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 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 88 138
Rank change year-on-year -15 +50 -6
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 7 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.34% 0.41% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.50% 0.97% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 11
10th Percentile £61,041 £48,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £61,770 £51,875 £47,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +11.90% -17.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,500 - £72,500
South East median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +27.27% -6.78%

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 467 412 908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 22.58% 41.83% 36.97%
Number of salaries quoted 200 223 482
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,035 £55,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +11.11% -13.91%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £96,375 £74,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +0.96% +1.96%

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 28 May 2026.

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 28 May 2026. 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
Guildford -30 3 £63,857 +21.63% 2
Staines - 1 £75,000 -
Epsom - 1 £65,000 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
4 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 4 (57.14%) CISA
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (28.57%) CRISC
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CEH
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
2 2 (28.57%) GRC
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
3 1 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) CASB
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) OneTrust
2 1 (14.29%) New Relic
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Zerto