CISSP Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 72 55
Rank change year-on-year +8 -17 +14
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 4 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.50% 0.73% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.64% 3.29% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £40,215 £42,661 £63,575
25th Percentile £41,540 £43,467 £68,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,062 £80,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.12% -42.60% +7.00%
75th Percentile £68,125 £49,906 £94,188
90th Percentile £78,250 £51,462 £99,925
North East median annual salary £68,500 £50,000 £80,250
% change year-on-year +37.00% -37.69% +23.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 244 152 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 30.27% 22.32% 23.02%
Number of salaries quoted 138 79 100
10th Percentile - £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,000 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% +13.00% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £83,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £95,000 £77,500
North East median annual salary £40,000 £59,430 £50,000
% change year-on-year -32.69% +18.86% +11.53%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

CISSP
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Tyne and Wear

CISSP
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +6 2 £85,000 -
Sunderland -1 1 £40,662 -11.72%
CISSP
North East

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) SABSA
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian