CISSP Job Trends in Cambridge

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 61 58
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 +65
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.58% 0.16% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% 0.56% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £55,100
25th Percentile £66,250 - £55,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.91%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £68,250
90th Percentile - - £69,300
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £74,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -8.78% +22.31% -35.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 161 177 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 46.80% 29.02% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 85 120 86
10th Percentile - £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,000 £44,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,113 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.80% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £50,000 £71,650 £74,375
90th Percentile £64,000 £80,000 £85,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £33,113 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.80% -8.33% +20.00%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Cambridge

CISSP
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS