CISSP Jobs 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 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 179 170 214
Rank change year-on-year -9 +44 +187
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 245 454 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.96% 1.91% 1.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.74% 6.73% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 138 358 445
10th Percentile £56,250 £55,875 £48,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,625 £103,750 £113,750
England median annual salary £71,991 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% - +3.70%

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 4,269 6,741 8,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.12% 28.34% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,783 4,198 5,492
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,250 £87,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £103,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for CISSP in London

CISSP
Salary Histogram in London

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

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 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
Central London -36 22 £76,250 -10.29% 12
West London +17 6 £57,670 +4.85% 32
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 13 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.22%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.24%) Azure
2 25 (10.20%) AWS
3 24 (9.80%) SaaS
4 21 (8.57%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.53%) GCP
5 16 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.45%) IaaS
6 6 (2.45%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.22%) GitHub
9 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.22%) Miro
9 3 (1.22%) PaaS
10 2 (0.82%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.82%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.51%) Firewall
2 17 (6.94%) Network Security
3 9 (3.67%) SAN
4 6 (2.45%) DNS
4 6 (2.45%) VPN
5 5 (2.04%) Kerberos
6 4 (1.63%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.82%) HTTP
8 2 (0.82%) WAN
9 1 (0.41%) 4G
9 1 (0.41%) 5G
9 1 (0.41%) Internet
9 1 (0.41%) IPsec
9 1 (0.41%) LAN
9 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.41%) VLAN
9 1 (0.41%) VoIP
9 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.45%) Power BI
2 3 (1.22%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.41%) HBase
Development Applications
1 9 (3.67%) JIRA
2 3 (1.22%) Cypress.io
2 3 (1.22%) JMeter
2 3 (1.22%) JUnit
2 3 (1.22%) LoadRunner
2 3 (1.22%) Selenium
2 3 (1.22%) TestRail
3 1 (0.41%) Postman
3 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 137 (55.92%) Social Skills
2 128 (52.24%) Finance
3 60 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.06%) Banking
5 22 (8.98%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (8.57%) Marketing
7 19 (7.76%) Public Sector
7 19 (7.76%) Telecoms
8 17 (6.94%) Electronics
8 17 (6.94%) Manufacturing
9 15 (6.12%) Legal
10 12 (4.90%) Law
11 9 (3.67%) Retail
12 5 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Local Government
13 3 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.82%) Military
15 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 56 (22.86%) IT Manager
2 45 (18.37%) Analyst
3 38 (15.51%) Senior
4 36 (14.69%) Security Analyst
5 35 (14.29%) Consultant
6 31 (12.65%) Security Manager
7 29 (11.84%) Security Consultant
8 26 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 24 (9.80%) Senior Manager
9 24 (9.80%) Support Manager
10 21 (8.57%) Managing Consultant
10 21 (8.57%) Senior IT Manager
11 18 (7.35%) Architect
11 18 (7.35%) Audit Manager
11 18 (7.35%) IT Audit Manager
11 18 (7.35%) Operations Manager
11 18 (7.35%) Senior Audit Manager
11 18 (7.35%) Senior IT Audit Manager
12 16 (6.53%) Security Architect
13 15 (6.12%) IT Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.86%) Leaflet
2 6 (2.45%) SailPoint
3 5 (2.04%) LDAP
3 5 (2.04%) OAuth
3 5 (2.04%) OpenID
3 5 (2.04%) RESTful
3 5 (2.04%) SAML
4 2 (0.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.82%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (0.82%) CSS
4 2 (0.82%) HTML
4 2 (0.82%) Node.js
5 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.10%) Management Information System
2 31 (12.65%) Security Posture
3 21 (8.57%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (8.57%) Life Science
4 19 (7.76%) Hedge funds
5 11 (4.49%) PKI
6 9 (3.67%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.67%) Podcast
7 8 (3.27%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.45%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.04%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.04%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.22%) Machine to Machine
11 3 (1.22%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
13 1 (0.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.80%) Windows
2 6 (2.45%) Linux
2 6 (2.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.82%) VMS
4 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (66.94%) Cybersecurity
2 97 (39.59%) Information Security
3 73 (29.80%) Incident Response
4 65 (26.53%) Risk Management
5 61 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (20.41%) ITIL
7 46 (18.78%) SIEM
8 44 (17.96%) Agile
9 41 (16.73%) Project Management
10 36 (14.69%) Computer Science
10 36 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (14.29%) Service Delivery
12 32 (13.06%) Mentoring
13 31 (12.65%) Business Development
13 31 (12.65%) Roadmaps
14 30 (12.24%) Cloud Security
14 30 (12.24%) Regulatory Compliance
15 28 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 27 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (11.02%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.69%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.06%) Python
3 3 (1.22%) R
3 3 (1.22%) SQL
4 2 (0.82%) Bash
4 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.41%) C#
5 1 (0.41%) C++
5 1 (0.41%) Java
5 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (43.67%) CISM
2 81 (33.06%) Degree
3 41 (16.73%) CISA
4 39 (15.92%) OSCP
5 38 (15.51%) CRISC
6 37 (15.10%) PMI Certification
7 36 (14.69%) PMP
8 34 (13.88%) CEH
8 34 (13.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (13.06%) CompTIA Security+
9 32 (13.06%) GCIH
10 30 (12.24%) GCIA
11 27 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (9.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 21 (8.57%) CCSP
14 18 (7.35%) SANS
15 13 (5.31%) Master's Degree
16 10 (4.08%) AWS Certification
16 10 (4.08%) OSCE
17 9 (3.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (30.61%) NIST
2 65 (26.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (15.10%) GDPR
4 36 (14.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 29 (11.84%) GRC
5 29 (11.84%) QA
6 21 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (7.35%) ITGC
7 18 (7.35%) PCI DSS
8 8 (3.27%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.86%) NIST 800
10 6 (2.45%) NCSC
11 5 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (1.63%) Accessibility
12 4 (1.63%) COBIT
12 4 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 11 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) HDFS
3 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.08%) Terraform
2 6 (2.45%) CASB
2 6 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.04%) CSIRT
3 5 (2.04%) QRadar
4 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.63%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.63%) Puppet
5 3 (1.22%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.82%) Istio
6 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.82%) linkerd
7 1 (0.41%) Ansible
7 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.41%) Nessus
7 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 31 (12.65%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.35%) CrowdStrike
3 17 (6.94%) SAP
4 11 (4.49%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.27%) Google
5 8 (3.27%) Splunk
6 5 (2.04%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.22%) Alibaba
7 3 (1.22%) Cisco
7 3 (1.22%) Juniper
7 3 (1.22%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.22%) Symantec
7 3 (1.22%) Zscaler
8 2 (0.82%) Qualys
8 2 (0.82%) Tenable
8 2 (0.82%) VMware
9 1 (0.41%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.41%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.41%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.41%) Palo Alto