CISSP Job Trends in Manchester

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 114 161
Rank change year-on-year -44 +47 +37
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 6 32 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.11% 1.53% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 4.27% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4 25 48
10th Percentile - £54,354 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +15.38% +10.35%
75th Percentile £81,313 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,925 - £87,500
North West median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year - +22.54% +5.87%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,108 750 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 21.08% 35.75% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 468 432 786
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,480 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,438 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £52,500 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% -4.02% -5.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £51,500 £50,055 £48,000
% change year-on-year +2.89% +4.28% -12.73%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Manchester

CISSP
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Manchester

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Social Housing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Information Risk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Risk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Head of Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Head of Security
3 1 (16.67%) Information Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Housing Association
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
1 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
4 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) SFIA
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CCNP
2 2 (33.33%) CEH
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) CISMP
2 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (33.33%) CRISC
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (16.67%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (33.33%) GRC
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 22301
4 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS