CISSP Job Trends in Chester

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chester with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 0.56% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile £110,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £100,000 £55,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +81.82% +57.14% -46.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6 10 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 3.33% 29.41% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 27
10th Percentile - £32,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £59,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.34% +24.21% +58.33%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,400 £69,375 £61,250
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% +11.76% -10.53%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Chester

CISSP
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Post-Merger Integration
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft