CISSP Job Trends in Hampshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 126 111
Rank change year-on-year +18 -15 +23
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 14 34 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.56% 1.26% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.84% 2.40% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12 31 11
10th Percentile £36,250 £62,500 £56,500
25th Percentile £43,477 £67,250 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,212 £76,500 £61,700
Median % change year-on-year -30.44% +23.99% -11.86%
75th Percentile £71,563 £78,750 £62,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +15.70% -6.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 759 1,415 749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 30.60% 52.23% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 446 847 387
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,783 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £75,188 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.18% +1.06%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Hampshire

CISSP
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Hampshire over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Hampshire

CISSP
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Southampton +8 5 £48,924 -30.11% 1
Farnborough - 3 £70,000 -
Basingstoke +10 2 £57,500 - 2
Portsmouth -5 1 - - 3
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) BGP
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) IKE
1 1 (7.14%) IPsec
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
1 1 (7.14%) OSPF
1 1 (7.14%) SSL
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) WLAN
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Security Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Security Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Information Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Information Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Technical Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Information Security
2 8 (57.14%) Decision-Making
3 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (35.71%) Data Protection
5 4 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 3 (21.43%) Change Management
6 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
6 3 (21.43%) Contract Management
6 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
6 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 3 (21.43%) Security Management
6 3 (21.43%) Supply Chain Management
6 3 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (21.43%) Zero Trust
7 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (14.29%) ERP
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) Project Management
7 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) CISM
2 4 (28.57%) CISA
3 3 (21.43%) CISMP
3 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 2 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (7.14%) CCNA
5 1 (7.14%) CCNP
5 1 (7.14%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Degree
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (21.43%) GDPR
2 3 (21.43%) GRC
2 3 (21.43%) NCSC
2 3 (21.43%) NIST
3 2 (14.29%) JSP 440
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco
1 1 (7.14%) Citrix
1 1 (7.14%) HP
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto