(ISC)2 CCSP Job Trends in England

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 590 648
Rank change year-on-year -61 +58 -31
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 111 58 88
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% 0.37% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 66 31 58
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,165 £51,875
25th Percentile £65,000 £51,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -15.63% +23.08%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £126,875 £121,250
UK median annual salary £82,500 £66,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year +24.53% -17.19% +23.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

(ISC)2 CCSP 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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18,050 15,687 19,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.37% 36.22% 28.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,476 6,707 8,227
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in England

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP in England over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in England

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the England region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
London -51 59 £100,000 +5.26% 93
South East -38 15 £65,000 +30.00% 21
Midlands -43 13 £82,500 +22.22% 6
North of England -46 10 £67,500 +28.57% 9
West Midlands -32 9 £82,500 +22.22% 4
East of England -28 7 £82,500 +58.65% 4
South West -73 7 £125,000 +144.82% 7
Yorkshire - 5 £62,500 - 3
East Midlands - 4 £58,589 - 2
North East - 3 £95,000 -
North West -34 2 - - 6
(ISC)2 CCSP
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.41%) Confluence
2 2 (1.80%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 9 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (45.05%) Azure
2 49 (44.14%) AWS
3 18 (16.22%) GCP
4 15 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (10.81%) SaaS
6 6 (5.41%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.50%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (4.50%) Serverless
8 4 (3.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 4 (3.60%) AWS KMS
8 4 (3.60%) IaaS
8 4 (3.60%) Nutanix
8 4 (3.60%) PaaS
9 3 (2.70%) Amazon Bedrock
9 3 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.70%) Google Compute Engine
9 3 (2.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (2.70%) Vertex AI
9 3 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (25.23%) Network Security
2 13 (11.71%) Firewall
3 7 (6.31%) VPN
4 5 (4.50%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.60%) DNS
5 4 (3.60%) Kerberos
6 3 (2.70%) BGP
7 2 (1.80%) 5G
7 2 (1.80%) HTTP
7 2 (1.80%) HTTPS
7 2 (1.80%) Internet
7 2 (1.80%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.90%) 2G
8 1 (0.90%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.90%) 4G
8 1 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.90%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.60%) MongoDB
1 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.41%) JIRA
2 4 (3.60%) Yeoman
3 3 (2.70%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.90%) GitLab
4 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (47.75%) Social Skills
2 38 (34.23%) Finance
3 33 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (18.02%) Banking
5 16 (14.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (13.51%) Retail
7 14 (12.61%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (10.81%) Legal
9 11 (9.91%) Local Government
10 6 (5.41%) Telecoms
11 5 (4.50%) Aerospace
11 5 (4.50%) Financial Institution
11 5 (4.50%) Public Sector
12 4 (3.60%) Advertising
13 3 (2.70%) Back Office
14 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.80%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.90%) French Language
15 1 (0.90%) German Language
15 1 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (26.13%) Architect
2 26 (23.42%) Security Architect
3 22 (19.82%) Lead
4 16 (14.41%) Senior
5 12 (10.81%) Consultant
5 12 (10.81%) Security Consultant
5 12 (10.81%) Security Engineer
6 9 (8.11%) Analyst
7 8 (7.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 7 (6.31%) Security Analyst
8 7 (6.31%) Security Manager
8 7 (6.31%) Security Specialist
9 6 (5.41%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (5.41%) Senior Security Consultant
10 5 (4.50%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (4.50%) Cyber Defence Consultant
10 5 (4.50%) Lead Consultant
10 5 (4.50%) Lead Security Consultant
10 5 (4.50%) Senior Security Engineer
11 4 (3.60%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.31%) Terraform
2 4 (3.60%) JWT
2 4 (3.60%) LDAP
2 4 (3.60%) OAuth
2 4 (3.60%) OAuth2
2 4 (3.60%) SAML
3 3 (2.70%) JSON
4 2 (1.80%) EDI
4 2 (1.80%) IDoc
4 2 (1.80%) OpenID
4 2 (1.80%) REST
4 2 (1.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (34.23%) Security Posture
2 20 (18.02%) Cloud Native
3 17 (15.32%) Management Information System
4 14 (12.61%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.60%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.70%) Blog
7 3 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.80%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.80%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.90%) CESG
9 1 (0.90%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.90%) IoT
9 1 (0.90%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.90%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.11%) Linux
2 7 (6.31%) Windows
3 4 (3.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.80%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (75.68%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (61.26%) Cloud Security
3 54 (48.65%) Security Architecture
4 51 (45.95%) Information Security
5 45 (40.54%) Incident Response
6 43 (38.74%) Identity Access Management
7 39 (35.14%) Risk Management
8 31 (27.93%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (27.03%) Mentoring
10 29 (26.13%) SABSA
10 29 (26.13%) Vulnerability Management
11 28 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (24.32%) Threat Detection
13 25 (22.52%) Roadmaps
14 24 (21.62%) SIEM
15 23 (20.72%) Data Protection
15 23 (20.72%) Security Operations
15 23 (20.72%) Threat Modelling
16 22 (19.82%) Application Security
16 22 (19.82%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.71%) Python
2 7 (6.31%) Java
2 7 (6.31%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.41%) Bash
4 3 (2.70%) Go
4 3 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (2.70%) SQL
5 2 (1.80%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 109 (98.20%) Cisco Certification
1 109 (98.20%) CISSP
2 87 (78.38%) CCSP
3 69 (62.16%) CISM
4 36 (32.43%) Degree
5 21 (18.92%) Security Cleared
6 18 (16.22%) Master's Degree
7 13 (11.71%) AWS Certification
7 13 (11.71%) Azure Certification
7 13 (11.71%) SC Cleared
8 11 (9.91%) CCSK
8 11 (9.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (9.91%) DV Cleared
8 11 (9.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 10 (9.01%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (9.01%) CRISC
10 9 (8.11%) CEH
11 8 (7.21%) GIAC
12 7 (6.31%) GCIH
13 6 (5.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (61.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (57.66%) NIST
3 29 (26.13%) GDPR
4 20 (18.02%) GRC
5 16 (14.41%) PCI DSS
6 14 (12.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (9.91%) QA
7 11 (9.91%) SOC 2
8 9 (8.11%) NCSC
9 7 (6.31%) NIST 800
10 6 (5.41%) Accessibility
10 6 (5.41%) JSP 440
10 6 (5.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (4.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (2.70%) COBIT
13 2 (1.80%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.90%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (4.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.80%) Docker
3 2 (1.80%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 6 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (3.60%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (2.70%) Ansible
4 3 (2.70%) Cilium
4 3 (2.70%) Grafana
5 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.90%) CASB
Vendors
1 23 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.11%) Google
2 9 (8.11%) SAP
2 9 (8.11%) Splunk
2 9 (8.11%) Tenable
3 8 (7.21%) Qualys
4 5 (4.50%) Cisco
4 5 (4.50%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.60%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.60%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.60%) Ivanti
5 4 (3.60%) Oracle
5 4 (3.60%) Rapid7
5 4 (3.60%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.60%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.60%) Veracode
5 4 (3.60%) VMware
6 3 (2.70%) Netskope
6 3 (2.70%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.80%) Concur