CISSP Job Trends in Berkshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 108 125
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 +9
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 16 27 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.80% 1.55% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.76% 3.21% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 18
10th Percentile £48,100 £57,500 £52,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £59,498 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.29% +36.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £92,188
90th Percentile £80,000 - £172,500
South East median annual salary £63,750 £70,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -8.93% +15.70% -8.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 580 842 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.01% 48.25% 54.69%
Number of salaries quoted 168 331 768
10th Percentile £32,675 £39,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,408 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.88% +22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £72,250
90th Percentile £76,550 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,260
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.65% +2.42%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

CISSP
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Berkshire

CISSP
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Reading +25 13 £65,000 -10.34% 15
Windsor - 2 £45,500 -
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) Network Security
2 7 (43.75%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.25%) S/MIME
3 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Metadata
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
1 2 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Senior
2 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Security Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Senior Security Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Security Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Security Risk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Risk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) CESG
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) PKI
2 1 (6.25%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) ITIL
2 7 (43.75%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Security Operations
2 7 (43.75%) SIEM
3 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) Identity Management
4 3 (18.75%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Web Filtering
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) Data Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (12.50%) Data Security
5 2 (12.50%) Data Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) ETL
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (43.75%) CCNA
2 7 (43.75%) CCNP
2 7 (43.75%) CompTIA Security+
2 7 (43.75%) GCIA
2 7 (43.75%) SANS
3 4 (25.00%) CEH
3 4 (25.00%) CISM
4 3 (18.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (18.75%) CCSP
4 3 (18.75%) CISA
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (12.50%) CGEIT
5 2 (12.50%) CRISC
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) MCSE
5 2 (12.50%) OCP
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (81.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (31.25%) GDPR
3 5 (31.25%) GRC
4 4 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (18.75%) NIST
5 3 (18.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
6 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Google
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) Palo Alto
1 3 (18.75%) Tenable
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Thales