CISSP Job Trends in Surrey

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 104 73
Rank change year-on-year +18 -31 +94
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 5 12 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.44% 0.80% 1.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.36% 2.16% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £49,000 £48,450 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,875 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.56% -19.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £68,400 £71,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 368 555 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 32.71% 36.95% 40.79%
Number of salaries quoted 283 258 217
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £28,650
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £90,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £51,400 £57,500 £52,550
% change year-on-year -10.61% +9.42% +1.06%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Surrey

CISSP
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Surrey over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Surrey

CISSP
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Camberley - 2 £85,000 -
Guildford - 2 £45,000 - 1
Redhill - 1 - -
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) SABSA
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CRISC
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) OSCP
3 1 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) GRC
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS