CISSP Jobs in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 117 91 170
Rank change year-on-year -26 +79 +21
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 22 90 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.15% 2.69% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.84% 9.47% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18 64 57
10th Percentile £56,869 £62,500 £50,500
25th Percentile £60,128 £70,188 £66,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £82,500 £88,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.58% -6.25% +30.37%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile - £100,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £76,250 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -10.29% -2.86% +23.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 573 950 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.00% 28.42% 23.05%
Number of salaries quoted 368 627 754
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,150 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,750 £92,500 £97,188
90th Percentile £117,875 £105,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the City of London

CISSP
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the City of London.

Salary trend for CISSP in the City of London

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the City of London

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (4.55%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 5 (22.73%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (9.09%) AWS
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.55%) PaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Kerberos
2 4 (18.18%) Firewall
3 3 (13.64%) VPN
4 2 (9.09%) WAN
5 1 (4.55%) 4G
5 1 (4.55%) 5G
5 1 (4.55%) Internet
5 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.55%) IPsec
5 1 (4.55%) LAN
5 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
5 1 (4.55%) VLAN
5 1 (4.55%) VoIP
5 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Local Government
4 2 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Security Manager
2 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 5 (22.73%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Identity Management Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Risk Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Information Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Head of Compliance
6 1 (4.55%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.55%) Head of Security
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) LDAP
1 5 (22.73%) OAuth
1 5 (22.73%) OpenID
1 5 (22.73%) SailPoint
1 5 (22.73%) SAML
2 3 (13.64%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Management Information System
2 5 (22.73%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 5 (22.73%) PKI
3 4 (18.18%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (54.55%) Information Security
2 10 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (36.36%) Project Management
4 8 (36.36%) SIEM
5 7 (31.82%) Agile
5 7 (31.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (27.27%) Analytics
6 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (22.73%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (22.73%) Identity Management
7 5 (22.73%) Information Security Management
7 5 (22.73%) Log Analytics
7 5 (22.73%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (22.73%) Privileged Identity Management
7 5 (22.73%) RBAC
7 5 (22.73%) Scrum
7 5 (22.73%) Security Hardening
7 5 (22.73%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (68.18%) CISM
2 7 (31.82%) Degree
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (18.18%) CISA
4 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (18.18%) CRISC
4 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
5 3 (13.64%) CCSP
5 3 (13.64%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (13.64%) CISMP
6 2 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
6 2 (9.09%) CCNA
6 2 (9.09%) CEH
6 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.55%) OSCP
7 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
7 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) NIST
2 9 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (13.64%) GRC
4 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
5 2 (9.09%) COBIT
5 2 (9.09%) GDPR
5 2 (9.09%) NIST 800
5 2 (9.09%) QA
6 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
6 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) QRadar
1 5 (22.73%) Single Sign-On
1 5 (22.73%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) CASB
2 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) SolarWinds
2 5 (22.73%) Splunk
3 2 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.55%) HP
4 1 (4.55%) Juniper
4 1 (4.55%) Sophos
4 1 (4.55%) Tenable