Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IISP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 725 - 828
Rank change year-on-year - - +416
Permanent jobs citing IISP 18 0 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% - 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.073% - 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £79,375
90th Percentile - - £98,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 - £95,500
% change year-on-year - - +168.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

IISP 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 24,651 22,810 25,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.16% 26.72% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 10,577 12,001 13,453
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £51,119 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.90% -2.63% +7.14%

IISP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IISP in the UK

IISP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IISP in the UK

IISP
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IISP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 August 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 - 18 £67,500 - 1
Work from Home - 18 £67,500 - 1
UK excluding London - 18 £67,500 -
South West - 16 £67,500 -
West Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -

IISP
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 16 (88.89%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Consultant
1 16 (88.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 16 (88.89%) Security Consultant
1 16 (88.89%) Senior
1 16 (88.89%) Senior Consultant
1 16 (88.89%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
1 16 (88.89%) Senior Security Consultant
2 2 (11.11%) Head of Operations
2 2 (11.11%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) CESG
1 16 (88.89%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 18 (100.00%) Information Security
1 18 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 16 (88.89%) Active Listening
2 16 (88.89%) Creative Thinking
2 16 (88.89%) Information Assurance
2 16 (88.89%) Information Security Management
2 16 (88.89%) Innovative Thinking
2 16 (88.89%) ISMS
2 16 (88.89%) Matrix Organization
2 16 (88.89%) Security Management
3 2 (11.11%) Agile
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 2 (11.11%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (11.11%) Security Operations
3 2 (11.11%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) CISM
1 18 (100.00%) CISSP
2 16 (88.89%) CESG Certified Professional
2 16 (88.89%) CISMP
3 2 (11.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (88.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 16 (88.89%) JSP 440
1 16 (88.89%) NCSC
1 16 (88.89%) NIST
1 16 (88.89%) NIST 800
1 16 (88.89%) RMADS
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft