CISSP Job Trends in Merseyside

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 78 61 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.078% 0.18% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 0.47% -
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 - - -
North West median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - +2.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 146 211 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.40% 37.95% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 49 35 84
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,032 £25,825
25th Percentile £33,750 £30,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £75,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Merseyside

CISSP
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing CISSP

CISSP
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Liverpool -23 1 £62,500 - 3
CISSP
North West

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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