CISSP Jobs in Belfast

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - -33
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 10 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 5.52% - 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.86% - 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £32,494
25th Percentile - - £39,516
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £43,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.38%
75th Percentile - - £49,500
90th Percentile - - £60,000
County Antrim median annual salary - - £44,000
% change year-on-year - - -25.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 56 163 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 30.94% 30.30% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12 56 60
10th Percentile £57,076 £24,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £65,815 £30,625 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £56,250 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% +27.84% -7.37%
75th Percentile £93,750 £62,588 £65,000
90th Percentile £99,375 £78,750 £82,500
County Antrim median annual salary £72,500 £46,250 £43,250
% change year-on-year +56.76% +6.94% -2.81%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Belfast

CISSP
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for CISSP in Belfast

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) AppScan
1 3 (30.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (30.00%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (80.00%) Legal
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Operations Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (50.00%) Information Security
4 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Change
4 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (30.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (20.00%) Data Encryption
7 1 (10.00%) Analytics
7 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (40.00%) CISA
3 4 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (30.00%) GIAC
4 3 (30.00%) GPEN
4 3 (30.00%) GWAPT
4 3 (30.00%) OSCP
5 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
5 1 (10.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Trustwave
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Google
3 1 (10.00%) Proofpoint