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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 225 279
Rank change year-on-year -31 +54 -25
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 98 141 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.65% 1.22% 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.04% 3.05% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 69 86 176
10th Percentile £39,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -8.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £72,750 £92,500 £85,625
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £69,500
% change year-on-year - +0.72% +6.92%

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 4,814 4,629 8,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.90% 39.95% 37.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,888 2,312 3,312
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £29,388
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,988 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +2.97% +1.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £65,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +13 36 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Berkshire +12 24 £67,500 +12.50% 1
Hampshire -34 24 £40,000 -20.00% 5
Surrey -29 16 £52,500 -10.26% 3
Buckinghamshire +8 12 £40,000 -33.33%
Kent -29 7 £57,500 -11.54% 2
West Sussex +19 4 - -
Sussex - 2 £67,500 -
Middlesex - 2 - -
East Sussex +17 1 £55,000 +7.84%
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 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 34 (34.69%) Azure
2 20 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (15.31%) AWS
4 12 (12.24%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (6.12%) GCP
6 3 (3.06%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.02%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.02%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (26.53%) Firewall
2 19 (19.39%) Intrusion Detection
2 19 (19.39%) Network Security
3 7 (7.14%) VPN
4 6 (6.12%) Internet
5 3 (3.06%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.04%) VoIP
7 1 (1.02%) BGP
7 1 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.02%) DHCP
7 1 (1.02%) DNS
7 1 (1.02%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.02%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.02%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.02%) MPLS
7 1 (1.02%) NAS
7 1 (1.02%) OSPF
7 1 (1.02%) SAN
7 1 (1.02%) SSL
7 1 (1.02%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.06%) Power BI
2 1 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.02%) JIRA
1 1 (1.02%) Metasploit
General
1 32 (32.65%) Finance
2 19 (19.39%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.18%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.18%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.10%) Legal
5 5 (5.10%) Retail
6 2 (2.04%) Law
7 1 (1.02%) Billing
7 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Games
7 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (29.59%) Analyst
2 17 (17.35%) Consultant
2 17 (17.35%) Security Consultant
2 17 (17.35%) Security Manager
3 16 (16.33%) IT Manager
4 15 (15.31%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 14 (14.29%) Senior
6 13 (13.27%) SOC Analyst
7 11 (11.22%) Security Analyst
8 10 (10.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 10 (10.20%) Security Assurance Manager
9 8 (8.16%) Architect
9 8 (8.16%) Security Architect
9 8 (8.16%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (6.12%) Lead
11 5 (5.10%) Risk Analyst
12 4 (4.08%) IT Risk Manager
12 4 (4.08%) Risk Manager
12 4 (4.08%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (38.78%) Management Information System
2 20 (20.41%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (17.35%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (16.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (11.22%) Client/Server
6 8 (8.16%) Data Centre
6 8 (8.16%) Security Posture
7 6 (6.12%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (3.06%) Cyberattack
10 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (2.04%) Operational Technology
11 1 (1.02%) CESG
11 1 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (1.02%) Clustering
11 1 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
11 1 (1.02%) SCADA
11 1 (1.02%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.31%) Windows
2 5 (5.10%) Kali Linux
3 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (67.35%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (45.92%) Risk Management
3 35 (35.71%) Security Operations
4 33 (33.67%) Computer Science
5 32 (32.65%) SIEM
6 31 (31.63%) Incident Response
7 27 (27.55%) Information Security
8 25 (25.51%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (20.41%) Application Security
10 19 (19.39%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (18.37%) ITIL
12 17 (17.35%) Security Management
13 15 (15.31%) OWASP
13 15 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (14.29%) Information Assurance
15 13 (13.27%) Identity Access Management
15 13 (13.27%) Security Monitoring
15 13 (13.27%) Software Engineering
16 12 (12.24%) ISMS
17 11 (11.22%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.12%) Python
3 1 (1.02%) Bash
Qualifications
1 46 (46.94%) Degree
2 44 (44.90%) CISM
3 21 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 20 (20.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (18.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 13 (13.27%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (13.27%) CRISC
8 11 (11.22%) CESG Certified Professional
8 11 (11.22%) CISA
8 11 (11.22%) GIAC
9 10 (10.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (10.20%) CEH
9 10 (10.20%) PMI Certification
9 10 (10.20%) PMP
10 8 (8.16%) Azure Certification
10 8 (8.16%) CCSP
10 8 (8.16%) GPEN
11 7 (7.14%) CISMP
11 7 (7.14%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (39.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (38.78%) NIST
3 24 (24.49%) GRC
4 12 (12.24%) NIST 800
4 12 (12.24%) PCI DSS
5 11 (11.22%) GDPR
6 8 (8.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (5.10%) NCSC
9 4 (4.08%) JSP 440
9 4 (4.08%) RMADS
10 2 (2.04%) SOC 2
11 1 (1.02%) COBIT
11 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.02%) Def Stans
System Software
1 2 (2.04%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.02%) pfSense
2 1 (1.02%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (6.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (6.12%) Nessus
2 5 (5.10%) Suricata
3 1 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.02%) Nmap
3 1 (1.02%) QRadar
Vendors
1 35 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.18%) Cisco
3 7 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 6 (6.12%) Juniper
4 6 (6.12%) Qualys
4 6 (6.12%) Splunk
5 3 (3.06%) Darktrace
6 2 (2.04%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.04%) VMware
7 1 (1.02%) Aruba
7 1 (1.02%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.02%) Dell
7 1 (1.02%) F5
7 1 (1.02%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.02%) HP
7 1 (1.02%) McAfee
7 1 (1.02%) SonicWALL
7 1 (1.02%) Tripwire
7 1 (1.02%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.02%) Zscaler