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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 220 387
Rank change year-on-year +57 +167 -115
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 460 585 664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.95% 1.65% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.82% 6.36% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 359 470 451
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £69,773 £61,250 £61,250
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 £101,500 £110,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £71,217 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.74% +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 6,745 9,191 14,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.57% 25.98% 21.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,294 5,746 6,796
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £49,500 £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 £110,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £54,995 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.57% +8.18% -

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 2 May 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 2 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
Central London +70 95 £85,000 -2.86% 9
West London +2 16 £55,000 +34.15% 1
South London -27 9 £97,500 +200.00% 1
North London - 7 £55,000 -
East London +17 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 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 115 (25.00%) Azure
2 83 (18.04%) AWS
3 72 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (7.61%) GCP
5 17 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.39%) Power Platform
8 9 (1.96%) SaaS
9 8 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.74%) 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
1 141 (30.65%) Firewall
2 49 (10.65%) Network Security
3 30 (6.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 24 (5.22%) TCP/IP
5 20 (4.35%) DNS
6 13 (2.83%) WAN
7 10 (2.17%) VPN
8 9 (1.96%) LAN
9 8 (1.74%) Internet
9 8 (1.74%) Wireshark
10 7 (1.52%) 5G
11 6 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.09%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.09%) VoIP
13 3 (0.65%) Cisco IPT
13 3 (0.65%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (0.65%) X.509
14 2 (0.43%) Broadband
15 1 (0.22%) HTTP
15 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.39%) Power BI
2 4 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.22%) Big Data
3 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 21 (4.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.43%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) Snyk
3 1 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 166 (36.09%) Finance
2 130 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 69 (15.00%) Law
4 65 (14.13%) Legal
5 54 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (5.00%) Banking
8 21 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (4.35%) Public Sector
10 19 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.04%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.83%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.61%) Marketing
14 8 (1.74%) Back Office
15 7 (1.52%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.52%) Retail
16 6 (1.30%) Electronics
17 4 (0.87%) Advertising
17 4 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 92 (20.00%) Analyst
2 81 (17.61%) Security Engineer
3 80 (17.39%) Security Analyst
4 76 (16.52%) Senior
5 67 (14.57%) Architect
6 66 (14.35%) Security Manager
7 50 (10.87%) Lead
8 44 (9.57%) Security Architect
9 37 (8.04%) Information Manager
9 37 (8.04%) Information Security Manager
10 30 (6.52%) Senior Security Engineer
11 28 (6.09%) CISSP Analyst
11 28 (6.09%) Consultant
12 27 (5.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 27 (5.87%) Senior Analyst
13 26 (5.65%) Information Analyst
13 26 (5.65%) Information Security Analyst
13 26 (5.65%) IT Analyst
14 24 (5.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 24 (5.22%) IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.04%) HTML
2 7 (1.52%) OAuth
2 7 (1.52%) web3js
3 6 (1.30%) SAML
4 5 (1.09%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.87%) Kafka
6 3 (0.65%) REST
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.43%) Web Services
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%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (23.26%) Management Information System
2 92 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 43 (9.35%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (7.39%) PKI
5 24 (5.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 23 (5.00%) Cyberattack
7 20 (4.35%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.91%) Security Operations Centre
9 16 (3.48%) Cloud Security Posture
9 16 (3.48%) Operational Technology
10 13 (2.83%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.52%) Blockchain
13 7 (1.52%) Web3
14 6 (1.30%) IoT
14 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
15 5 (1.09%) Cloud Native
15 5 (1.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 5 (1.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.04%) Windows
2 15 (3.26%) Linux
3 8 (1.74%) Android
3 8 (1.74%) 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
1 293 (63.70%) Cybersecurity
2 266 (57.83%) Information Security
3 118 (25.65%) Incident Response
4 103 (22.39%) SIEM
5 93 (20.22%) Risk Management
6 90 (19.57%) Cloud Security
6 90 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (16.96%) Computer Science
8 76 (16.52%) Security Operations
9 75 (16.30%) Security Architecture
10 69 (15.00%) Roadmaps
11 68 (14.78%) Security Management
12 64 (13.91%) Application Security
13 63 (13.70%) Vulnerability Management
14 56 (12.17%) Penetration Testing
15 55 (11.96%) Disaster Recovery
16 52 (11.30%) ITIL
17 50 (10.87%) Identity Access Management
18 48 (10.43%) Incident Management
19 46 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.65%) Python
2 25 (5.43%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.61%) 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
1 239 (51.96%) CISM
2 135 (29.35%) Degree
3 107 (23.26%) CISA
4 92 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 76 (16.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 67 (14.57%) CEH
7 63 (13.70%) CCSP
8 62 (13.48%) CRISC
9 54 (11.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 54 (11.74%) GIAC
10 49 (10.65%) Security Cleared
11 46 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
12 38 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (8.26%) Master's Degree
13 31 (6.74%) DV Cleared
13 31 (6.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 24 (5.22%) SSCP
15 23 (5.00%) SC Cleared
16 21 (4.57%) AWS Certification
16 21 (4.57%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (37.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 122 (26.52%) NIST
3 48 (10.43%) GDPR
4 47 (10.22%) PCI DSS
5 40 (8.70%) GRC
6 36 (7.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 35 (7.61%) COBIT
8 18 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 18 (3.91%) NCSC
9 16 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 15 (3.26%) SOC 2
11 14 (3.04%) HIPAA
12 10 (2.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (2.17%) NIST 800
13 8 (1.74%) Data Quality
14 6 (1.30%) ISO 31000
15 5 (1.09%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.87%) ITGC
16 4 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.09%) 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 25 (5.43%) Ansible
2 14 (3.04%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (2.39%) CASB
4 8 (1.74%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.74%) Nmap
5 5 (1.09%) SCCM
6 2 (0.43%) QRadar
6 2 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 118 (25.65%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.65%) ServiceNow
3 20 (4.35%) CyberArk
3 20 (4.35%) Google
3 20 (4.35%) Splunk
4 19 (4.13%) Qualys
5 15 (3.26%) Alibaba
6 13 (2.83%) SAP
7 11 (2.39%) Oracle
7 11 (2.39%) Rapid7
8 9 (1.96%) ArcSight
8 9 (1.96%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.96%) Carbon Black
8 9 (1.96%) McAfee
9 8 (1.74%) Thycotic
10 6 (1.30%) CA
10 6 (1.30%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.09%) Juniper
11 5 (1.09%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.87%) CheckPoint