(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 233 288 341
Rank change year-on-year +55 +53 -103
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 782 1,539 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 1.26% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.58% 4.28% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 563 1,035 935
10th Percentile £50,757 £42,700 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% +5.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,067 35,981 31,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 29.44% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10,705 16,977 17,903
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,670 £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%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +63 656 £75,000 +7.14% 224
Work from Home +75 401 £72,500 +3.57% 133
UK excluding London +67 371 £62,000 -4.62% 118
London +73 333 £81,250 +8.33% 114
South East +89 80 £60,000 -11.11% 26
North of England +94 69 £66,880 +16.31% 24
Midlands +90 66 £62,500 -1.33% 15
South West +35 66 £62,400 -7.56% 26
West Midlands +80 51 £63,750 -3.19% 9
Yorkshire +88 35 £60,000 +12.15% 7
Scotland -11 34 £55,000 -24.14% 14
North West +79 32 £72,500 +26.09% 14
East of England +97 30 £75,000 +30.43% 11
East Midlands +57 15 £60,000 - 6
Northern Ireland +41 14 £48,750 +33.56% 2
Wales +10 12 £72,500 +11.54% 4
North East +30 2 £80,250 +18.89% 3
Isle of Man - 1 £72,500 -

CISSP
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 11 (1.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.26%) IIS
2 2 (0.26%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.13%) Apache
3 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 172 (21.99%) Azure
2 131 (16.75%) AWS
3 55 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (4.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 24 (3.07%) SaaS
6 23 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 21 (2.69%) GCP
8 18 (2.30%) PaaS
9 17 (2.17%) IaaS
10 16 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (1.66%) AWS Direct Connect
11 13 (1.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 9 (1.15%) Datadog
13 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (0.77%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
16 4 (0.51%) WhatsApp
17 3 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
18 2 (0.26%) Tessian
19 1 (0.13%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 129 (16.50%) Firewall
1 129 (16.50%) Network Security
2 102 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
2 102 (13.04%) LAN
3 96 (12.28%) WAN
4 29 (3.71%) Internet
5 27 (3.45%) SD-WAN
6 25 (3.20%) TCP/IP
7 17 (2.17%) VPN
8 10 (1.28%) Cisco IPT
9 8 (1.02%) Wireless
9 8 (1.02%) Wireshark
10 7 (0.90%) 5G
11 6 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (0.77%) DNS
11 6 (0.77%) VoIP
11 6 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.15%) Metadata
2 5 (0.64%) MySQL
3 4 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.38%) GIS
5 2 (0.26%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (1.15%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.38%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.38%) InstallShield
2 3 (0.38%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.26%) AppScan
General
1 259 (33.12%) Social Skills
2 144 (18.41%) Finance
3 103 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.44%) Games
4 66 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 57 (7.29%) Legal
6 40 (5.12%) Law
7 32 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (3.96%) Retail
9 24 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.56%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.66%) Marketing
11 13 (1.66%) Military
12 10 (1.28%) Banking
13 9 (1.15%) Advertising
13 9 (1.15%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.02%) Local Government
14 8 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.90%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 164 (20.97%) Security Manager
2 162 (20.72%) Senior
3 116 (14.83%) Analyst
4 93 (11.89%) Security Engineer
5 92 (11.76%) Consultant
5 92 (11.76%) Security Analyst
6 81 (10.36%) Architect
7 80 (10.23%) Security Consultant
7 80 (10.23%) Senior Manager
8 70 (8.95%) Security Architect
9 62 (7.93%) Lead
10 61 (7.80%) Business Manager
11 60 (7.67%) Senior Business Manager
12 52 (6.65%) Information Manager
13 51 (6.52%) Information Security Manager
14 39 (4.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 38 (4.86%) Senior Security Engineer
15 38 (4.86%) Site Controller
16 36 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 35 (4.48%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.54%) ModSecurity
2 10 (1.28%) web3js
3 5 (0.64%) .NET
4 4 (0.51%) HTML
4 4 (0.51%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.38%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.38%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.13%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 217 (27.75%) Management Information System
2 87 (11.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 60 (7.67%) Security Posture
4 40 (5.12%) Cyber Threat
5 39 (4.99%) Cyberattack
5 39 (4.99%) Greenfield Project
6 37 (4.73%) Data Centre
7 36 (4.60%) Operational Technology
8 33 (4.22%) Onboarding
9 30 (3.84%) Cybercrime
10 27 (3.45%) PKI
11 19 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (2.17%) Virtual Team
13 16 (2.05%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 12 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.41%) Product Ownership
17 10 (1.28%) Blockchain
17 10 (1.28%) Web3
18 9 (1.15%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 105 (13.43%) Windows
2 71 (9.08%) Unix
3 30 (3.84%) Linux
4 9 (1.15%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.64%) Android
5 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (69.18%) Cybersecurity
2 474 (60.61%) Information Security
3 214 (27.37%) Risk Management
3 214 (27.37%) SIEM
4 173 (22.12%) Security Management
5 167 (21.36%) Security Operations
6 151 (19.31%) Vulnerability Management
7 133 (17.01%) Business Continuity
8 130 (16.62%) Cloud Security
9 109 (13.94%) Penetration Testing
10 104 (13.30%) Incident Response
11 99 (12.66%) Data Protection
12 96 (12.28%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 95 (12.15%) Incident Management
14 94 (12.02%) Security Architecture
15 91 (11.64%) Information Security Management
16 90 (11.51%) Roadmaps
17 88 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
18 79 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
19 76 (9.72%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.60%) Python
2 35 (4.48%) PowerShell
3 25 (3.20%) Bash
4 9 (1.15%) Search Processing Language
5 7 (0.90%) Korn
5 7 (0.90%) Ruby
5 7 (0.90%) SQL
6 6 (0.77%) Java
7 4 (0.51%) C#
7 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.51%) PHP
8 2 (0.26%) Go
9 1 (0.13%) Groovy
9 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 470 (60.10%) CISM
2 226 (28.90%) Degree
3 177 (22.63%) Security Cleared
4 170 (21.74%) CISA
5 153 (19.57%) CRISC
6 109 (13.94%) Cisco Certification
7 95 (12.15%) SC Cleared
8 93 (11.89%) CompTIA Security+
9 91 (11.64%) CEH
10 86 (11.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 80 (10.23%) SSCP
12 68 (8.70%) OSCP
13 67 (8.57%) CCSP
14 56 (7.16%) CISMP
15 51 (6.52%) GIAC
16 50 (6.39%) CESG Certified Professional
17 45 (5.75%) CompTIA CySA+
18 43 (5.50%) CREST Certified
19 40 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
20 39 (4.99%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 362 (46.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 214 (27.37%) NIST
3 137 (17.52%) GDPR
4 112 (14.32%) GRC
5 75 (9.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 64 (8.18%) NCSC
7 54 (6.91%) PCI DSS
8 42 (5.37%) ISO 22301
9 41 (5.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (3.71%) COBIT
11 28 (3.58%) NIST 800
12 19 (2.43%) SOC 2
13 18 (2.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 17 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 17 (2.17%) RMADS
15 15 (1.92%) JSP 440
15 15 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (1.66%) IASME
17 11 (1.41%) HIPAA
18 9 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 56 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.43%) Docker
3 12 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.26%) XenApp
5 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.30%) Ansible
1 18 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.66%) Terraform
3 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.64%) Nmap
6 3 (0.38%) QRadar
7 2 (0.26%) CASB
7 2 (0.26%) Nessus
7 2 (0.26%) SCCM
8 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.13%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.13%) SCOM
8 1 (0.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 113 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.37%) CA
3 37 (4.73%) Palo Alto
4 29 (3.71%) Splunk
5 26 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.20%) Cisco
6 25 (3.20%) F5
7 16 (2.05%) VMware
8 15 (1.92%) CyberArk
9 14 (1.79%) Carbon Black
10 13 (1.66%) Qualys
11 12 (1.53%) ArcSight
11 12 (1.53%) McAfee
12 10 (1.28%) CheckPoint
12 10 (1.28%) Google
13 9 (1.15%) AppDynamics
13 9 (1.15%) New Relic
14 8 (1.02%) Symantec
15 7 (0.90%) Aruba
15 7 (0.90%) Oracle