.43%) QRadar
6 2 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 117 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 20 (4.33%) CyberArk
3 20 (4.33%) Splunk
4 19 (4.11%) Google
4 19 (4.11%) Qualys
5 14 (3.03%) Alibaba
6 13 (2.81%) SAP
7 12 (2.60%) Oracle
8 11 (2.38%) Rapid7
9 9 (1.95%) ArcSight
9 9 (1.95%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.95%) Carbon Black
9 9 (1.95%) McAfee
10 8 (1.73%) Thycotic
11 7 (1.52%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.30%) CA
13 5 (1.08%) Juniper
13 5 (1.08%) Zscaler
14 4 (0.87%) CheckPoint