(ISC)² Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISC2 ISSAP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISSAP 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 840 872 1271
Rank change year-on-year +32 +399 -277
Permanent jobs citing ISSAP 2 15 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.019% 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.008% 0.055% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 4
10th Percentile - £44,860 £62,750
25th Percentile - £46,500 £70,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £85,000 £105,625
90th Percentile - £90,000 £115,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - £49,323 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -38.35% -6.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISSAP 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%

ISSAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISSAP in the UK

ISSAP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ISSAP in the UK

ISSAP
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISSAP 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 +24 2 - - 2
London +80 1 - - 1
Work from Home +33 1 - - 1

ISSAP
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SABSA
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware