CISSP Job Trends in the East Midlands

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 115 116
Rank change year-on-year +24 +1 +39
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 38 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.51% 0.67% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.78% 1.89% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17 10 7
10th Percentile - £53,750 £56,000
25th Percentile £48,165 £54,063 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £61,250 £70,625
90th Percentile £82,000 £64,500 £74,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.33% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 657 792 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.14% 35.23% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 225 218 238
10th Percentile £28,750 £24,649 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £35,051
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +8.25%
75th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £72,875 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CISSP
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the East Midlands

CISSP
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire +30 17 £51,058 -11.20% 2
Derbyshire - 12 - - 1
Leicestershire +11 6 £80,000 - 3
Northamptonshire +8 2 £50,000 -39.39%
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 11 (28.95%) AWS
1 11 (28.95%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Burp Suite
1 6 (15.79%) Metasploit
General
1 20 (52.63%) Finance
2 18 (47.37%) Banking
3 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 9 (23.68%) Retail
5 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) Security Specialist
1 6 (15.79%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 5 (13.16%) Analyst
2 5 (13.16%) Information Analyst
2 5 (13.16%) Information Security Analyst
2 5 (13.16%) Security Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Architect
3 4 (10.53%) Security Architect
3 4 (10.53%) Senior
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Information Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Information Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Information Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Information Security Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Security Posture
2 6 (15.79%) Insider Threat
3 2 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (86.84%) Information Security
2 23 (60.53%) Risk Assessment
3 20 (52.63%) Due Diligence
3 20 (52.63%) Risk Management
3 20 (52.63%) Roadmaps
4 18 (47.37%) Business Continuity
4 18 (47.37%) Business Continuity Management
4 18 (47.37%) Operations Management
4 18 (47.37%) Process Improvement
4 18 (47.37%) Supply Chain Management
5 13 (34.21%) Decision-Making
6 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (18.42%) Offensive Security
8 6 (15.79%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (15.79%) Anomaly Detection
8 6 (15.79%) Cloud Security
8 6 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (15.79%) Red Team
8 6 (15.79%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) CRISC
2 19 (50.00%) CISA
3 12 (31.58%) CISM
4 11 (28.95%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (28.95%) Degree
5 9 (23.68%) CEH
5 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (23.68%) SC Cleared
5 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
6 8 (21.05%) CISMP
6 8 (21.05%) OSCP
7 6 (15.79%) CCNA
7 6 (15.79%) CREST Certified
7 6 (15.79%) GIAC
7 6 (15.79%) GPEN
7 6 (15.79%) MCP
7 6 (15.79%) MCSE
7 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (7.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (7.89%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (57.89%) NIST
1 22 (57.89%) PCI DSS
2 9 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (18.42%) GDPR
4 6 (15.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (10.53%) GRC
6 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (5.26%) NCSC
7 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) Nmap
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) Cisco