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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 316 326
Rank change year-on-year +79 +10 -59
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 161 121 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.91% 0.72% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.11% 2.37% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 130 72 87
10th Percentile £39,750 £43,275 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,084 £47,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £59,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% +2.61% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £70,000 £70,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £90,000
England median annual salary £71,217 £70,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +2.94% +4.62%

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 3,919 5,110 5,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.19% 30.36% 28.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,705 1,742 2,442
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,882 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +15.54% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +41 110 £55,000 -4.60% 13
Yorkshire +60 37 £56,500 -13.08% 14
North East +5 14 £79,842 +14.06% 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 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.62%) Apache
2 1 (0.62%) IIS
2 1 (0.62%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 59 (36.65%) Azure
2 35 (21.74%) AWS
3 16 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.83%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (4.35%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (3.11%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.48%) PaaS
9 3 (1.86%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.86%) SaaS
10 2 (1.24%) GCP
10 2 (1.24%) IaaS
11 1 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 51 (31.68%) WAN
2 49 (30.43%) Firewall
3 47 (29.19%) Network Security
4 26 (16.15%) SD-WAN
5 25 (15.53%) LAN
6 23 (14.29%) VPN
7 16 (9.94%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (9.32%) TCP/IP
9 10 (6.21%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (6.21%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (3.73%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (3.73%) Wireshark
11 5 (3.11%) DHCP
11 5 (3.11%) DNS
12 4 (2.48%) NetScaler
13 3 (1.86%) Internet
13 3 (1.86%) VLAN
13 3 (1.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (3.11%) NoSQL
1 5 (3.11%) Redis
General
1 32 (19.88%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.91%) Military
3 19 (11.80%) Finance
4 13 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Legal
5 10 (6.21%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.97%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.11%) Retail
8 4 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Automotive
11 1 (0.62%) Back Office
11 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.62%) Games
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
11 1 (0.62%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.62%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (27.95%) Architect
2 36 (22.36%) Security Architect
3 26 (16.15%) Lead
4 23 (14.29%) Incident Manager
4 23 (14.29%) Vulnerability Manager
5 20 (12.42%) Analyst
5 20 (12.42%) Lead Architect
5 20 (12.42%) Lead Security Architect
6 18 (11.18%) Security Analyst
7 14 (8.70%) IT Engineer
7 14 (8.70%) Network Engineer
8 13 (8.07%) Security Manager
8 13 (8.07%) Senior
9 12 (7.45%) Senior Architect
10 9 (5.59%) IT Manager
10 9 (5.59%) Senior Security Architect
11 7 (4.35%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.73%) Information Analyst
12 6 (3.73%) Information Security Analyst
12 6 (3.73%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 70 (43.48%) Management Information System
2 26 (16.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 18 (11.18%) Data Centre
4 17 (10.56%) Security Posture
5 13 (8.07%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.73%) IoT
8 5 (3.11%) Cyberattack
8 5 (3.11%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.48%) NHS
10 3 (1.86%) PMI
11 2 (1.24%) Anti-Spyware
11 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (1.24%) Life Science
11 2 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.62%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.80%) Windows
2 8 (4.97%) Linux
3 6 (3.73%) Android
3 6 (3.73%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (54.04%) Information Security
2 84 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (26.09%) Incident Response
4 34 (21.12%) Vulnerability Management
5 33 (20.50%) Secure Coding
6 32 (19.88%) Security Architecture
7 31 (19.25%) ITIL
8 29 (18.01%) Incident Management
8 29 (18.01%) Risk Management
9 27 (16.77%) OWASP
10 26 (16.15%) Application Security
10 26 (16.15%) Computer Science
10 26 (16.15%) Identity Management
11 24 (14.91%) SIEM
12 23 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
12 23 (14.29%) Service Delivery
13 22 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (12.42%) CI/CD
15 19 (11.80%) Cloud Security
15 19 (11.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.07%) PowerShell
1 13 (8.07%) Python
2 7 (4.35%) Bash
3 5 (3.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (53.42%) CISM
2 60 (37.27%) Cisco Certification
3 51 (31.68%) Degree
4 40 (24.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 34 (21.12%) CCSP
6 32 (19.88%) Azure Certification
7 30 (18.63%) AWS Certification
8 26 (16.15%) CCSK
9 22 (13.66%) CISA
10 16 (9.94%) CEH
11 15 (9.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (8.70%) SANS
13 13 (8.07%) CCIE
13 13 (8.07%) CCNP
14 11 (6.83%) CRISC
15 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (4.97%) PMI Certification
16 7 (4.35%) CCNA
16 7 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (34.78%) NIST
2 38 (23.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (12.42%) PCI DSS
4 15 (9.32%) GDPR
5 13 (8.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.73%) SOC 2
8 5 (3.11%) GRC
9 3 (1.86%) QA
9 3 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.24%) COBIT
10 2 (1.24%) GLBA
10 2 (1.24%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.62%) FISMA
11 1 (0.62%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.62%) NCSC
11 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (16.15%) Docker
2 12 (7.45%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (3.11%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.48%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (19.25%) Kubernetes
2 26 (16.15%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.35%) Nessus
5 6 (3.73%) Nmap
6 5 (3.11%) Grafana
6 5 (3.11%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.11%) SCOM
7 1 (0.62%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 31 (19.25%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.18%) Cisco
3 14 (8.70%) Meraki
4 10 (6.21%) Palo Alto
5 8 (4.97%) Citrix
5 8 (4.97%) Dell
6 7 (4.35%) Qualys
6 7 (4.35%) VMware
7 6 (3.73%) Oracle
7 6 (3.73%) Rapid7
7 6 (3.73%) Splunk
7 6 (3.73%) Thycotic
8 5 (3.11%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.62%) iManage
10 1 (0.62%) Intel
10 1 (0.62%) SAP