CISSP Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 298 311
Rank change year-on-year -37 +13 -14
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 537 653 797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.06% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.77% 2.91% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 398 445 475
10th Percentile £40,250 £43,197 £43,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £51,250 £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,383 22,417 22,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.65% 36.48% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,194 8,237 10,285
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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
North of England +65 156 £56,500 -5.04% 29
South West -7 121 £68,500 +1.48% 22
North West +56 106 £55,000 -4.86% 18
South East -31 102 £55,000 -8.33% 30
Midlands -58 61 £71,250 +14.00% 19
Scotland -57 48 £64,100 +6.83% 8
East of England +7 41 £54,000 -10.00% 10
West Midlands -50 39 £75,000 +25.00% 12
Yorkshire +75 36 £62,759 -3.45% 6
East Midlands +5 21 £65,750 +3.14% 7
North East +3 14 £79,842 +27.75% 5
Isle of Man -15 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Wales -5 3 £55,250 +4.25% 3
Northern Ireland +14 1 £57,500 +32.95% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
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 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.19%) Apache
2 1 (0.19%) IIS
2 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 163 (30.35%) Azure
2 98 (18.25%) AWS
3 68 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 24 (4.47%) SaaS
6 22 (4.10%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (2.42%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.42%) PaaS
8 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (2.05%) IaaS
10 10 (1.86%) GCP
11 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.93%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.74%) Serverless
14 3 (0.56%) OneDrive
15 2 (0.37%) Power Platform
16 1 (0.19%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 112 (20.86%) Firewall
2 78 (14.53%) Network Security
3 54 (10.06%) WAN
4 39 (7.26%) Intrusion Detection
5 33 (6.15%) VPN
6 32 (5.96%) TCP/IP
7 31 (5.77%) SD-WAN
8 25 (4.66%) LAN
9 16 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.86%) Cisco IOS
10 10 (1.86%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (1.68%) Wireshark
12 7 (1.30%) Cisco IPT
13 6 (1.12%) DNS
13 6 (1.12%) Internet
14 5 (0.93%) DHCP
14 5 (0.93%) VoIP
15 4 (0.74%) NetScaler
16 3 (0.56%) VLAN
16 3 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.93%) Big Data
1 5 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
1 5 (0.93%) Redis
2 2 (0.37%) Power BI
3 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.19%) AppScan
1 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.19%) Metasploit
General
1 129 (24.02%) Finance
2 112 (20.86%) Social Skills
3 63 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.19%) Military
5 37 (6.89%) Retail
6 33 (6.15%) Legal
7 26 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (4.66%) Law
9 23 (4.28%) Public Sector
10 22 (4.10%) Telecoms
11 18 (3.35%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.42%) Marketing
13 6 (1.12%) Automotive
14 5 (0.93%) Banking
14 5 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.56%) Electronics
16 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (20.86%) Analyst
2 103 (19.18%) Architect
3 79 (14.71%) Consultant
3 79 (14.71%) Security Architect
3 79 (14.71%) Security Consultant
4 68 (12.66%) Security Manager
5 65 (12.10%) Lead
5 65 (12.10%) Security Analyst
6 57 (10.61%) Senior
7 35 (6.52%) Lead Architect
8 33 (6.15%) IT Manager
9 32 (5.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 27 (5.03%) Information Manager
10 27 (5.03%) Information Security Manager
11 25 (4.66%) SOC Analyst
12 23 (4.28%) Incident Manager
12 23 (4.28%) Lead Security Architect
12 23 (4.28%) Senior Architect
12 23 (4.28%) Vulnerability Manager
13 20 (3.72%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.49%) ModSecurity
1 8 (1.49%) OAuth
1 8 (1.49%) SAML
2 5 (0.93%) Middleware
3 3 (0.56%) Web Services
4 2 (0.37%) .NET
4 2 (0.37%) EDI
4 2 (0.37%) OpenID
5 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 164 (30.54%) Management Information System
2 69 (12.85%) Cyber Threat
3 45 (8.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 42 (7.82%) Security Posture
5 34 (6.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 28 (5.21%) Data Centre
7 20 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (3.54%) Operational Technology
8 19 (3.54%) Public Cloud
9 13 (2.42%) Client/Server
10 12 (2.23%) Cyberattack
11 11 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.86%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.86%) IoT
12 10 (1.86%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 5 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.93%) PMI
14 5 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 56 (10.43%) Windows
2 22 (4.10%) Linux
3 15 (2.79%) Unix
4 14 (2.61%) Mac OS X
5 11 (2.05%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.12%) Android
6 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.74%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 272 (50.65%) Information Security
3 168 (31.28%) Risk Management
4 135 (25.14%) Incident Response
5 95 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (17.50%) Security Architecture
6 94 (17.50%) Security Operations
7 83 (15.46%) SIEM
8 81 (15.08%) Computer Science
9 73 (13.59%) Cloud Security
9 73 (13.59%) Vulnerability Management
10 69 (12.85%) ITIL
11 66 (12.29%) Data Protection
12 64 (11.92%) Incident Management
13 63 (11.73%) Application Security
14 60 (11.17%) Information Assurance
15 56 (10.43%) OWASP
16 54 (10.06%) Security Management
17 48 (8.94%) Agile
18 47 (8.75%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.28%) Python
2 20 (3.72%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.23%) SQL
4 7 (1.30%) Bash
5 5 (0.93%) C
5 5 (0.93%) Java
5 5 (0.93%) R
5 5 (0.93%) Scala
6 2 (0.37%) C#
Qualifications
1 326 (60.71%) CISM
2 173 (32.22%) Degree
3 109 (20.30%) CRISC
4 101 (18.81%) CISA
4 101 (18.81%) Cisco Certification
5 98 (18.25%) Security Cleared
6 77 (14.34%) SC Cleared
7 73 (13.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 64 (11.92%) CCSP
9 59 (10.99%) CESG Certified Professional
10 58 (10.80%) CompTIA Security+
11 56 (10.43%) Azure Certification
12 51 (9.50%) CEH
13 46 (8.57%) AWS Certification
14 45 (8.38%) CCSK
15 44 (8.19%) Computer Science Degree
16 31 (5.77%) SANS
17 28 (5.21%) GIAC
18 22 (4.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 21 (3.91%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (33.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 176 (32.77%) NIST
3 70 (13.04%) GDPR
4 68 (12.66%) PCI DSS
5 56 (10.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 41 (7.64%) GRC
7 36 (6.70%) NCSC
8 25 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 14 (2.61%) RMADS
11 13 (2.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (2.05%) COBIT
12 11 (2.05%) JSP 440
12 11 (2.05%) NIST 800
12 11 (2.05%) SOC 2
13 7 (1.30%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.56%) QA
14 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (5.40%) Docker
2 17 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.74%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (7.82%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.77%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.79%) Nessus
4 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.68%) CASB
6 7 (1.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (1.12%) Nmap
8 5 (0.93%) Grafana
8 5 (0.93%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.93%) SCOM
9 3 (0.56%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.56%) Suricata
10 2 (0.37%) QRadar
10 2 (0.37%) Terraform
11 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.40%) Cisco
3 22 (4.10%) Dell
4 19 (3.54%) Splunk
5 14 (2.61%) Meraki
6 13 (2.42%) Palo Alto
6 13 (2.42%) Qualys
7 10 (1.86%) VMware
8 8 (1.49%) Citrix
9 6 (1.12%) Oracle
9 6 (1.12%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.12%) Thycotic
10 5 (0.93%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.74%) Darktrace
12 3 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.56%) Juniper
12 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.37%) Aruba
13 2 (0.37%) ForgeRock
13 2 (0.37%) SAP