CISSP Job Trends 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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 106 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 7.63% 2.24% -
As % of the Qualifications category 42.57% 9.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +14.81% -6.90% +3.57%

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 249 75 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.91% 24.04% 30.30%
Number of salaries quoted 34 28 61
10th Percentile £24,000 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,125 £34,112
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £59,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +31.11% -15.89%
75th Percentile £73,462 £75,069 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £93,750 £69,800
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.25%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

CISSP
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CISSP

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 10 September 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 -7 50 - - 6
County Down - 35 - -
County Armagh - 17 - -
County Tyrone - 4 - -
Newry - 1 - -
CISSP
UK

CISSP
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 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 106 (100.00%) Azure
2 58 (54.72%) Entra ID
3 48 (45.28%) AWS
3 48 (45.28%) SaaS
4 1 (0.94%) Azure Stack
4 1 (0.94%) IaaS
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.94%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.94%) Big Data
General
1 58 (54.72%) Legal
1 58 (54.72%) Social Skills
2 55 (51.89%) Law
3 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.94%) Finance
3 1 (0.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 58 (54.72%) Senior
1 58 (54.72%) Senior Manager
2 47 (44.34%) IT Manager
2 47 (44.34%) IT Services Manager
2 47 (44.34%) Resilience Manager
2 47 (44.34%) Service Manager
3 1 (0.94%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (0.94%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (0.94%) Information Specialist
3 1 (0.94%) Security Specialist
3 1 (0.94%) Technical Assurance Specialist
3 1 (0.94%) Technical Security Specialist
3 1 (0.94%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (44.34%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (44.34%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (100.00%) Information Security
2 105 (99.06%) ITIL
2 105 (99.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 59 (55.66%) AI
3 59 (55.66%) Collaborative Working
3 59 (55.66%) Cybersecurity
4 58 (54.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 58 (54.72%) Identity Access Management
4 58 (54.72%) Mentoring
4 58 (54.72%) Performance Management
4 58 (54.72%) PRINCE2
4 58 (54.72%) Privileged Access Management
4 58 (54.72%) Programme Management
4 58 (54.72%) RBAC
4 58 (54.72%) Strategic Planning
4 58 (54.72%) TOGAF
5 48 (45.28%) Agile
6 47 (44.34%) Business Continuity
6 47 (44.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 47 (44.34%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 106 (100.00%) CISM
2 58 (54.72%) A+ Certification
2 58 (54.72%) Network+ Certification
3 47 (44.34%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.94%) CCSK
4 1 (0.94%) CCSP
4 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.94%) Degree
4 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (45.28%) NIST
2 47 (44.34%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.94%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.94%) NCSC
3 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
System Software
1 58 (54.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (54.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (54.72%) CyberArk
1 58 (54.72%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle
2 1 (0.94%) Thales