Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 762 1146
Rank change year-on-year +32 +384 -174
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 112 125 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.074%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.46% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 104 100 98
10th Percentile £51,875 £31,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £74,766 £54,250 £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £79,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -18.50% +18.15%
75th Percentile £95,625 £77,500 £85,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,125 £116,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £79,842 £57,750 £64,500
% change year-on-year +38.25% -10.47% -0.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 23,768 27,219 48,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.30% 33.73% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 13,767 20,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,425 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCSP.

Salary trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCSP over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England +14 91 £79,842 +22.83% 11
London +77 51 £95,000 +40.74% 5
UK excluding London -41 45 £79,842 +38.25% 8
Work from Home +41 35 £79,842 +38.86% 3
North of England +22 19 £79,842 -15.96% 1
South East -6 12 £57,500 +45.57% 3
Yorkshire +65 8 £79,842 -20.16%
North West -4 8 £79,842 +87.86% 1
Scotland - 6 £49,990 -
West Midlands -2 4 £79,842 +31.43%
Midlands -19 4 £79,842 +31.43%
South West -21 4 £47,500 -26.92%
North East -9 3 £79,842 -15.96%

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 61 (54.46%) Azure
2 52 (46.43%) AWS
3 12 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.04%) IaaS
4 9 (8.04%) PaaS
4 9 (8.04%) SaaS
5 6 (5.36%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.79%) GCP
6 2 (1.79%) Serverless
7 1 (0.89%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (21.43%) Firewall
1 24 (21.43%) SD-WAN
1 24 (21.43%) WAN
2 18 (16.07%) Network Security
3 11 (9.82%) LAN
4 6 (5.36%) VPN
5 5 (4.46%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.68%) Internet
7 1 (0.89%) TCP/IP
General
1 32 (28.57%) Finance
2 27 (24.11%) Social Skills
3 18 (16.07%) Public Sector
4 14 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.36%) Legal
7 5 (4.46%) Law
8 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.79%) Banking
9 2 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.89%) Marketing
10 1 (0.89%) Retail
10 1 (0.89%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 59 (52.68%) Architect
1 59 (52.68%) Security Architect
2 25 (22.32%) Lead
3 24 (21.43%) Analyst
3 24 (21.43%) Lead Architect
3 24 (21.43%) Lead Security Architect
4 23 (20.54%) Security Analyst
5 18 (16.07%) Senior
6 16 (14.29%) IT Architect
6 16 (14.29%) IT Security Architect
7 14 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (9.82%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 11 (9.82%) Senior Architect
8 11 (9.82%) Senior Security Architect
9 10 (8.93%) Consultant
9 10 (8.93%) Security Consultant
10 8 (7.14%) Security Engineer
11 7 (6.25%) Information Analyst
11 7 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
12 6 (5.36%) IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.36%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.79%) OAuth
2 2 (1.79%) OpenID
2 2 (1.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (32.14%) Management Information System
2 35 (31.25%) Security Posture
3 27 (24.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 15 (13.39%) Cyberattack
5 13 (11.61%) Cloud Native
6 11 (9.82%) Data Centre
7 5 (4.46%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.79%) IoT
9 2 (1.79%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.93%) Linux
1 10 (8.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (59.82%) Information Security
2 60 (53.57%) Security Architecture
3 51 (45.54%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (41.07%) Cloud Security
5 40 (35.71%) Application Security
6 35 (31.25%) Identity Management
7 30 (26.79%) Secure Coding
8 26 (23.21%) Incident Response
9 24 (21.43%) CI/CD
9 24 (21.43%) OWASP
9 24 (21.43%) SIEM
10 23 (20.54%) Security Operations
11 21 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
12 18 (16.07%) TOGAF
13 16 (14.29%) Risk Management
14 15 (13.39%) Identity Access Management
15 14 (12.50%) Network Architecture
15 14 (12.50%) Roadmaps
16 12 (10.71%) Data Security
16 12 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.14%) Python
2 6 (5.36%) Bash
2 6 (5.36%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.89%) Java
Qualifications
1 112 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 101 (90.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 96 (85.71%) CISSP
4 46 (41.07%) CISM
5 37 (33.04%) AWS Certification
5 37 (33.04%) Azure Certification
6 34 (30.36%) Degree
7 33 (29.46%) CCSK
8 14 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 14 (12.50%) Security Cleared
9 13 (11.61%) CEH
9 13 (11.61%) ISACA
10 12 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (8.93%) CISA
12 9 (8.04%) CCNP
13 6 (5.36%) CRISC
13 6 (5.36%) GCIH
13 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (5.36%) OSCP
14 4 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (43.75%) NIST
2 26 (23.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (16.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (9.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (9.82%) IASME
4 11 (9.82%) QA
5 9 (8.04%) NIST 800
5 9 (8.04%) SOC 2
6 5 (4.46%) GDPR
7 4 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.79%) FedRAMP
8 2 (1.79%) ISO 22301
8 2 (1.79%) ISO 9001
8 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.89%) GRC
9 1 (0.89%) HIPAA
System Software
1 24 (21.43%) Docker
2 20 (17.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
2 24 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 6 (5.36%) CASB
3 6 (5.36%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 38 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.82%) Cisco
3 6 (5.36%) CA
3 6 (5.36%) Splunk
4 4 (3.57%) CheckPoint
4 4 (3.57%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.68%) Blue Coat
5 3 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.68%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.68%) Netskope
5 3 (2.68%) Symantec
5 3 (2.68%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.79%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.89%) Databricks
7 1 (0.89%) Google
7 1 (0.89%) Meraki
7 1 (0.89%) VMware