CISSP Job Trends in Lancashire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 65 42
Rank change year-on-year +9 -23 +36
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 6 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.54% 1.21% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% 2.68% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 1
10th Percentile £53,750 - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £40,000 £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,793 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -10.48% -5.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £65,603
90th Percentile - £59,834 -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +8.33% -12.73% +16.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 736 373 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 65.77% 45.16% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 86 220 64
10th Percentile £27,750 £38,750 £31,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,457 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% +17.65%
75th Percentile £54,793 £58,943 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,499 £67,550 £67,500
North West median annual salary £47,842 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.42% -4.66% -3.67%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Lancashire

CISSP
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CISSP

CISSP
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Preston +10 3 £60,000 -25.00% 1
Blackburn +7 3 £60,000 +9.50%
CISSP
North West

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) BGP
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) LAN
2 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (50.00%) OSPF
2 3 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (50.00%) VLAN
2 3 (50.00%) VPN
2 3 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Network Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (50.00%) Network Management
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCIE
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (33.33%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) GCIA
3 1 (16.67%) GCIH
3 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory