CISSP Job Trends in Preston

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 27 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 +21
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.39% 0.71% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.50% 1.33% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +50.04%
Lancashire median annual salary £60,000 £47,397 £70,000
% change year-on-year +26.59% -32.29% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 40 75 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 55.56% 53.57% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23 50 29
10th Percentile £38,533 £35,250 £42,557
25th Percentile £42,750 £39,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -23.08% +62.50%
75th Percentile £57,000 £67,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £62,909 £73,125 £72,500
Lancashire median annual salary £47,683 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.74% -8.99% +22.22%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Preston

CISSP
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory