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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 198 284
Rank change year-on-year -51 +86 -20
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 94 120 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.69% 1.31% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.96% 3.23% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 59 83 160
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,250 £42,700
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,125 £48,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +7.44%
75th Percentile £75,750 £74,375 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,350 £98,850 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,250 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.34% +3.57% +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 4,801 3,712 7,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 35.32% 40.46% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,179 1,999 3,243
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,250
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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -14 31 £67,500 +12.50% 10
Hampshire -58 29 £76,500 +30.77% 8
Berkshire +6 26 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Surrey -30 15 £60,000 +2.56% 1
Kent -13 7 £70,000 +19.15% 2
Buckinghamshire -14 5 £40,000 -33.33% 2
Sussex - 4 £67,500 -
West Sussex +13 2 - - 2
Middlesex - 2 - -
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 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.28%) Azure
2 13 (13.83%) AWS
3 8 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.38%) GCP
5 5 (5.32%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (5.32%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.13%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.13%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.06%) IaaS
8 1 (1.06%) PaaS
8 1 (1.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (24.47%) Firewall
2 16 (17.02%) Network Security
3 12 (12.77%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (11.70%) VPN
5 10 (10.64%) Internet
6 6 (6.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.13%) DHCP
7 2 (2.13%) DNS
7 2 (2.13%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (2.13%) iSCSI
7 2 (2.13%) NAS
7 2 (2.13%) SAN
7 2 (2.13%) VoIP
8 1 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.06%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (1.06%) DMVPN
8 1 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (1.06%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.26%) Power BI
2 2 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.06%) JIRA
1 1 (1.06%) Metasploit
General
1 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (18.09%) Finance
4 10 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (6.38%) Legal
5 6 (6.38%) Retail
6 3 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.13%) Law
8 1 (1.06%) Billing
8 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Retail Finance
8 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (22.34%) Analyst
2 16 (17.02%) Senior
3 12 (12.77%) Architect
3 12 (12.77%) IT Manager
3 12 (12.77%) Security Architect
4 11 (11.70%) Consultant
4 11 (11.70%) Security Analyst
4 11 (11.70%) Security Consultant
5 10 (10.64%) Lead
6 9 (9.57%) Head of Operations
6 9 (9.57%) Head of Security
6 9 (9.57%) Security Manager
7 8 (8.51%) Coordinator
8 7 (7.45%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 6 (6.38%) IT Security Manager
10 5 (5.32%) Risk Analyst
10 5 (5.32%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (5.32%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (36.17%) Management Information System
2 15 (15.96%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (14.89%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (8.51%) Data Centre
5 7 (7.45%) Security Posture
6 6 (6.38%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (5.32%) CESG
7 5 (5.32%) Client/Server
7 5 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (5.32%) Operational Technology
8 4 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (4.26%) Cyberattack
8 4 (4.26%) IoT
8 4 (4.26%) NHS
8 4 (4.26%) Smart City
8 4 (4.26%) Virtual Team
9 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (2.13%) Clustering
10 2 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.57%) Windows
2 5 (5.32%) Kali Linux
2 5 (5.32%) Linux
3 1 (1.06%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (65.96%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (43.62%) Information Security
3 36 (38.30%) Risk Management
3 36 (38.30%) Security Operations
4 35 (37.23%) SIEM
5 31 (32.98%) Incident Response
6 25 (26.60%) Computer Science
7 22 (23.40%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (17.02%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (14.89%) ITIL
11 13 (13.83%) Application Security
11 13 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (13.83%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (13.83%) Security Architecture
12 11 (11.70%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 10 (10.64%) Data Loss Prevention
13 10 (10.64%) Mentoring
13 10 (10.64%) Threat Modelling
14 9 (9.57%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.51%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.38%) Python
3 1 (1.06%) Bash
Qualifications
1 49 (52.13%) CISM
2 36 (38.30%) Degree
3 20 (21.28%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (20.21%) Security Cleared
5 16 (17.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 15 (15.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (14.89%) CEH
7 14 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (13.83%) SC Cleared
9 12 (12.77%) CCSP
9 12 (12.77%) CRISC
10 11 (11.70%) CESG Certified Professional
10 11 (11.70%) CISA
11 10 (10.64%) Azure Certification
12 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (7.45%) GIAC
14 6 (6.38%) PMI Certification
14 6 (6.38%) PMP
15 5 (5.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 5 (5.32%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (45.74%) NIST
2 37 (39.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (12.77%) GDPR
4 11 (11.70%) NIST 800
5 9 (9.57%) GRC
5 9 (9.57%) PCI DSS
6 8 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (5.32%) Def Stans
7 5 (5.32%) SOC 2
8 4 (4.26%) Accessibility
8 4 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (4.26%) JSP 440
8 4 (4.26%) RMADS
9 3 (3.19%) COBIT
9 3 (3.19%) NCSC
10 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.13%) pfSense
2 2 (2.13%) Terminal Server
2 2 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.32%) Suricata
2 4 (4.26%) CSIRT
3 2 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (2.13%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.13%) QRadar
4 1 (1.06%) Nmap
Vendors
1 34 (36.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.45%) Cisco
2 7 (7.45%) Palo Alto
3 6 (6.38%) Juniper
3 6 (6.38%) Splunk
4 3 (3.19%) CheckPoint
4 3 (3.19%) McAfee
5 2 (2.13%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.13%) Dell
5 2 (2.13%) F5
5 2 (2.13%) HP
5 2 (2.13%) VMware
5 2 (2.13%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.06%) Aruba
6 1 (1.06%) Blue Coat
6 1 (1.06%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.06%) IBM
6 1 (1.06%) Meraki
6 1 (1.06%) Zscaler