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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 292 261
Rank change year-on-year +90 -31 -30
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 108 105 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.14% 0.61% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.98% 1.79% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 41 75 90
10th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £45,225
25th Percentile £58,750 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -6.78% -5.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,625 £73,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £73,750 £91,375
England median annual salary £71,991 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% - +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 5,452 5,877 5,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.61% 33.92% 39.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 3,642 2,523
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,160 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -2.12%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +81 35 £71,000 +77.50% 11
Middlesex +14 31 - - 1
Thames Valley +46 28 £73,750 +34.09% 14
Berkshire +36 18 £65,000 -3.70% 8
Buckinghamshire +26 9 £95,000 +137.50% 7
Isle of Wight - 6 - -
Surrey +43 4 £58,750 +11.90% 6
Kent +32 4 £70,000 +21.74% 5
West Sussex +37 2 £71,250 - 3
Oxfordshire +39 1 - - 1
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 (1.85%) TPMS
2 1 (0.93%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.19%) Azure
2 8 (7.41%) AWS
3 6 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (5.56%) GCP
3 6 (5.56%) IaaS
3 6 (5.56%) SaaS
4 5 (4.63%) PaaS
5 2 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.67%) Firewall
2 6 (5.56%) VPN
3 4 (3.70%) Network Security
4 2 (1.85%) SCCP
5 1 (0.93%) DHCP
5 1 (0.93%) DNS
5 1 (0.93%) LAN
5 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.63%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.93%) Metasploit
General
1 54 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 25 (23.15%) Legal
3 23 (21.30%) Finance
4 10 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.56%) Publishing
6 3 (2.78%) Law
7 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.85%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.93%) Automotive
8 1 (0.93%) Aviation
8 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (25.93%) Security Manager
2 23 (21.30%) Senior
3 21 (19.44%) Architect
4 20 (18.52%) Security Architect
5 18 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
6 15 (13.89%) Product Architect
6 15 (13.89%) Senior Architect
6 15 (13.89%) Senior Manager
6 15 (13.89%) Senior Security Architect
7 14 (12.96%) Analyst
8 12 (11.11%) Security Analyst
9 10 (9.26%) Risk Manager
10 9 (8.33%) Security Engineer
11 8 (7.41%) Information Manager
11 8 (7.41%) Information Security Manager
12 7 (6.48%) Information Officer
12 7 (6.48%) Risk Officer
13 6 (5.56%) Governance Manager
13 6 (5.56%) Information Governance Manager
13 6 (5.56%) Information Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) Kafka
2 3 (2.78%) LDAP
2 3 (2.78%) SAML
3 2 (1.85%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 60 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 13 (12.04%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 7 (6.48%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.48%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (5.56%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (5.56%) Freedom of Information Act
6 5 (4.63%) CESG
6 5 (4.63%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.78%) PKI
9 2 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.93%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.78%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Kali Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (62.04%) Information Security
2 54 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (46.30%) Mentoring
4 36 (33.33%) Agile
5 34 (31.48%) Risk Management
6 32 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (27.78%) Coaching
8 26 (24.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (22.22%) OWASP
9 24 (22.22%) Quantitative Risk Management
10 23 (21.30%) Due Diligence
10 23 (21.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (20.37%) Creative Thinking
12 21 (19.44%) Cloud Security
12 21 (19.44%) Regulatory Compliance
12 21 (19.44%) Risk Assessment
13 18 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
14 17 (15.74%) Data Protection
14 17 (15.74%) Incident Response
15 16 (14.81%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 6 (5.56%) R
2 4 (3.70%) Bash
2 4 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (55.56%) CISM
2 37 (34.26%) Degree
3 28 (25.93%) CRISC
4 21 (19.44%) Security Cleared
5 16 (14.81%) CISA
6 15 (13.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (12.96%) SC Cleared
8 12 (11.11%) CEH
9 10 (9.26%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (6.48%) OSCP
11 6 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (5.56%) DV Cleared
11 6 (5.56%) GIAC
11 6 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 6 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (4.63%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (3.70%) GCIH
13 4 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (18.52%) NIST
3 18 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 16 (14.81%) SOC 2
5 12 (11.11%) HIPAA
6 9 (8.33%) GDPR
7 7 (6.48%) Def Stans
7 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (5.56%) PCI DSS
9 4 (3.70%) GRC
10 3 (2.78%) RMADS
11 2 (1.85%) COBIT
12 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.93%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) CASB
2 4 (3.70%) QRadar
3 2 (1.85%) EnCase
3 2 (1.85%) FTK
3 2 (1.85%) RSA Security Analytics
4 1 (0.93%) Nessus
4 1 (0.93%) OpenVAS
4 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.56%) Splunk
2 6 (5.56%) VMware
3 5 (4.63%) Cisco
4 4 (3.70%) AlienVault
4 4 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.85%) FireEye
5 2 (1.85%) NetWitness
6 1 (0.93%) Qualys