CISSP Jobs in the North of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 308 308
Rank change year-on-year +65 0 -67
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 156 126 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.90% 0.72% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.01% 2.38% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 124 74 89
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,463 £41,850
25th Percentile £52,084 £47,500 £49,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £59,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% +3.48% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £86,000
England median annual salary £71,217 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.74% +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,891 5,290 5,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.54% 30.34% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,654 1,763 2,480
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,800 £28,170
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £47,625
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +10.24% -4.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,574 £64,106
90th Percentile £78,061 £83,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the North of England.

Salary trend for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the North of England

CISSP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
North West +56 106 £55,000 -4.86% 18
Yorkshire +75 36 £62,759 -3.45% 6
North East +3 14 £79,842 +27.75% 5
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) Apache
2 1 (0.64%) IIS
2 1 (0.64%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (38.46%) Azure
2 36 (23.08%) AWS
3 16 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.05%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (4.49%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (3.21%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.56%) PaaS
10 3 (1.92%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.28%) GCP
11 2 (1.28%) IaaS
11 2 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (32.69%) WAN
2 48 (30.77%) Firewall
3 45 (28.85%) Network Security
4 26 (16.67%) SD-WAN
5 25 (16.03%) LAN
6 23 (14.74%) VPN
7 16 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (9.62%) TCP/IP
9 10 (6.41%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (6.41%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (3.85%) Wireshark
11 5 (3.21%) DHCP
11 5 (3.21%) DNS
12 4 (2.56%) NetScaler
13 3 (1.92%) Internet
13 3 (1.92%) VLAN
13 3 (1.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (3.21%) NoSQL
1 5 (3.21%) Redis
General
1 30 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.38%) Military
3 18 (11.54%) Finance
4 12 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.41%) Legal
6 9 (5.77%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.49%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.21%) Retail
9 4 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Law
12 1 (0.64%) Automotive
12 1 (0.64%) Back Office
12 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.64%) Games
12 1 (0.64%) Local Government
12 1 (0.64%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.64%) Marketing
12 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (29.49%) Architect
2 36 (23.08%) Security Architect
3 26 (16.67%) Lead
4 23 (14.74%) Incident Manager
4 23 (14.74%) Vulnerability Manager
5 20 (12.82%) Lead Architect
5 20 (12.82%) Lead Security Architect
6 19 (12.18%) Analyst
7 17 (10.90%) Security Analyst
8 14 (8.97%) IT Engineer
8 14 (8.97%) Network Engineer
8 14 (8.97%) Security Manager
9 13 (8.33%) Senior
10 12 (7.69%) Senior Architect
11 9 (5.77%) IT Manager
11 9 (5.77%) Senior Security Architect
12 7 (4.49%) Security Engineer
13 6 (3.85%) Enterprise Architect
13 6 (3.85%) Information Analyst
13 6 (3.85%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 71 (45.51%) Management Information System
2 26 (16.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 18 (11.54%) Data Centre
4 17 (10.90%) Security Posture
5 13 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (4.49%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.85%) Cyberattack
7 6 (3.85%) IoT
8 5 (3.21%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.92%) NHS
10 3 (1.92%) PMI
11 2 (1.28%) Anti-Spyware
11 2 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.28%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (1.28%) Life Science
11 2 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.26%) Windows
2 6 (3.85%) Android
2 6 (3.85%) Apple iOS
2 6 (3.85%) Linux
3 4 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (56.41%) Information Security
2 82 (52.56%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (25.64%) Incident Response
4 34 (21.79%) Vulnerability Management
5 33 (21.15%) Secure Coding
6 32 (20.51%) Security Architecture
7 29 (18.59%) Incident Management
8 27 (17.31%) ITIL
8 27 (17.31%) OWASP
9 26 (16.67%) Application Security
9 26 (16.67%) Identity Management
10 25 (16.03%) Computer Science
10 25 (16.03%) Risk Management
11 23 (14.74%) Root Cause Analysis
11 23 (14.74%) SIEM
12 20 (12.82%) CI/CD
12 20 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (12.82%) Service Delivery
13 19 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (11.54%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 13 (8.33%) Python
2 7 (4.49%) Bash
3 5 (3.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (54.49%) CISM
2 60 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
3 51 (32.69%) Degree
4 40 (25.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 34 (21.79%) CCSP
6 33 (21.15%) Azure Certification
7 30 (19.23%) AWS Certification
8 26 (16.67%) CCSK
9 23 (14.74%) CISA
10 16 (10.26%) CEH
11 14 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (8.97%) SANS
12 13 (8.33%) CCIE
12 13 (8.33%) CCNP
13 12 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (7.05%) CRISC
15 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (4.49%) CCNA
16 7 (4.49%) GIAC
16 7 (4.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (34.62%) NIST
2 38 (24.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (12.82%) PCI DSS
4 13 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (7.69%) GDPR
6 8 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.85%) SOC 2
8 5 (3.21%) GRC
9 3 (1.92%) QA
9 3 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.28%) COBIT
10 2 (1.28%) GLBA
10 2 (1.28%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.28%) NCSC
11 1 (0.64%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.64%) FISMA
11 1 (0.64%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (16.67%) Docker
2 12 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (3.21%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.56%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (19.87%) Kubernetes
2 26 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.49%) Nessus
5 6 (3.85%) Nmap
6 5 (3.21%) Grafana
6 5 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.21%) SCOM
7 1 (0.64%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 32 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.54%) Cisco
3 14 (8.97%) Meraki
4 10 (6.41%) Palo Alto
5 8 (5.13%) Citrix
5 8 (5.13%) Dell
6 7 (4.49%) Qualys
6 7 (4.49%) VMware
7 6 (3.85%) Oracle
7 6 (3.85%) Rapid7
7 6 (3.85%) Splunk
7 6 (3.85%) Thycotic
8 5 (3.21%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.64%) iManage
10 1 (0.64%) Intel
10 1 (0.64%) SAP