CISSP Jobs 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 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 241 258 272
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 +99
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 677 946 1,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.40% 1.07% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.77% 3.84% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 299 730 815
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £45,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% +3.32%

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 24,455 24,619 28,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.55% 27.84% 33.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,689 15,756 13,179
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in England.

Salary trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Salary Histogram in England

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

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 28 May 2025. 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 -9 245 £75,000 -6.25% 280
Midlands +147 179 £57,500 -17.86% 247
West Midlands +132 123 £57,500 -23.33% 129
South East +90 108 £70,000 +27.27% 410
North of England -47 66 £59,250 +4.87% 309
East Midlands +73 56 £62,500 -6.02% 101
North West -66 43 £56,500 +2.73% 142
South West +47 41 £65,000 -5.11% 185
East of England +27 17 £52,000 -3.70% 216
Yorkshire +40 15 £57,500 +1.77% 121
North East +42 8 £71,250 -10.76% 47
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.44%) Confluence
3 2 (0.30%) IIS
3 2 (0.30%) TPMS
4 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 82 (12.11%) Azure
2 57 (8.42%) AWS
3 31 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (4.58%) SaaS
4 26 (3.84%) Entra ID
5 22 (3.25%) GCP
6 20 (2.95%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (1.77%) IaaS
8 8 (1.18%) PaaS
8 8 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 6 (0.89%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.44%) GitHub
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.44%) Miro
11 3 (0.44%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.30%) Asana
12 2 (0.30%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 104 (15.36%) Firewall
2 40 (5.91%) Network Security
3 29 (4.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 29 (4.28%) VPN
4 11 (1.62%) DNS
4 11 (1.62%) SAN
5 7 (1.03%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.89%) HTTP
6 6 (0.89%) WAN
7 5 (0.74%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.44%) LAN
8 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.30%) DMZ
9 2 (0.30%) Internet
9 2 (0.30%) SCCP
9 2 (0.30%) SMTP
9 2 (0.30%) TACACS
9 2 (0.30%) VoIP
9 2 (0.30%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.18%) Power BI
2 7 (1.03%) MongoDB
3 4 (0.59%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.15%) HBase
6 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (1.62%) JIRA
2 3 (0.44%) Cypress.io
2 3 (0.44%) JMeter
2 3 (0.44%) JUnit
2 3 (0.44%) LoadRunner
2 3 (0.44%) Selenium
2 3 (0.44%) TestRail
3 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.15%) Postman
3 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 233 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 207 (30.58%) Finance
3 104 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.09%) Legal
5 34 (5.02%) Banking
6 25 (3.69%) Public Sector
7 23 (3.40%) Marketing
7 23 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.81%) Electronics
10 18 (2.66%) Retail
11 16 (2.36%) Law
12 12 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.62%) Local Government
14 10 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.03%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.03%) Military
16 6 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 194 (28.66%) Security Engineer
2 170 (25.11%) Analyst
3 158 (23.34%) Security Analyst
4 147 (21.71%) Principal Engineer
4 147 (21.71%) Principal Security Engineer
5 123 (18.17%) Security Manager
6 98 (14.48%) Senior
7 87 (12.85%) Architect
7 87 (12.85%) Principal Security Analyst
7 87 (12.85%) Product Analyst
8 83 (12.26%) Security Architect
9 69 (10.19%) Senior Manager
10 62 (9.16%) IT Manager
11 60 (8.86%) Product Engineer
12 48 (7.09%) Engineering Manager
13 47 (6.94%) Senior Architect
13 47 (6.94%) Senior Security Architect
14 45 (6.65%) Product Architect
15 44 (6.50%) Consultant
16 38 (5.61%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.62%) Leaflet
2 8 (1.18%) LDAP
2 8 (1.18%) SAML
3 7 (1.03%) Kafka
4 6 (0.89%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.74%) OAuth
5 5 (0.74%) OpenID
5 5 (0.74%) RESTful
6 3 (0.44%) HTML
7 2 (0.30%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.30%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.30%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (0.30%) CSS
7 2 (0.30%) EJB
7 2 (0.30%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.30%) Node.js
8 1 (0.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 171 (25.26%) Management Information System
2 66 (9.75%) Security Posture
3 36 (5.32%) Cyber Threat
4 21 (3.10%) Life Science
5 19 (2.81%) Hedge funds
5 19 (2.81%) PKI
6 18 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
8 15 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.07%) Cloud Security Posture
10 13 (1.92%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (1.48%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.33%) Podcast
13 8 (1.18%) Social Media
13 8 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 8 (1.18%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.89%) Freedom of Information
14 6 (0.89%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (0.89%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.83%) Windows
2 14 (2.07%) Linux
3 11 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.18%) Windows Vista
5 2 (0.30%) VMS
6 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (69.72%) Cybersecurity
2 427 (63.07%) Information Security
3 293 (43.28%) Risk Management
4 246 (36.34%) Project Management
5 160 (23.63%) Cyber Resilience
5 160 (23.63%) Security Testing
6 146 (21.57%) Incident Response
7 125 (18.46%) Mentoring
8 106 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
9 100 (14.77%) SIEM
10 96 (14.18%) Agile
11 86 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (12.41%) Cloud Security
13 80 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 75 (11.08%) ITIL
15 64 (9.45%) Security Operations
16 62 (9.16%) Roadmaps
17 60 (8.86%) Computer Science
18 58 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 57 (8.42%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 50 (7.39%) PowerShell
2 39 (5.76%) Python
3 10 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (1.33%) R
5 7 (1.03%) Bash
6 4 (0.59%) SQL
7 3 (0.44%) C++
7 3 (0.44%) Java
8 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.15%) Bicep
9 1 (0.15%) C#
9 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 417 (61.60%) CISM
2 347 (51.26%) Degree
3 193 (28.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 166 (24.52%) CESG Certified Professional
5 92 (13.59%) CISA
6 77 (11.37%) CEH
7 72 (10.64%) CRISC
8 67 (9.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 62 (9.16%) Security Cleared
10 52 (7.68%) Cisco Certification
10 52 (7.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 47 (6.94%) OSCP
12 43 (6.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 41 (6.06%) PMI Certification
14 40 (5.91%) PMP
15 38 (5.61%) GCIH
15 38 (5.61%) SANS
16 37 (5.47%) SC Cleared
17 32 (4.73%) GCIA
18 27 (3.99%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 326 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 304 (44.90%) NIST
3 154 (22.75%) JSP 440
4 151 (22.30%) RMADS
5 77 (11.37%) GDPR
6 71 (10.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 49 (7.24%) GRC
8 44 (6.50%) PCI DSS
9 42 (6.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (4.28%) QA
11 28 (4.14%) SOC 2
12 27 (3.99%) NCSC
13 21 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 19 (2.81%) ITGC
15 14 (2.07%) HIPAA
16 12 (1.77%) Accessibility
17 9 (1.33%) COBIT
17 9 (1.33%) Def Stans
17 9 (1.33%) NIST 800
18 8 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.44%) Docker
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.92%) Terraform
3 12 (1.77%) CASB
4 11 (1.62%) Nessus
5 9 (1.33%) QRadar
6 7 (1.03%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.74%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.59%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.59%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.59%) Puppet
9 3 (0.44%) Ansible
9 3 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.30%) EnCase
10 2 (0.30%) FTK
10 2 (0.30%) Istio
10 2 (0.30%) linkerd
10 2 (0.30%) RSA Security Analytics
11 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.25%) CrowdStrike
2 22 (3.25%) VMware
3 20 (2.95%) Tenable
4 19 (2.81%) SAP
5 16 (2.36%) Cisco
6 15 (2.22%) Splunk
7 11 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.18%) Google
8 8 (1.18%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.18%) Qualys
9 7 (1.03%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.74%) AlienVault
10 5 (0.74%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.59%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.59%) Sophos
12 3 (0.44%) Alibaba
12 3 (0.44%) HP
12 3 (0.44%) Juniper
12 3 (0.44%) Symantec