CISSP Job Trends in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 222 255
Rank change year-on-year -9 +33 +23
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 650 538 899
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.85% 1.45% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.22% 3.55% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 397 342 700
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,670 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £119,700 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% - +3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,181 15,134 23,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.40% 40.76% 27.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8,117 7,070 15,702
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,174
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £54,196
% change year-on-year +0.87% +6.10% -5.75%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in England

CISSP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in England over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in England

CISSP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the England region over the 6 months to 17 April 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 +50 378 £87,500 +16.67% 74
South West +5 80 £70,000 +7.69% 22
Midlands -31 74 £60,000 +2.13% 19
North of England -61 50 £65,000 +4.00% 36
South East -79 44 £68,750 +5.77% 42
West Midlands -29 40 £66,250 +15.22% 12
East Midlands -21 34 £51,058 -18.31% 7
Yorkshire -45 22 £56,014 -2.58% 12
North West -44 18 £68,750 +10.00% 19
East of England -26 14 £57,500 -22.30% 16
North East -31 10 £75,000 +7.14% 5
CISSP
UK

CISSP
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 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.62%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.15%) Apache
4 1 (0.15%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 178 (27.38%) Azure
2 126 (19.38%) AWS
3 64 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (7.38%) GCP
5 43 (6.62%) Entra ID
6 34 (5.23%) SaaS
7 19 (2.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 19 (2.92%) PaaS
8 17 (2.62%) IaaS
9 11 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.69%) Nutanix
9 11 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (1.54%) GitHub
10 10 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (0.92%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 89 (13.69%) Firewall
2 60 (9.23%) Network Security
3 27 (4.15%) CHAP
4 14 (2.15%) VPN
5 13 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (2.00%) SD-WAN
5 13 (2.00%) WAN
6 10 (1.54%) Kerberos
7 8 (1.23%) DNS
8 5 (0.77%) DHCP
9 4 (0.62%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.46%) HTTP
10 3 (0.46%) Internet
11 2 (0.31%) DKIM
11 2 (0.31%) DMARC
11 2 (0.31%) InfiniBand
11 2 (0.31%) SSH
11 2 (0.31%) SSL
12 1 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.54%) Tableau
2 4 (0.62%) Big Data
2 4 (0.62%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.46%) DB2
3 3 (0.46%) Metadata
3 3 (0.46%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.46%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.31%) Power BI
5 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (2.77%) Jenkins
2 6 (0.92%) Burp Suite
2 6 (0.92%) Git
2 6 (0.92%) Metasploit
3 5 (0.77%) GitLab
4 3 (0.46%) JIRA
5 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 323 (49.69%) Finance
2 267 (41.08%) Social Skills
3 150 (23.08%) Banking
4 136 (20.92%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (13.23%) Legal
6 79 (12.15%) Retail
7 64 (9.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (6.92%) Law
9 43 (6.62%) Financial Institution
10 40 (6.15%) Public Sector
11 32 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (3.69%) Local Government
13 22 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
13 22 (3.38%) Marketing
14 20 (3.08%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.15%) Electronics
15 14 (2.15%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (1.38%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 78 (12.00%) Senior
2 77 (11.85%) Analyst
3 76 (11.69%) Architect
4 73 (11.23%) Lead
5 70 (10.77%) Security Engineer
6 68 (10.46%) Consultant
7 59 (9.08%) Security Analyst
8 55 (8.46%) Security Architect
9 54 (8.31%) Security Manager
10 41 (6.31%) Security Consultant
11 40 (6.15%) IT Manager
12 33 (5.08%) Auditor
13 32 (4.92%) Head of Security
14 29 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 29 (4.46%) Information Analyst
15 28 (4.31%) Information Security Analyst
15 28 (4.31%) Security Auditor
16 24 (3.69%) Internal Auditor
16 24 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
17 23 (3.54%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.54%) OAuth
2 21 (3.23%) OpenID
3 17 (2.62%) SAML
4 13 (2.00%) SAP CAF
5 10 (1.54%) LDAP
6 7 (1.08%) REST
7 6 (0.92%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.62%) Middleware
8 4 (0.62%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.31%) PyTorch
9 2 (0.31%) RESTful
9 2 (0.31%) TensorFlow
10 1 (0.15%) .NET
10 1 (0.15%) ADO
10 1 (0.15%) JWT
10 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 123 (18.92%) Security Posture
2 122 (18.77%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.54%) Hedge funds
4 22 (3.38%) Cyber Threat
5 21 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
6 20 (3.08%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.92%) Cyber Security Posture
8 18 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (2.46%) Security Operations Centre
10 15 (2.31%) Blockchain
10 15 (2.31%) PKI
11 13 (2.00%) Insider Threat
12 11 (1.69%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.69%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.23%) Operational Technology
15 7 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.08%) Blog
15 7 (1.08%) Cyberattack
16 5 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.85%) Windows
2 33 (5.08%) Linux
3 15 (2.31%) Unix
4 11 (1.69%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.92%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.46%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (59.08%) Cybersecurity
2 354 (54.46%) Information Security
3 283 (43.54%) Risk Management
4 187 (28.77%) Incident Response
5 134 (20.62%) Risk Assessment
6 128 (19.69%) Roadmaps
7 121 (18.62%) SIEM
8 112 (17.23%) Cloud Security
9 110 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (16.92%) Vulnerability Management
10 105 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 105 (16.15%) Security Architecture
11 90 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 89 (13.69%) Mentoring
13 84 (12.92%) Agile
14 83 (12.77%) Project Management
15 80 (12.31%) Data Protection
16 79 (12.15%) Security Operations
17 76 (11.69%) Internal Audit
18 75 (11.54%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.23%) PowerShell
1 47 (7.23%) Python
2 28 (4.31%) Bash
3 12 (1.85%) SQL
4 3 (0.46%) Perl
5 2 (0.31%) C
5 2 (0.31%) Go
5 2 (0.31%) Ruby
6 1 (0.15%) Bicep
6 1 (0.15%) C#
6 1 (0.15%) Java
6 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 351 (54.00%) CISM
2 201 (30.92%) CISA
3 152 (23.38%) Degree
4 145 (22.31%) CRISC
5 99 (15.23%) Cisco Certification
6 98 (15.08%) Security Cleared
7 79 (12.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 70 (10.77%) SC Cleared
9 66 (10.15%) SANS
10 63 (9.69%) CompTIA Security+
11 55 (8.46%) CEH
12 50 (7.69%) CCSP
13 47 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
14 42 (6.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 39 (6.00%) DV Cleared
16 34 (5.23%) OSCP
17 33 (5.08%) GIAC
18 32 (4.92%) CGEIT
19 30 (4.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
20 29 (4.46%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 349 (53.69%) NIST
2 326 (50.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 122 (18.77%) GDPR
4 107 (16.46%) PCI DSS
5 103 (15.85%) GRC
6 98 (15.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 54 (8.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 48 (7.38%) COBIT
9 40 (6.15%) QA
10 36 (5.54%) NIST 800
11 33 (5.08%) NCSC
12 27 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 22 (3.38%) SOC 2
14 21 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 20 (3.08%) Actionable Recommendations
16 14 (2.15%) ITGC
16 14 (2.15%) JSP 440
17 10 (1.54%) Accessibility
18 9 (1.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
19 7 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 28 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.54%) IAG
3 7 (1.08%) Docker
4 5 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.31%) GPFS
6 2 (0.31%) Lustre
6 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.15%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 23 (3.54%) Terraform
2 17 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (2.15%) Ansible
4 13 (2.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 13 (2.00%) RSA Archer
5 11 (1.69%) CASB
5 11 (1.69%) Kubernetes
6 10 (1.54%) SCCM
7 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.92%) Nmap
9 4 (0.62%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.31%) Nessus
10 2 (0.31%) SELinux
11 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.15%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.15%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 126 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.85%) Google
3 30 (4.62%) SAP
4 25 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 20 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
6 19 (2.92%) CyberArk
7 17 (2.62%) Cisco
7 17 (2.62%) iManage
8 14 (2.15%) Oracle
9 13 (2.00%) Rapid7
10 10 (1.54%) IFS
10 10 (1.54%) Splunk
10 10 (1.54%) Thales
11 8 (1.23%) Tenable
12 6 (0.92%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.92%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.77%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.77%) Okta
13 5 (0.77%) Qualys
13 5 (0.77%) VMware