CISSP Jobs in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 237 232
Rank change year-on-year +48 -5 -55
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 102 64 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.06% 0.80% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.33% 2.29% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 98 35 55
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,084 £44,375 £48,542
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,810 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +0.54% -8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,357 2,789 2,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.41% 34.74% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 947 1,310
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,760 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,875 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the North West.

Salary trend for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Lancashire +41 48 £52,084 +60.26%
Manchester +27 47 £65,000 +10.35% 14
Cheshire -11 7 £35,000 -49.09% 3
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.98%) Apache
2 1 (0.98%) IIS
2 1 (0.98%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (27.45%) Azure
2 22 (21.57%) AWS
3 7 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.92%) PaaS
5 3 (2.94%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.96%) GCP
6 2 (1.96%) IaaS
6 2 (1.96%) SaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (20.59%) Network Security
2 15 (14.71%) Firewall
2 15 (14.71%) SD-WAN
2 15 (14.71%) WAN
3 8 (7.84%) VPN
4 6 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (3.92%) NetScaler
6 3 (2.94%) VLAN
6 3 (2.94%) VoIP
6 3 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
General
1 24 (23.53%) Military
2 17 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.84%) Legal
4 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.90%) Finance
7 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.96%) Retail
9 1 (0.98%) Games
9 1 (0.98%) Law
9 1 (0.98%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (22.55%) Architect
1 23 (22.55%) Incident Manager
1 23 (22.55%) Security Architect
1 23 (22.55%) Vulnerability Manager
2 12 (11.76%) Security Manager
3 10 (9.80%) Senior
4 9 (8.82%) Analyst
4 9 (8.82%) Lead
4 9 (8.82%) Lead Architect
4 9 (8.82%) Lead Security Architect
4 9 (8.82%) Security Analyst
4 9 (8.82%) Senior Architect
4 9 (8.82%) Senior Security Architect
5 8 (7.84%) IT Manager
6 5 (4.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (4.90%) Information Analyst
6 5 (4.90%) Information Manager
6 5 (4.90%) Information Security Analyst
6 5 (4.90%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (4.90%) IT Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 45 (44.12%) Management Information System
2 16 (15.69%) Security Posture
3 15 (14.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (12.75%) Data Centre
5 12 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (4.90%) Cyberattack
7 4 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.94%) NHS
8 3 (2.94%) PMI
9 2 (1.96%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.96%) Life Science
9 2 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.92%) Windows
2 3 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (65.69%) Information Security
2 64 (62.75%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (38.24%) Incident Response
4 28 (27.45%) Incident Management
4 28 (27.45%) Vulnerability Management
5 23 (22.55%) Root Cause Analysis
6 22 (21.57%) Secure Coding
7 21 (20.59%) ITIL
8 19 (18.63%) Security Architecture
9 16 (15.69%) OWASP
10 15 (14.71%) Application Security
10 15 (14.71%) Identity Management
10 15 (14.71%) Risk Management
11 14 (13.73%) PRINCE2
11 14 (13.73%) Product Management
11 14 (13.73%) Service Delivery
12 13 (12.75%) Computer Science
13 12 (11.76%) Data Security
14 11 (10.78%) Cloud Security
15 9 (8.82%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.98%) Bash
1 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 67 (65.69%) CISM
2 40 (39.22%) Degree
3 28 (27.45%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (20.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 18 (17.65%) AWS Certification
6 15 (14.71%) Azure Certification
6 15 (14.71%) CCSK
6 15 (14.71%) CCSP
7 12 (11.76%) CISA
8 9 (8.82%) CEH
9 8 (7.84%) CRISC
10 7 (6.86%) CCNA
11 6 (5.88%) PCI QSA
12 5 (4.90%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (3.92%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (3.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (3.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (3.92%) ISSMP
14 3 (2.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (32.35%) NIST
2 28 (27.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (11.76%) PCI DSS
4 11 (10.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (8.82%) GDPR
6 7 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (5.88%) SOC 2
8 4 (3.92%) GRC
9 2 (1.96%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.96%) QA
10 1 (0.98%) FISMA
10 1 (0.98%) HITRUST
10 1 (0.98%) NCSC
10 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (14.71%) Docker
2 4 (3.92%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (14.71%) Kubernetes
1 15 (14.71%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (6.86%) Nessus
Vendors
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.84%) Cisco
2 8 (7.84%) Citrix
2 8 (7.84%) Dell
3 7 (6.86%) VMware
4 4 (3.92%) Meraki
5 2 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.98%) Qualys