CISSP Jobs in the South East

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 301 240
Rank change year-on-year +94 -61 +2
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 110 111 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.14% 0.58% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 1.84% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 38 78 88
10th Percentile £54,625 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,940 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.09% -5.98% -6.40%
75th Percentile £78,438 £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £72,875 £91,625
England median annual salary £71,996 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.85% - +3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,288 6,021 5,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 55.01% 31.71% 40.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,463 3,654 2,416
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,875 £38,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,020 £51,425
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% -0.79% +1.14%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £84,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the South East.

Salary trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the South East over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Hampshire +103 35 £72,000 +80.00% 45
Middlesex +16 32 - -
Thames Valley +44 25 £73,750 +34.09% 122
Berkshire +23 16 £65,000 -3.70% 69
Buckinghamshire +24 8 £95,000 +137.50% 37
Isle of Wight - 8 - - 4
Surrey +41 5 £58,750 +11.90% 29
Kent +31 4 - - 25
West Sussex +30 2 £71,250 - 21
Oxfordshire +41 1 - - 16
East Sussex +26 1 - - 16
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.82%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.18%) Azure
2 8 (7.27%) AWS
3 6 (5.45%) GCP
4 4 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (3.64%) IaaS
4 4 (3.64%) SaaS
5 3 (2.73%) PaaS
6 2 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.82%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.55%) Firewall
2 6 (5.45%) VPN
3 4 (3.64%) Network Security
4 2 (1.82%) SCCP
5 1 (0.91%) DHCP
5 1 (0.91%) DNS
5 1 (0.91%) Intelligent Network
5 1 (0.91%) LAN
5 1 (0.91%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.91%) Metasploit
General
1 53 (48.18%) Social Skills
2 28 (25.45%) Finance
3 25 (22.73%) Legal
4 10 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.45%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.64%) Publishing
7 3 (2.73%) Law
8 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.82%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.91%) Automotive
9 1 (0.91%) Aviation
9 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (27.27%) Security Manager
1 30 (27.27%) Senior
2 23 (20.91%) Engineering Manager
3 21 (19.09%) Architect
4 20 (18.18%) Security Architect
4 20 (18.18%) Senior Manager
5 15 (13.64%) Product Architect
5 15 (13.64%) Senior Architect
5 15 (13.64%) Senior Security Architect
6 14 (12.73%) Analyst
7 12 (10.91%) Security Analyst
8 11 (10.00%) Risk Manager
9 8 (7.27%) Security Engineer
10 7 (6.36%) Information Officer
10 7 (6.36%) Risk Officer
11 6 (5.45%) Information Specialist
12 5 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 5 (4.55%) Information Manager
12 5 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
12 5 (4.55%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) Kafka
2 3 (2.73%) LDAP
2 3 (2.73%) SAML
3 2 (1.82%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 64 (58.18%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 7 (6.36%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.36%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.45%) Cloud Security Posture
4 6 (5.45%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (4.55%) CESG
5 5 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.64%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (3.64%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (2.73%) PKI
8 2 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.91%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.91%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.91%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.73%) Windows
2 1 (0.91%) Kali Linux
2 1 (0.91%) Linux
2 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (63.64%) Information Security
2 56 (50.91%) Mentoring
3 51 (46.36%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (33.64%) Agile
5 35 (31.82%) Risk Management
6 34 (30.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (28.18%) Coaching
8 27 (24.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (22.73%) OWASP
9 25 (22.73%) Quantitative Risk Management
10 24 (21.82%) Due Diligence
10 24 (21.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (20.91%) Creative Thinking
11 23 (20.91%) Risk Assessment
12 22 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
13 21 (19.09%) Project Management
14 19 (17.27%) Cloud Security
14 19 (17.27%) Contingency Planning
15 17 (15.45%) Contract Management
15 17 (15.45%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.45%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (5.45%) R
2 4 (3.64%) Bash
2 4 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (52.73%) CISM
2 40 (36.36%) Degree
3 29 (26.36%) CRISC
4 21 (19.09%) Security Cleared
5 20 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (12.73%) CISA
6 14 (12.73%) SC Cleared
7 10 (9.09%) CEH
7 10 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
8 7 (6.36%) OSCP
9 6 (5.45%) DV Cleared
9 6 (5.45%) GIAC
9 6 (5.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.64%) GCIH
11 4 (3.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (3.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (48.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (17.27%) NIST
3 17 (15.45%) SOC 2
4 16 (14.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (12.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (7.27%) HIPAA
7 7 (6.36%) Def Stans
7 7 (6.36%) GDPR
7 7 (6.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (5.45%) PCI DSS
9 3 (2.73%) GRC
9 3 (2.73%) RMADS
10 2 (1.82%) COBIT
11 1 (0.91%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.91%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.55%) CASB
2 4 (3.64%) QRadar
3 2 (1.82%) EnCase
3 2 (1.82%) FTK
3 2 (1.82%) RSA Security Analytics
4 1 (0.91%) Nessus
4 1 (0.91%) OpenVAS
4 1 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.91%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.45%) Cisco
2 6 (5.45%) Splunk
2 6 (5.45%) VMware
3 5 (4.55%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.64%) AlienVault
5 2 (1.82%) FireEye
5 2 (1.82%) NetWitness
6 1 (0.91%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.91%) Qualys