CISSP Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 159 146 220
Rank change year-on-year -13 +74 +22
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 106 117 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.21% 1.88% 1.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.79% 4.19% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 91 83 74
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,650 £41,473
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £51,250
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 £81,250 £84,375
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £69,500
% change year-on-year - +0.72% +6.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,796 2,790 3,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.79% 44.83% 39.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,755 1,423 1,721
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £35,343
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +3.31%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £75,000
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 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 26 July 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 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
Bristol +27 69 £68,500 +1.48% 1
Dorset - 18 £45,000 -
Wiltshire -9 11 £50,000 -4.76% 1
Gloucestershire -26 5 £45,000 -37.93% 2
Devon -4 2 £67,500 -18.55%
Somerset - 1 £55,000 - 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.94%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.75%) AWS
2 14 (13.21%) Azure
3 2 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (1.89%) IaaS
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.89%) PaaS
3 2 (1.89%) SaaS
3 2 (1.89%) Serverless
4 1 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.94%) GCP
4 1 (0.94%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.94%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.49%) Cisco IPT
2 8 (7.55%) Firewall
3 7 (6.60%) Network Security
4 3 (2.83%) VPN
5 2 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.89%) Big Data
2 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
General
1 27 (25.47%) Finance
2 15 (14.15%) Retail
3 11 (10.38%) Social Skills
4 10 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.43%) Law
5 9 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.60%) Military
7 5 (4.72%) Marketing
8 2 (1.89%) Banking
8 2 (1.89%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.94%) Legal
9 1 (0.94%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (33.96%) Consultant
1 36 (33.96%) Security Consultant
2 19 (17.92%) Analyst
2 19 (17.92%) Security Analyst
3 18 (16.98%) Architect
4 17 (16.04%) Lead
5 14 (13.21%) Senior
6 12 (11.32%) Security Architect
6 12 (11.32%) Security Officer
7 11 (10.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 10 (9.43%) IT Analyst
8 10 (9.43%) IT Security Analyst
9 8 (7.55%) Enterprise Architect
9 8 (7.55%) Enterprise Security Architect
9 8 (7.55%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (7.55%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 8 (7.55%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 8 (7.55%) Senior Security Analyst
10 7 (6.60%) CISSP Architect
11 6 (5.66%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.49%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.94%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.09%) Management Information System
2 12 (11.32%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (9.43%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (5.66%) Security Posture
5 5 (4.72%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.72%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.72%) Replication
6 4 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.94%) CESG
8 1 (0.94%) CSOC
8 1 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.94%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.94%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Mac OS
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
1 2 (1.89%) Windows 10
1 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (88.68%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 42 (39.62%) Information Security
4 39 (36.79%) Information Assurance
5 23 (21.70%) Security Architecture
6 22 (20.75%) Cloud Security
6 22 (20.75%) Data Protection
7 14 (13.21%) Security Operations
7 14 (13.21%) SIEM
7 14 (13.21%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (11.32%) Data Loss Prevention
9 11 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (10.38%) Roadmaps
10 10 (9.43%) Data Governance
11 9 (8.49%) E-Commerce
11 9 (8.49%) Incident Management
11 9 (8.49%) Network Monitoring
11 9 (8.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 8 (7.55%) Business Continuity
12 8 (7.55%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.72%) C
1 5 (4.72%) Java
1 5 (4.72%) Python
1 5 (4.72%) R
1 5 (4.72%) Scala
1 5 (4.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (76.42%) CISM
2 54 (50.94%) CRISC
3 52 (49.06%) Security Cleared
4 50 (47.17%) SC Cleared
5 40 (37.74%) CESG Certified Professional
6 36 (33.96%) CISA
7 26 (24.53%) Degree
8 12 (11.32%) Master's Degree
9 11 (10.38%) CompTIA CySA+
10 10 (9.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (9.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 7 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (6.60%) DV Cleared
12 6 (5.66%) CEH
12 6 (5.66%) SANS
13 5 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (3.77%) AWS Certification
14 4 (3.77%) CCSK
14 4 (3.77%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (35.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (22.64%) NIST
3 21 (19.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (15.09%) GDPR
4 16 (15.09%) PCI DSS
5 15 (14.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 15 (14.15%) NCSC
6 5 (4.72%) JSP 440
6 5 (4.72%) RMADS
7 2 (1.89%) FedRAMP
7 2 (1.89%) GRC
7 2 (1.89%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.89%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (8.49%) CASB
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.89%) Aruba
2 2 (1.89%) VMware
3 1 (0.94%) Cognos
3 1 (0.94%) CyberArk
3 1 (0.94%) Google