CISSP Job Trends in Somerset

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.087% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £75,000 £52,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year +42.86% -23.36% +5.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 310 158 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 27.07% 37.53% 23.56%
Number of salaries quoted 140 44 85
10th Percentile £28,750 - -
25th Percentile £31,000 £26,500 £10,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £34,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.55% +14.17% -35.30%
75th Percentile £59,063 £44,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £56,250 £60,000
South West median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +4.76%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Somerset

CISSP
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CISSP

CISSP
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 October 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
Bath - 1 £62,500 -
CISSP
South West

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft