(ISC)2 CCSP Jobs

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 653 660 805
Rank change year-on-year +7 +145 +11
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 85 150 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.67% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 62 119 168
10th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £45,625
25th Percentile £71,250 £56,809 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £84,919 £85,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -14.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 26,865 22,537 33,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 44.59% 29.17% 30.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9,930 14,937 15,697
10th Percentile £35,750 £28,500 £31,277
25th Percentile £45,626 £39,085 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -0.99% +1.00%

(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 18 February 2025.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 15 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 18 February 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
England +8 69 £75,000 - 24
UK excluding London +48 42 £75,000 - 14
Work from Home +49 30 £75,996 +1.33% 26
London -2 30 £82,500 +13.79% 14
North of England +18 25 £75,000 -6.06% 5
North West +1 22 £75,000 +15.38% 2
East of England +14 6 £73,750 -1.67%
South West +58 5 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Yorkshire +41 3 £80,000 +14.41% 1
Midlands +10 2 £45,750 -42.70% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
South East +34 1 £115,000 +100.00% 3
West Midlands -9 1 £34,000 -57.42% 2
Scotland - 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £57,500 -

(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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.53%) Confluence
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (43.53%) Azure
2 27 (31.76%) AWS
3 8 (9.41%) Entra ID
3 8 (9.41%) GCP
4 7 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.88%) Azure AKS
6 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.35%) GitHub
7 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon Macie
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.18%) IaaS
8 1 (1.18%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.18%) PaaS
8 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (41.18%) Firewall
2 32 (37.65%) Intrusion Detection
3 17 (20.00%) Network Security
4 8 (9.41%) VPN
5 6 (7.06%) TCP/IP
6 4 (4.71%) LAN
7 1 (1.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.18%) HBase
1 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) JIRA
1 3 (3.53%) Snyk
2 1 (1.18%) Subversion
General
1 54 (63.53%) Social Skills
2 30 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (20.00%) Finance
4 8 (9.41%) Law
5 6 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.71%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.53%) Banking
7 3 (3.53%) Legal
8 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (51.76%) Architect
2 43 (50.59%) Security Architect
3 13 (15.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 12 (14.12%) Senior
5 10 (11.76%) Security Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 6 (7.06%) Security Specialist
7 5 (5.88%) Consultant
7 5 (5.88%) Security Consultant
7 5 (5.88%) Security Manager
7 5 (5.88%) Senior Architect
7 5 (5.88%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 4 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Risk Manager
9 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Operations Manager
9 3 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.88%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 37 (43.53%) Management Information System
2 32 (37.65%) Security Posture
3 25 (29.41%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (24.71%) Social Media
4 21 (24.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 6 (7.06%) Algorithms
5 6 (7.06%) PKI
6 5 (5.88%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.71%) Cyberattack
7 4 (4.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (3.53%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (2.35%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (1.18%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.18%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 31 (36.47%) Windows
2 21 (24.71%) Windows Vista
3 9 (10.59%) Linux
4 5 (5.88%) VMS
5 2 (2.35%) Unix
6 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (63.53%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (62.35%) Information Security
3 48 (56.47%) Cloud Security
4 47 (55.29%) Security Architecture
5 46 (54.12%) Risk Management
6 40 (47.06%) Incident Response
7 37 (43.53%) TOGAF
8 32 (37.65%) Computer Science
8 32 (37.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (36.47%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (35.29%) Vulnerability Management
11 29 (34.12%) Data Protection
12 27 (31.76%) DevSecOps
13 25 (29.41%) Identity Management
14 24 (28.24%) Collaborative Working
14 24 (28.24%) SIEM
15 21 (24.71%) Ethical Hacking
15 21 (24.71%) Information Assurance
15 21 (24.71%) Proactive Management
15 21 (24.71%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.94%) Python
2 9 (10.59%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.24%) Bash
4 1 (1.18%) Bicep
4 1 (1.18%) C#
4 1 (1.18%) C++
4 1 (1.18%) Java
4 1 (1.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (88.24%) CISSP
3 46 (54.12%) CISM
4 43 (50.59%) CCSP
5 42 (49.41%) Degree
6 32 (37.65%) CISA
7 30 (35.29%) CEH
8 28 (32.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (25.88%) DBS Check
10 21 (24.71%) Master's Degree
11 20 (23.53%) Security Cleared
12 19 (22.35%) SC Cleared
13 15 (17.65%) AWS Certification
14 12 (14.12%) SSCP
15 11 (12.94%) Azure Certification
16 9 (10.59%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Certification
18 7 (8.24%) CompTIA CySA+
18 7 (8.24%) TOGAF Certification
19 6 (7.06%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (54.12%) NIST
3 37 (43.53%) GDPR
4 9 (10.59%) PCI DSS
4 9 (10.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (5.88%) QA
6 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (4.71%) IASME
7 3 (3.53%) COBIT
8 2 (2.35%) GRC
8 2 (2.35%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (14.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.35%) Docker
4 1 (1.18%) HDFS
4 1 (1.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (10.59%) Terraform
2 7 (8.24%) CASB
2 7 (8.24%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (5.88%) Istio
4 5 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 5 (5.88%) linkerd
Vendors
1 25 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.76%) Google
3 2 (2.35%) Apple
3 2 (2.35%) VMware
4 1 (1.18%) Blue Coat
4 1 (1.18%) Capita
4 1 (1.18%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.18%) Cisco
4 1 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.18%) F5
4 1 (1.18%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.18%) Netskope
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle
4 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.18%) Sybase
4 1 (1.18%) Symantec
4 1 (1.18%) Veeam
4 1 (1.18%) Zscaler