CISSP Jobs in Central London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 105 166
Rank change year-on-year -34 +61 +14
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 26 96 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.02% 2.54% 1.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.06% 8.83% 6.82%
Number of salaries quoted 23 67 76
10th Percentile £57,670 £62,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £86,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -1.73% +15.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £98,000
90th Percentile £110,750 £100,000 £113,125
London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 851 1,087 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 33.50% 28.73% 22.40%
Number of salaries quoted 489 688 851
10th Percentile £40,467 £36,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £108,250 £117,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Central London

CISSP
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
City of London -18 25 £77,500 -6.06% 16
City of Westminster - 4 £57,670 -
West End of London - 1 £92,500 - 1
CISSP
London

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (57.69%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
3 5 (19.23%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (15.38%) AWS
5 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 2 (7.69%) SaaS
7 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Kerberos
2 3 (11.54%) Firewall
3 2 (7.69%) VPN
4 1 (3.85%) 4G
4 1 (3.85%) 5G
4 1 (3.85%) Internet
4 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.85%) IPsec
4 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.85%) VLAN
4 1 (3.85%) VoIP
4 1 (3.85%) WAN
4 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Security Manager
2 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Identity Management Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Information Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Information Security Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Risk Manager
5 3 (11.54%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Architect
6 2 (7.69%) IT Security Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior
7 1 (3.85%) Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Head of Compliance
7 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior IT Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) LDAP
1 5 (19.23%) OAuth
1 5 (19.23%) OpenID
1 5 (19.23%) SailPoint
1 5 (19.23%) SAML
2 3 (11.54%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 5 (19.23%) Onboarding
2 5 (19.23%) PKI
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Windows
2 5 (19.23%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.85%) Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Information Security
2 12 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (42.31%) Risk Management
4 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
5 8 (30.77%) SIEM
6 7 (26.92%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (26.92%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (23.08%) Analytics
7 6 (23.08%) Project Management
8 5 (19.23%) Agile
8 5 (19.23%) Identity Management
8 5 (19.23%) Information Security Management
8 5 (19.23%) Log Analytics
8 5 (19.23%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 5 (19.23%) Privileged Identity Management
8 5 (19.23%) Scrum
8 5 (19.23%) Security Hardening
8 5 (19.23%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) CISM
2 7 (26.92%) Degree
3 5 (19.23%) CISA
3 5 (19.23%) CRISC
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (11.54%) CESG Certified Professional
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (11.54%) CISMP
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 2 (7.69%) CCNA
5 2 (7.69%) CCSP
5 2 (7.69%) CEH
5 2 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.85%) CCNP
6 1 (3.85%) CCSK
6 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) NIST
2 9 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (15.38%) GRC
4 3 (11.54%) COBIT
4 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.69%) NIST 800
5 2 (7.69%) SOC 2
6 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) QRadar
1 5 (19.23%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (19.23%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) SolarWinds
2 5 (19.23%) Splunk
3 2 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.85%) HP
4 1 (3.85%) Sophos
4 1 (3.85%) Tenable