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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 308 335
Rank change year-on-year -33 +27 -43
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 536 613 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.02% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.75% 2.79% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 394 420 475
10th Percentile £40,250 £43,475 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,000 £50,875 £52,111
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

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 19,515 21,982 22,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.48% 36.54% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,241 8,204 10,270
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,603 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% +1.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +80 159 £56,500 -4.24% 29
South West -9 115 £68,500 +1.48% 19
North West +45 109 £55,000 -4.60% 13
South East -34 100 £55,000 -8.33% 25
Midlands -48 66 £70,000 +16.67% 15
Scotland -51 48 £64,100 +6.83% 13
West Midlands -40 42 £75,000 +25.00% 8
East of England +10 40 £54,000 -20.00% 7
Yorkshire +64 36 £56,500 -13.08% 12
East Midlands +9 23 £65,750 +3.14% 7
North East +2 14 £79,842 +14.06% 4
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Wales -3 3 £68,750 +34.80% 8
Northern Ireland +11 1 £57,500 +30.68% 2
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 5 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.19%) Apache
2 1 (0.19%) IIS
2 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 164 (30.60%) Azure
2 98 (18.28%) AWS
3 67 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 26 (4.85%) Cloud Computing
5 23 (4.29%) SaaS
6 12 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (2.05%) PaaS
8 10 (1.87%) GCP
9 9 (1.68%) IaaS
10 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.93%) Power Platform
11 5 (0.93%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.75%) Serverless
13 3 (0.56%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.19%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 118 (22.01%) Firewall
2 79 (14.74%) Network Security
3 56 (10.45%) WAN
4 40 (7.46%) Intrusion Detection
5 35 (6.53%) VPN
6 32 (5.97%) TCP/IP
7 31 (5.78%) SD-WAN
8 27 (5.04%) LAN
9 16 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.87%) Cisco IOS
10 10 (1.87%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (1.68%) Wireshark
12 8 (1.49%) Cisco IPT
12 8 (1.49%) Internet
13 6 (1.12%) DNS
14 5 (0.93%) DHCP
14 5 (0.93%) VoIP
15 4 (0.75%) 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%) Power BI
1 5 (0.93%) Redis
2 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.19%) AppScan
1 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.19%) Metasploit
General
1 131 (24.44%) Finance
2 111 (20.71%) Social Skills
3 62 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.40%) Military
5 37 (6.90%) Retail
6 31 (5.78%) Legal
7 26 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (4.48%) Law
8 24 (4.48%) Public Sector
9 22 (4.10%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.54%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.24%) Marketing
12 6 (1.12%) Automotive
13 5 (0.93%) Banking
13 5 (0.93%) Electronics
13 5 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.75%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (22.01%) Analyst
2 101 (18.84%) Architect
3 78 (14.55%) Security Architect
4 73 (13.62%) Consultant
4 73 (13.62%) Security Consultant
5 69 (12.87%) Security Analyst
6 67 (12.50%) Lead
7 65 (12.13%) Security Manager
8 57 (10.63%) Senior
9 35 (6.53%) Lead Architect
10 33 (6.16%) IT Manager
11 32 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 25 (4.66%) Information Manager
12 25 (4.66%) Information Security Manager
12 25 (4.66%) SOC Analyst
13 23 (4.29%) Incident Manager
13 23 (4.29%) Lead Security Architect
13 23 (4.29%) Senior Architect
13 23 (4.29%) Vulnerability Manager
14 21 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.68%) ModSecurity
2 8 (1.49%) OAuth
2 8 (1.49%) SAML
3 5 (0.93%) Middleware
3 5 (0.93%) Web Services
4 2 (0.37%) .NET
4 2 (0.37%) EDI
4 2 (0.37%) OpenID
5 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 169 (31.53%) Management Information System
2 66 (12.31%) Cyber Threat
3 46 (8.58%) Security Posture
4 44 (8.21%) Security Operations Centre
5 33 (6.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 31 (5.78%) Data Centre
7 21 (3.92%) Operational Technology
8 19 (3.54%) Public Cloud
8 19 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.43%) Client/Server
9 13 (2.43%) Cyberattack
10 12 (2.24%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.87%) IoT
12 9 (1.68%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (1.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 6 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
15 5 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (11.01%) Windows
2 23 (4.29%) Linux
3 15 (2.80%) Unix
4 14 (2.61%) Mac OS X
5 12 (2.24%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.12%) Android
6 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.12%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (66.79%) Cybersecurity
2 270 (50.37%) Information Security
3 167 (31.16%) Risk Management
4 142 (26.49%) Incident Response
5 100 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
6 97 (18.10%) Security Operations
7 95 (17.72%) Security Architecture
8 85 (15.86%) SIEM
9 84 (15.67%) Computer Science
10 79 (14.74%) Vulnerability Management
11 74 (13.81%) ITIL
12 72 (13.43%) Cloud Security
13 69 (12.87%) Data Protection
14 68 (12.69%) Incident Management
15 62 (11.57%) Application Security
16 58 (10.82%) OWASP
17 56 (10.45%) Information Assurance
18 55 (10.26%) Security Management
19 51 (9.51%) Penetration Testing
20 47 (8.77%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.66%) Python
2 21 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.24%) SQL
4 7 (1.31%) 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
1 325 (60.63%) CISM
2 176 (32.84%) Degree
3 106 (19.78%) CRISC
4 104 (19.40%) CISA
5 98 (18.28%) Cisco Certification
5 98 (18.28%) Security Cleared
6 75 (13.99%) SC Cleared
7 70 (13.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 61 (11.38%) CCSP
9 57 (10.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 56 (10.45%) Azure Certification
11 55 (10.26%) CEH
12 53 (9.89%) CESG Certified Professional
13 48 (8.96%) AWS Certification
14 46 (8.58%) Computer Science Degree
15 44 (8.21%) CCSK
16 30 (5.60%) SANS
17 28 (5.22%) GIAC
18 23 (4.29%) PMI Certification
19 22 (4.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (33.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 179 (33.40%) NIST
3 71 (13.25%) PCI DSS
4 70 (13.06%) GDPR
5 54 (10.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 40 (7.46%) GRC
7 36 (6.72%) NCSC
8 25 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 23 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 12 (2.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (2.24%) NIST 800
11 11 (2.05%) JSP 440
11 11 (2.05%) RMADS
12 10 (1.87%) COBIT
12 10 (1.87%) SOC 2
13 7 (1.31%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.56%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.56%) QA
14 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (5.41%) Docker
2 19 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (7.84%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.78%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.80%) Nessus
4 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.68%) CASB
6 7 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (1.12%) Nmap
8 5 (0.93%) Grafana
8 5 (0.93%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.93%) SCOM
8 5 (0.93%) Suricata
9 3 (0.56%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.37%) QRadar
10 2 (0.37%) Terraform
11 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 98 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.78%) Cisco
3 22 (4.10%) Dell
4 21 (3.92%) Splunk
5 15 (2.80%) Palo Alto
6 14 (2.61%) Meraki
7 13 (2.43%) Qualys
8 10 (1.87%) VMware
9 8 (1.49%) Citrix
9 8 (1.49%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.12%) Oracle
10 6 (1.12%) Thycotic
11 5 (0.93%) Juniper
11 5 (0.93%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.75%) Darktrace
13 3 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
14 2 (0.37%) Aruba
14 2 (0.37%) ForgeRock
14 2 (0.37%) SAP
14 2 (0.37%) ServiceNow