CISSP Job Trends in Liverpool

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Liverpool with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 47 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 0.093% 0.26% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.75% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 132 133 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Liverpool 12.32% 34.19% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 36 30 77
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,125 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.75% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,625 £60,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,125 £75,250
Merseyside median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +35.71% -30.00% +11.11%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Liverpool

CISSP
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC