CISSP Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 180 171
Rank change year-on-year +53 -9 +71
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 343 265 417
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.02% 1.95% 1.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.02% 5.82% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 203 162 328
10th Percentile £60,000 £57,670 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £126,750 £119,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,278 4,556 5,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.25% 33.55% 27.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,294 1,959 4,156
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in London

CISSP
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in London

CISSP
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the London region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Central London +56 80 £80,000 -5.88% 25
East London - 31 £90,000 - 6
West London +2 24 £67,500 +17.05% 1
South London - 2 £74,600 -
North London +4 1 £80,000 +23.08%
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.29%) Apache
3 1 (0.29%) Confluence
3 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 111 (32.36%) Azure
2 73 (21.28%) AWS
3 38 (11.08%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (9.62%) GCP
5 30 (8.75%) Entra ID
6 25 (7.29%) SaaS
7 16 (4.66%) PaaS
8 14 (4.08%) IaaS
9 11 (3.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (2.92%) Nutanix
11 9 (2.62%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (2.04%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.46%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.46%) Tessian
14 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.87%) ChatGPT
15 3 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (0.87%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.62%) Firewall
2 41 (11.95%) Network Security
3 24 (7.00%) CHAP
4 12 (3.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 11 (3.21%) SD-WAN
5 11 (3.21%) WAN
6 8 (2.33%) VPN
7 6 (1.75%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.17%) DHCP
8 4 (1.17%) DNS
9 2 (0.58%) DKIM
9 2 (0.58%) DMARC
10 1 (0.29%) DMZ
10 1 (0.29%) HTTP
10 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.29%) Internet
10 1 (0.29%) LAN
10 1 (0.29%) Modbus
10 1 (0.29%) SCCP
10 1 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.08%) Tableau
2 5 (1.46%) Metadata
2 5 (1.46%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.46%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.46%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.17%) Power BI
4 2 (0.58%) Big Data
4 2 (0.58%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.46%) Git
3 2 (0.58%) GitLab
3 2 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 185 (53.94%) Finance
2 144 (41.98%) Social Skills
3 92 (26.82%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (24.20%) Banking
5 65 (18.95%) Legal
6 47 (13.70%) Retail
7 38 (11.08%) Financial Institution
8 37 (10.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (10.79%) Law
9 18 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (4.96%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (4.08%) Local Government
11 14 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.62%) Public Sector
13 7 (2.04%) Back Office
13 7 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.75%) Aviation
14 6 (1.75%) Marketing
15 5 (1.46%) Advertising
16 4 (1.17%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (15.45%) Senior
2 48 (13.99%) Security Engineer
3 45 (13.12%) Lead
4 36 (10.50%) Analyst
5 31 (9.04%) Architect
5 31 (9.04%) Auditor
6 30 (8.75%) Security Manager
7 26 (7.58%) IT Manager
7 26 (7.58%) Security Analyst
8 25 (7.29%) Consultant
8 25 (7.29%) Internal Auditor
9 24 (7.00%) Head of Security
9 24 (7.00%) Security Auditor
9 24 (7.00%) Senior Manager
10 22 (6.41%) Python Engineer
11 18 (5.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 18 (5.25%) Security Architect
12 16 (4.66%) Risk Manager
13 14 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
13 14 (4.08%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.37%) OAuth
2 14 (4.08%) OpenID
3 12 (3.50%) SAML
4 5 (1.46%) LDAP
4 5 (1.46%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.87%) Middleware
5 3 (0.87%) REST
6 2 (0.58%) RESTful
7 1 (0.29%) .NET
7 1 (0.29%) ADO
7 1 (0.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 100 (29.15%) Management Information System
2 68 (19.83%) Security Posture
3 23 (6.71%) Hedge funds
4 17 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.08%) Blockchain
6 12 (3.50%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (2.92%) PKI
9 9 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (2.04%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (2.04%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.75%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.46%) Blog
12 5 (1.46%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (1.17%) Cyberattack
13 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.87%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.87%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.08%) Windows
2 30 (8.75%) Linux
3 17 (4.96%) Unix
4 11 (3.21%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.58%) AIX
7 1 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (62.68%) Information Security
2 207 (60.35%) Cybersecurity
3 174 (50.73%) Risk Management
4 140 (40.82%) Incident Response
5 71 (20.70%) Cloud Security
6 70 (20.41%) SIEM
7 68 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (19.53%) Vulnerability Management
9 62 (18.08%) Data Protection
10 58 (16.91%) Computer Science
10 58 (16.91%) Security Architecture
11 55 (16.03%) Agile
11 55 (16.03%) Project Management
12 54 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (15.74%) Internal Audit
13 50 (14.58%) Analytics
13 50 (14.58%) Security Operations
14 49 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
15 46 (13.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 45 (13.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.20%) Python
2 26 (7.58%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.96%) Bash
4 15 (4.37%) SQL
5 3 (0.87%) R
6 1 (0.29%) Bicep
6 1 (0.29%) C#
6 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.29%) Perl
6 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 196 (57.14%) CISM
2 123 (35.86%) CISA
3 95 (27.70%) Degree
4 69 (20.12%) CRISC
5 43 (12.54%) SANS
6 42 (12.24%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (11.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 34 (9.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (7.58%) CompTIA Security+
9 26 (7.58%) FFIEC
10 25 (7.29%) CGEIT
11 22 (6.41%) CCSP
11 22 (6.41%) CEH
12 20 (5.83%) Security Cleared
13 16 (4.66%) ISACA
14 15 (4.37%) CompTIA CySA+
14 15 (4.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (4.08%) GIAC
15 14 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (3.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (50.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 158 (46.06%) NIST
3 76 (22.16%) GDPR
4 50 (14.58%) GRC
5 45 (13.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 33 (9.62%) COBIT
6 33 (9.62%) PCI DSS
7 29 (8.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 26 (7.58%) QA
9 24 (7.00%) NIST 800
10 17 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (3.79%) SOC 2
12 12 (3.50%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (2.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (2.33%) Data Quality
15 6 (1.75%) ISAE 3402
15 6 (1.75%) JSP 440
16 5 (1.46%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (1.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.46%) Docker
3 4 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.87%) IAG
5 1 (0.29%) NLBS
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (5.25%) Terraform
2 14 (4.08%) RSA Archer
2 14 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (3.50%) CASB
3 12 (3.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 10 (2.92%) SCCM
5 8 (2.33%) Ansible
5 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.75%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.29%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 78 (22.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.04%) Google
3 18 (5.25%) Palo Alto
4 15 (4.37%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (3.79%) iManage
6 12 (3.50%) CyberArk
7 11 (3.21%) Oracle
8 9 (2.62%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.75%) Thales
10 5 (1.46%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.17%) Cisco
11 4 (1.17%) ForgeRock
11 4 (1.17%) Okta
11 4 (1.17%) SAP
11 4 (1.17%) Tenable
11 4 (1.17%) VMware
12 3 (0.87%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.87%) IFS
12 3 (0.87%) Splunk
13 2 (0.58%) Intel