CISSP Jobs in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 178 205
Rank change year-on-year +10 +27 +21
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 120 107 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.31% 1.53% 1.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.65% 3.70% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 96 86 75
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,500 £40,589
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,220 £51,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +3.85% +20.37%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,125 £90,000
England median annual salary £71,858 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.65% +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,292 2,895 3,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.99% 41.34% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 1,274 1,596
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,241
25th Percentile £39,759 £37,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the South West

CISSP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bristol +24 82 £68,500 +1.48% 12
Dorset -8 18 £45,000 -15.09% 1
Wiltshire -16 12 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Gloucestershire -30 6 £55,000 -35.29% 1
Devon -13 1 £75,000 +69.33% 2
Somerset - 1 £55,000 - 4
CISSP
England

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

Cloud Services
1 28 (23.33%) AWS
2 23 (19.17%) Azure
3 4 (3.33%) Serverless
4 3 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.83%) GCP
5 1 (0.83%) IaaS
5 1 (0.83%) PaaS
5 1 (0.83%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.17%) Firewall
2 7 (5.83%) Cisco IPT
2 7 (5.83%) Network Security
3 5 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.83%) VPN
4 1 (0.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.67%) Big Data
General
1 28 (23.33%) Finance
2 25 (20.83%) Retail
3 16 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 12 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.83%) Law
7 5 (4.17%) Military
8 4 (3.33%) Legal
8 4 (3.33%) Marketing
8 4 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.67%) Banking
9 2 (1.67%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.67%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 40 (33.33%) Consultant
1 40 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 26 (21.67%) Architect
3 21 (17.50%) Analyst
3 21 (17.50%) Security Analyst
3 21 (17.50%) Security Architect
4 19 (15.83%) Lead
5 14 (11.67%) Senior
6 13 (10.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 10 (8.33%) IT Analyst
7 10 (8.33%) IT Security Analyst
8 8 (6.67%) Enterprise Architect
8 8 (6.67%) Enterprise Security Architect
8 8 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (6.67%) Senior IT Security Analyst
8 8 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
9 7 (5.83%) CISSP Architect
9 7 (5.83%) Security Officer
10 6 (5.00%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.83%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.83%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (5.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.33%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.33%) Replication
5 4 (3.33%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.67%) CESG
8 1 (0.83%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.83%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.83%) Life Science
8 1 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (1.67%) Windows
1 2 (1.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (82.50%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (48.33%) Risk Management
3 46 (38.33%) Information Security
4 43 (35.83%) Information Assurance
5 30 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 22 (18.33%) Security Architecture
7 19 (15.83%) Data Protection
8 17 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (13.33%) SIEM
10 15 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (11.67%) Security Operations
12 12 (10.00%) OWASP
13 11 (9.17%) Data Loss Prevention
14 10 (8.33%) Roadmaps
14 10 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 9 (7.50%) Agile
15 9 (7.50%) E-Commerce
15 9 (7.50%) Incident Management
15 9 (7.50%) Network Monitoring
16 8 (6.67%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.33%) C
1 4 (3.33%) Java
1 4 (3.33%) Python
1 4 (3.33%) R
1 4 (3.33%) Scala
1 4 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (68.33%) CISM
2 57 (47.50%) CRISC
3 52 (43.33%) Security Cleared
4 49 (40.83%) SC Cleared
5 45 (37.50%) CESG Certified Professional
6 33 (27.50%) CISA
7 26 (21.67%) Degree
8 15 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
9 11 (9.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 11 (9.17%) Master's Degree
10 10 (8.33%) AWS Certification
10 10 (8.33%) CEH
10 10 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 9 (7.50%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (6.67%) CCSP
13 6 (5.00%) CCSK
13 6 (5.00%) DV Cleared
14 5 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (28.33%) NIST
3 23 (19.17%) PCI DSS
4 15 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (12.50%) NCSC
5 13 (10.83%) GDPR
6 11 (9.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (5.00%) JSP 440
7 6 (5.00%) RMADS
8 5 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.33%) SOC 2
10 3 (2.50%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.83%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.83%) GRC
11 1 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (7.50%) CASB
2 1 (0.83%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.83%) Nessus
2 1 (0.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.67%) Aruba
3 2 (1.67%) VMware
4 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.83%) Google