(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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 725 712
Rank change year-on-year +106 -13 +190
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 73 171 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.62% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 43 137 213
10th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £56,809 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,842 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +18.28% -18.18%
75th Percentile £81,875 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -7.34%

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 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 14 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 1 May 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 +74 55 £75,000 -3.23% 58
UK excluding London +169 37 £75,000 - 31
London +56 27 £87,500 +9.59% 29
North of England +65 20 £75,000 -6.06% 6
North West +30 19 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Work from Home +126 10 £85,000 +13.33% 34
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
Scotland +132 4 - -
South West +101 2 £51,058 -7.17% 5
South East +91 2 £63,750 +10.87% 11
East of England +58 2 £61,000 -18.67% 14
Midlands +79 1 £34,000 -57.42% 2
Yorkshire +64 1 £71,991 -9.83% 3
West Midlands +47 1 £34,000 -57.42% 2

(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 4 (5.48%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (38.36%) Azure
2 25 (34.25%) AWS
3 18 (24.66%) GCP
4 6 (8.22%) Entra ID
5 5 (6.85%) Azure AKS
5 5 (6.85%) SaaS
6 4 (5.48%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (4.11%) GitHub
7 3 (4.11%) IaaS
7 3 (4.11%) Miro
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.74%) PaaS
8 2 (2.74%) Serverless
8 2 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (35.62%) Firewall
2 22 (30.14%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (17.81%) Network Security
4 3 (4.11%) VPN
5 1 (1.37%) LAN
5 1 (1.37%) NGFW
5 1 (1.37%) SAN
5 1 (1.37%) VoIP
5 1 (1.37%) WAN
5 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.37%) HBase
1 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) JIRA
2 1 (1.37%) Subversion
General
1 48 (65.75%) Social Skills
2 29 (39.73%) Finance
3 23 (31.51%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (23.29%) Legal
5 7 (9.59%) Law
6 3 (4.11%) Banking
6 3 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.11%) Marketing
7 2 (2.74%) Aviation
7 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.74%) Retail
8 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (38.36%) Architect
2 26 (35.62%) Security Architect
3 18 (24.66%) Risk Manager
4 14 (19.18%) Operations Manager
4 14 (19.18%) Security Engineer
5 10 (13.70%) Senior
6 7 (9.59%) Security Manager
7 6 (8.22%) Senior Manager
8 5 (6.85%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Security Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) Technical Manager
9 4 (5.48%) Technology Risk Manager
10 3 (4.11%) Audit Manager
10 3 (4.11%) Data Manager
10 3 (4.11%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (4.11%) Security Consultant
10 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.85%) Azure Blueprints
2 3 (4.11%) RESTful
3 1 (1.37%) .NET
3 1 (1.37%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.37%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (54.79%) Security Posture
2 32 (43.84%) Management Information System
3 23 (31.51%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (28.77%) Social Media
4 21 (28.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 8 (10.96%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (6.85%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.11%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (4.11%) Machine to Machine
7 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
7 3 (4.11%) PKI
7 3 (4.11%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.74%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.37%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (34.25%) Windows
2 21 (28.77%) Windows Vista
3 5 (6.85%) VMS
4 3 (4.11%) Linux
5 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (72.60%) Information Security
2 48 (65.75%) Cloud Security
3 43 (58.90%) Risk Management
4 41 (56.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (46.58%) DevSecOps
6 33 (45.21%) Incident Response
7 32 (43.84%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (42.47%) Security Architecture
9 29 (39.73%) Data Protection
10 28 (38.36%) Computer Science
11 27 (36.99%) Vulnerability Management
12 25 (34.25%) SIEM
13 24 (32.88%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (30.14%) Identity Management
14 22 (30.14%) TOGAF
15 21 (28.77%) Ethical Hacking
15 21 (28.77%) Information Assurance
15 21 (28.77%) Project Management
15 21 (28.77%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.07%) Python
2 9 (12.33%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.22%) Bash
3 6 (8.22%) R
4 2 (2.74%) Bicep
5 1 (1.37%) C#
5 1 (1.37%) C++
5 1 (1.37%) Java
5 1 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (98.63%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (90.41%) CISSP
3 44 (60.27%) CISA
4 36 (49.32%) CISM
4 36 (49.32%) Degree
5 30 (41.10%) CCSP
6 23 (31.51%) CEH
7 22 (30.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (30.14%) DBS Check
8 21 (28.77%) Master's Degree
9 16 (21.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (19.18%) AWS Certification
10 14 (19.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 10 (13.70%) CCSK
12 5 (6.85%) Security Cleared
13 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
14 3 (4.11%) CRISC
14 3 (4.11%) FFIEC
15 2 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (65.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (56.16%) NIST
3 35 (47.95%) GDPR
4 20 (27.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (12.33%) PCI DSS
6 4 (5.48%) GRC
6 4 (5.48%) SOC 2
7 2 (2.74%) COBIT
7 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.37%) NCSC
8 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (4.11%) Docker
3 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.37%) HDFS
3 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) Terraform
2 9 (12.33%) CASB
3 8 (10.96%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.85%) Istio
4 5 (6.85%) linkerd
5 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (4.11%) Progress Chef
6 3 (4.11%) Puppet
7 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (23.29%) Google
3 5 (6.85%) VMware
4 3 (4.11%) Alibaba
4 3 (4.11%) Cisco
4 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.11%) Symantec
4 3 (4.11%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.37%) Aruba
5 1 (1.37%) Dell
5 1 (1.37%) EMC
5 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle
5 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.37%) Sybase
5 1 (1.37%) Veeam