(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 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 898 907 1259
Rank change year-on-year +9 +352 -325
Permanent jobs citing ISSAP 6 12 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.013% 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.021% 0.038% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £44,450 £60,500
25th Percentile £92,500 £46,202 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £88,750
90th Percentile - - £95,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £49,323 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -34.24% -3.23%

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 28,735 31,345 47,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.15% 33.90% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 14,299 19,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,762
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +0.20%

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 5 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 16 June 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 +28 6 £95,000 +92.61% 1
Work from Home +23 4 - - 1
South West -42 4 - -
UK excluding London -57 4 - -
London - 1 £95,000 - 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 4 (66.67%) OWASP
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (16.67%) SABSA
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) SOAR
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CCSP
2 4 (66.67%) CEH
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (16.67%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Splunk