CISSP Job Trends in West Yorkshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 105 102
Rank change year-on-year -28 -3 +29
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 8 3 21
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.19% 0.19% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.85% 0.45% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile - £85,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £85,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +70.73% -26.79%
75th Percentile £68,125 £90,625 £55,625
90th Percentile £75,250 £91,750 £58,125
Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £78,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.63% +26.00% -9.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

CISSP 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 in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 432 674 464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 10.33% 42.77% 21.80%
Number of salaries quoted 267 192 158
10th Percentile £29,625 £27,575 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,750 £38,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £74,900 £90,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% -4.76%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

CISSP job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

CISSP
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in West Yorkshire

CISSP
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. 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
Leeds -41 7 £55,000 -37.14% 12
CISSP
Yorkshire

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Security Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Security Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Information Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Information Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Security Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Operations Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) Information Security
2 6 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (62.50%) SIEM
4 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 2 (25.00%) ISMS
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (12.50%) Coaching
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) CISA
2 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (12.50%) GCIA
3 1 (12.50%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (25.00%) GRC
3 2 (25.00%) ISO 22301
3 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft