CCSP Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.39% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,538 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.83% +23.08% -16.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 170 143 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 33.53% 36.11% 34.85%
Number of salaries quoted 50 41 77
10th Percentile £35,895 - £29,994
25th Percentile £38,000 £34,112 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £40,221 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.42% -30.05% +35.29%
75th Percentile £64,688 £62,365 £69,500
90th Percentile £79,411 £74,144 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCSP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

CCSP job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

CCSP
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CCSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CCSP

CCSP
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 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
County Antrim - 2 £57,500 -
CCSP
UK

CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) SNA
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) WLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft