CISSP Jobs in Northern Ireland

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -20
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 10 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.89% - 1.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.08% - 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £34,313
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.11%
75th Percentile - - £58,750
90th Percentile - - £60,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% +3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 71 245 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 27.63% 32.62% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15 75 71
10th Percentile £34,838 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £51,875 £32,748 £32,264
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.19% +2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £91,041 £62,200 £60,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £75,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Northern Ireland

CISSP
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for CISSP in Northern Ireland

CISSP
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 CISSP within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 - 10 - - 10
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) AppScan
1 3 (30.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (30.00%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (80.00%) Legal
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Operations Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (50.00%) Information Security
4 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Change
4 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (30.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (20.00%) Data Encryption
7 1 (10.00%) Analytics
7 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (40.00%) CISA
3 4 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (30.00%) GIAC
4 3 (30.00%) GPEN
4 3 (30.00%) GWAPT
4 3 (30.00%) OSCP
5 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
5 1 (10.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Trustwave
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Google
3 1 (10.00%) Proofpoint