(ISC)2 CCSP Job Trends in the North West

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 191 184
Rank change year-on-year +15 -7 +117
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 3 14 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.049% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.70% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 7
10th Percentile £55,500 £70,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £65,625 £72,500 £58,405
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £93,125
90th Percentile - £80,750 £110,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +11.11% -10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

(ISC)2 CCSP 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,816 1,989 966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 45.69% 38.25% 24.86%
Number of salaries quoted 679 867 630
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,400 £30,450
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £41,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -4.66% -3.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in the North West

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP in the North West over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the North West

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Manchester +9 3 £85,000 +13.33%
(ISC)2 CCSP
England

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft