CISSP Job Trends in Edinburgh

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 58 87
Rank change year-on-year -1 +29 +15
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 8 20 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.76% 2.31% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.97% 12.20% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 5
10th Percentile - £56,500 £71,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £72,174 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £92,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +23.33% +15.83%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,500 - -
Scotland median annual salary £90,000 £92,500 £67,050
% change year-on-year -2.70% +37.96% +3.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 161 164 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.32% 18.96% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 80 68 146
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,000 £31,875
25th Percentile £33,750 £25,313 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,314 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -27.81% +1.77%
75th Percentile £78,224 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £95,000 £86,875
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -0.14%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

CISSP
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Edinburgh

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) GitHub
2 3 (37.50%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Applications Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Application Security
4 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
4 3 (37.50%) Security Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (37.50%) Technology Transformation
4 3 (37.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (12.50%) AI
6 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Bash
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CISM
2 4 (50.00%) CISA
3 3 (37.50%) CREST Certified
3 3 (37.50%) SANS
4 1 (12.50%) CBAP
4 1 (12.50%) CEH
4 1 (12.50%) CRISC
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (12.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Meraki
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow