CISSP Jobs in the UK excluding London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 331 309
Rank change year-on-year +127 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 491 533 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.34% 0.76% 1.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.48% 2.75% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 186 400 447
10th Percentile £45,625 £40,250 £43,215
25th Percentile £54,793 £51,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +3.19%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,375 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% +2.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,796 19,351 22,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.97% 27.68% 36.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,693 12,242 8,328
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,122 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.59% +5.11%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2025.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Midlands +162 192 £60,000 -17.24% 59
West Midlands +122 135 £57,500 -23.33% 44
South East +111 107 £65,000 +18.18% 104
North of England -16 71 £61,000 +7.96% 91
East Midlands +88 57 £72,500 +9.02% 13
North West -18 51 £61,000 +10.91% 58
South West +41 39 £65,000 -5.11% 58
Scotland +114 35 £75,000 +17.00% 26
East of England +38 23 £72,500 +33.03% 19
Yorkshire +56 15 £57,500 -8.38% 26
Northern Ireland +49 13 £35,000 -31.71% 9
Wales +50 9 £59,625 +7.92% 6
North East +39 5 £71,250 -10.76% 8
Channel Islands +2 2 £78,750 -21.25%
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.41%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.41%) IIS
2 2 (0.41%) TPMS
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 43 (8.76%) Azure
2 37 (7.54%) AWS
3 10 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (1.63%) GCP
4 8 (1.63%) SaaS
5 7 (1.43%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.43%) IaaS
6 6 (1.22%) PaaS
7 4 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.81%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.61%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (0.41%) Asana
9 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 79 (16.09%) Firewall
2 36 (7.33%) Network Security
3 28 (5.70%) VPN
4 25 (5.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.83%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.22%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (1.02%) DNS
8 4 (0.81%) HTTP
9 3 (0.61%) Internet
9 3 (0.61%) WAN
9 3 (0.61%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.41%) DMZ
10 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.41%) SMTP
10 2 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.41%) TACACS
10 2 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.81%) MongoDB
2 3 (0.61%) Power BI
3 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.81%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.61%) AppScan
3 2 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 127 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 121 (24.64%) Finance
3 46 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.55%) Legal
5 16 (3.26%) Retail
6 11 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (1.83%) Publishing
8 7 (1.43%) Law
9 6 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.22%) Banking
9 6 (1.22%) Local Government
9 6 (1.22%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.61%) Military
11 3 (0.61%) Police
12 2 (0.41%) Automotive
12 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 203 (41.34%) Security Engineer
2 148 (30.14%) Principal Engineer
3 147 (29.94%) Principal Security Engineer
4 116 (23.63%) Analyst
5 112 (22.81%) Security Manager
6 111 (22.61%) Security Analyst
7 91 (18.53%) Architect
8 90 (18.33%) Security Architect
9 89 (18.13%) Senior
10 87 (17.72%) Principal Security Analyst
10 87 (17.72%) Product Analyst
11 63 (12.83%) Engineering Manager
12 61 (12.42%) Senior Architect
12 61 (12.42%) Senior Security Architect
13 60 (12.22%) Product Architect
13 60 (12.22%) Product Engineer
13 60 (12.22%) Senior Manager
14 29 (5.91%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 27 (5.50%) Lead
16 25 (5.09%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.81%) Kafka
1 4 (0.81%) Leaflet
2 3 (0.61%) LDAP
2 3 (0.61%) SAML
3 2 (0.41%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.41%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) HTML
4 1 (0.20%) Middleware
4 1 (0.20%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 169 (34.42%) Management Information System
2 43 (8.76%) Security Posture
3 23 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.87%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (2.85%) Social Media
6 14 (2.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 12 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (2.24%) Operational Technology
9 9 (1.83%) Freedom of Information
9 9 (1.83%) Freedom of Information Act
10 8 (1.63%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (1.63%) PKI
11 7 (1.43%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
13 5 (1.02%) Cyberattack
13 5 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.81%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.81%) CESG
14 4 (0.81%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.50%) Windows
2 14 (2.85%) Windows Vista
3 9 (1.83%) Linux
4 4 (0.81%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (74.54%) Information Security
2 326 (66.40%) Cybersecurity
3 259 (52.75%) Risk Management
4 232 (47.25%) Project Management
5 157 (31.98%) Security Testing
6 151 (30.75%) Cyber Resilience
7 114 (23.22%) Mentoring
8 75 (15.27%) Cloud Security
9 72 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 71 (14.46%) Incident Response
11 67 (13.65%) SIEM
12 61 (12.42%) Vulnerability Management
13 51 (10.39%) Data Protection
14 50 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (9.37%) Computer Science
17 45 (9.16%) Agile
18 42 (8.55%) Roadmaps
19 41 (8.35%) ITIL
20 40 (8.15%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.24%) PowerShell
2 9 (1.83%) Python
3 6 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (1.22%) R
4 4 (0.81%) Bash
4 4 (0.81%) C++
4 4 (0.81%) Java
4 4 (0.81%) SQL
5 2 (0.41%) C#
5 2 (0.41%) Go
5 2 (0.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.20%) Bicep
6 1 (0.20%) Perl
6 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 334 (68.02%) CISM
2 300 (61.10%) Degree
3 207 (42.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 158 (32.18%) CESG Certified Professional
5 75 (15.27%) CISA
6 49 (9.98%) Security Cleared
7 46 (9.37%) CEH
8 44 (8.96%) Cisco Certification
9 39 (7.94%) CRISC
10 37 (7.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 35 (7.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 33 (6.72%) SC Cleared
13 29 (5.91%) CompTIA Security+
13 29 (5.91%) GIAC
14 25 (5.09%) SANS
15 22 (4.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 18 (3.67%) Master's Degree
17 14 (2.85%) DBS Check
18 11 (2.24%) ISACA
19 9 (1.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (59.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 246 (50.10%) NIST
3 157 (31.98%) JSP 440
4 151 (30.75%) RMADS
5 54 (11.00%) GDPR
6 45 (9.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 36 (7.33%) NCSC
8 28 (5.70%) PCI DSS
9 25 (5.09%) GRC
10 21 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 18 (3.67%) HIPAA
11 18 (3.67%) SOC 2
12 17 (3.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 16 (3.26%) Accessibility
13 16 (3.26%) COBIT
14 15 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (1.63%) Def Stans
16 3 (0.61%) ITGC
17 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
17 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (3.46%) Nessus
2 8 (1.63%) FortiGate
3 5 (1.02%) CASB
4 3 (0.61%) QRadar
5 2 (0.41%) EnCase
5 2 (0.41%) FTK
5 2 (0.41%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) RSA Security Analytics
6 1 (0.20%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.20%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Terraform
6 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.65%) Cisco
3 12 (2.44%) Tenable
4 9 (1.83%) Fortinet
5 8 (1.63%) Palo Alto
5 8 (1.63%) VMware
6 6 (1.22%) Qualys
6 6 (1.22%) Splunk
7 4 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.61%) Sophos
8 3 (0.61%) Trustwave
9 2 (0.41%) AlienVault
9 2 (0.41%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.41%) FireEye
9 2 (0.41%) NetWitness
10 1 (0.20%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.20%) Dell
10 1 (0.20%) Intel
10 1 (0.20%) McAfee
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle