CISSP Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 64 68
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 -16
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 11 2 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.64% 0.31% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.68% 0.93% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 6
10th Percentile - - £55,625
25th Percentile £58,589 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +47.83% -6.12%
75th Percentile £81,250 - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 235 216 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 13.74% 33.44% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 143 91 88
10th Percentile £25,100 - £29,300
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £29,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +62.71% -34.44% -16.28%
75th Percentile £65,625 £39,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £59,652 £58,750
East Midlands median annual salary £53,926 £37,500 £44,225
% change year-on-year +43.80% -15.21% -11.55%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

CISSP
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Nottinghamshire

CISSP
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Nottingham -28 2 £72,500 -14.71% 4
CISSP
East Midlands

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) AWS KMS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 6 (54.55%) Manufacturing
2 5 (45.45%) Aerospace
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Retail
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 4 (36.36%) Security Specialist
2 4 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Platform Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
1 1 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Security Posture
2 5 (45.45%) Cyber Security Posture
2 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
3 4 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (9.09%) PKI
4 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
4 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 9 (81.82%) Offensive Security
3 6 (54.55%) Incident Response
3 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (45.45%) Cloud Security
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (45.45%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (45.45%) Information Security
4 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
4 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (36.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
5 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
5 4 (36.36%) Information Security Governance
5 4 (36.36%) Information Security Management
5 4 (36.36%) ISMS
5 4 (36.36%) Security Management
5 4 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Bash
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) CISM
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (36.36%) CCSP
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (90.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (81.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (36.36%) GRC
5 1 (9.09%) GDPR
5 1 (9.09%) NCSC
5 1 (9.09%) NIST
5 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
1 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Grafana
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) VMware