(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 636 875 825
Rank change year-on-year +239 -50 -163
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 93 204 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.56% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 72 145 139
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.52% - +40.91%
75th Percentile £77,813 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,000 £65,000 £72,711
% change year-on-year -3.08% -10.60% +38.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,008 36,189 31,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.62% 29.53% 24.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10,703 17,005 17,925
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,647 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Salary trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 9 December 2023.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 2023. 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
England +269 83 £65,000 -13.33% 36
London +223 49 £67,500 -10.00% 19
Work from Home +209 38 £68,500 -8.67% 11
UK excluding London +199 32 £63,000 -3.08% 16
South East +137 11 £52,500 -16.00% 11
East of England +121 10 £68,750 +30.95%
North of England +134 5 £75,000 -6.25% 3
South West +82 5 £56,250 -13.46%
North West +121 3 £102,500 +28.13% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £58,250 - 1
West Midlands +125 1 £57,500 +8.49% 1
Midlands +124 1 £57,500 +8.49% 1

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 46 (49.46%) Azure
2 41 (44.09%) AWS
3 18 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (16.13%) GCP
5 10 (10.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (9.68%) Datadog
7 8 (8.60%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.15%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.08%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (47.31%) Firewall
2 27 (29.03%) Network Security
3 20 (21.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (10.75%) LAN
5 8 (8.60%) VPN
6 6 (6.45%) WAN
7 5 (5.38%) TCP/IP
8 4 (4.30%) SSL
9 3 (3.23%) Internet
9 3 (3.23%) Wireshark
10 1 (1.08%) Wireless
10 1 (1.08%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.68%) Metadata
General
1 33 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.58%) Finance
3 13 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.38%) Law
8 4 (4.30%) Local Government
9 3 (3.23%) Aerospace
9 3 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.23%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.15%) Automotive
10 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.15%) Legal
10 2 (2.15%) Marketing
11 1 (1.08%) Advertising
11 1 (1.08%) Games
11 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.08%) Military
11 1 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (30.11%) Analyst
2 27 (29.03%) Security Engineer
3 26 (27.96%) Security Analyst
4 21 (22.58%) Senior
5 18 (19.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 18 (19.35%) Senior Security Engineer
6 12 (12.90%) Security Manager
7 11 (11.83%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 10 (10.75%) Architect
8 10 (10.75%) Security Architect
9 9 (9.68%) Data Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Data Manager
9 9 (9.68%) IT Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) IT Manager
9 9 (9.68%) IT Security Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) IT Security Manager
9 9 (9.68%) Senior Data Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Senior IT Engineer
9 9 (9.68%) Senior IT Manager
9 9 (9.68%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.23%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.08%) .NET
2 1 (1.08%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.58%) Management Information System
2 20 (21.51%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (15.05%) Virtual Team
4 11 (11.83%) Security Posture
5 10 (10.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (9.68%) Data Structures
7 7 (7.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (5.38%) IoT
8 5 (5.38%) Operational Technology
8 5 (5.38%) PKI
9 4 (4.30%) Data Centre
9 4 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (3.23%) Cloud Native
11 2 (2.15%) Cyberattack
11 2 (2.15%) Product Ownership
12 1 (1.08%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (19.35%) Windows
2 14 (15.05%) Linux
3 9 (9.68%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.23%) Android
4 3 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (75.27%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (65.59%) Information Security
3 41 (44.09%) SIEM
4 36 (38.71%) Cloud Security
5 33 (35.48%) Security Operations
6 28 (30.11%) Incident Response
7 26 (27.96%) Penetration Testing
7 26 (27.96%) Security Monitoring
8 19 (20.43%) Risk Management
9 18 (19.35%) Computer Science
9 18 (19.35%) Use Case
9 18 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
10 17 (18.28%) Application Security
11 16 (17.20%) Roadmaps
12 15 (16.13%) Runbook
13 13 (13.98%) Data Loss Prevention
13 13 (13.98%) Data Privacy
13 13 (13.98%) Data Security
13 13 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (13.98%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.51%) Python
2 19 (20.43%) PowerShell
3 10 (10.75%) Bash
4 9 (9.68%) Search Processing Language
5 4 (4.30%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.08%) Groovy
6 1 (1.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 93 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 86 (92.47%) CISSP
3 71 (76.34%) CCSP
4 47 (50.54%) CISM
5 27 (29.03%) Degree
6 26 (27.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 23 (24.73%) CEH
8 18 (19.35%) Network+ Certification
9 16 (17.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 15 (16.13%) CompTIA CySA+
11 14 (15.05%) Security Cleared
12 10 (10.75%) Azure Certification
12 10 (10.75%) SANS
13 9 (9.68%) OSCP
14 8 (8.60%) CISA
14 8 (8.60%) SSCP
15 7 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (7.53%) Master's Degree
15 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (7.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (54.84%) NIST
2 35 (37.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (16.13%) SOC 2
4 13 (13.98%) GDPR
5 11 (11.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (9.68%) PCI DSS
7 7 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (7.53%) NIST 800
8 6 (6.45%) COBIT
8 6 (6.45%) NCSC
9 4 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (4.30%) IASME
9 4 (4.30%) QA
10 2 (2.15%) GRC
10 2 (2.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (2.15%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (1.08%) GLBA
11 1 (1.08%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 10 (10.75%) Docker
2 4 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (12.90%) Ansible
1 12 (12.90%) Terraform
2 10 (10.75%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.23%) Nmap
4 1 (1.08%) CASB
4 1 (1.08%) QRadar
Vendors
1 32 (34.41%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.98%) Splunk
3 9 (9.68%) AppDynamics
3 9 (9.68%) New Relic
4 7 (7.53%) Google
5 6 (6.45%) Cisco
6 3 (3.23%) Blue Coat
6 3 (3.23%) CheckPoint
6 3 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.23%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.23%) Netskope
6 3 (3.23%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.23%) Qualys
6 3 (3.23%) Rapid7
6 3 (3.23%) Symantec
6 3 (3.23%) Thycotic
6 3 (3.23%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.08%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.08%) Sun