(ISC)² Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISC2 ISSMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISSMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 - 1228
Rank change year-on-year - - -321
Permanent jobs citing ISSMP 19 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% - 0.001%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.069% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 19 0 1
10th Percentile £62,500 - -
25th Percentile £81,875 - £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.03%
75th Percentile £101,250 - £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISSMP 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 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

ISSMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISSMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISSMP in the UK

ISSMP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISSMP.

Salary trend for ISSMP in the UK

ISSMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISSMP over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ISSMP in the UK

ISSMP
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISSMP within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 - 19 £97,500 -
London - 15 £97,500 -
North West - 4 £65,000 -
Work from Home - 4 £100,000 -
UK excluding London - 4 £65,000 -
North of England - 4 £65,000 -

ISSMP
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 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (78.95%) AWS
1 15 (78.95%) Azure
1 15 (78.95%) GCP
2 11 (57.89%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (47.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) DNS
2 11 (57.89%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (78.95%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (73.68%) Finance
2 1 (5.26%) Banking
2 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Security Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Vulnerability Manager
3 5 (26.32%) Security Manager
4 4 (21.05%) Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Information Manager
4 4 (21.05%) Information Security Manager
4 4 (21.05%) Security Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Security Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Security Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Manager
7 1 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (78.95%) PKI
2 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
3 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
4 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.26%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (78.95%) Data Modelling
2 15 (78.95%) Information Security
2 15 (78.95%) Reverse Engineering
2 15 (78.95%) Threat Modelling
2 15 (78.95%) Vulnerability Management
3 13 (68.42%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 11 (57.89%) Cryptography
4 11 (57.89%) ITIL
4 11 (57.89%) Problem Management
5 10 (52.63%) Business Analysis
6 9 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (47.37%) Threat Management
6 9 (47.37%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 9 (47.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 5 (26.32%) Fintech
8 4 (21.05%) Compliance Audit
8 4 (21.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (21.05%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) CISM
1 19 (100.00%) CISSP
1 19 (100.00%) CRISC
2 15 (78.95%) GIAC
3 9 (47.37%) Degree
4 4 (21.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 4 (21.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (78.95%) COBIT
2 4 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (21.05%) GDPR
2 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (21.05%) NIST
Systems Management
1 15 (78.95%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (78.95%) Alibaba
3 11 (57.89%) Google
4 4 (21.05%) Cisco
4 4 (21.05%) Citrix
4 4 (21.05%) Dell