CISSP Job Trends in Sunderland

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sunderland with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sunderland 1.23% 3.51% -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.35% 9.52% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £42,661 -
25th Percentile £39,331 £43,467 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,662 £46,062 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.72% - -
75th Percentile £41,992 £49,906 -
90th Percentile - £51,462 -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £46,062 £80,250
% change year-on-year +3.12% -42.60% +7.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sunderland

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 Sunderland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23 21 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sunderland 28.40% 36.84% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile £39,465 - £47,500
25th Percentile £39,665 £26,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £35,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -41.67% +60.00%
75th Percentile £47,875 £42,123 £62,500
90th Percentile £51,400 £55,750 £67,875
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £40,000 £56,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.20% +13.00% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sunderland.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Sunderland

CISSP
Salary Trend in Sunderland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sunderland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft