CISSP Job Trends in Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 123 144
Rank change year-on-year -25 +21 +94
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 14 35 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.42% 1.07% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 2.82% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 17
10th Percentile £56,122 £47,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,250 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,463 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.02% -2.65% -1.74%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £68,500
90th Percentile £86,500 - £76,616
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% -5.67% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,034 1,239 680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 31.18% 37.81% 22.53%
Number of salaries quoted 382 249 425
10th Percentile £26,525 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,750 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

CISSP
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing CISSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing CISSP

CISSP
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CISSP in Yorkshire

CISSP
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
West Yorkshire -15 9 £76,463 +45.64% 4
South Yorkshire -2 4 £75,000 -6.25% 3
North Yorkshire - 1 £55,000 -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) GCP
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Architect
1 8 (57.14%) Security Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Information Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Security Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Information Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Information Security Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Lead
3 3 (21.43%) Lead Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Lead Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Tester
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Information Security Risk Manager
5 1 (7.14%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Information Security
2 7 (50.00%) SABSA
2 7 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 7 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 6 (42.86%) Decision-Making
4 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
5 4 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
5 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 4 (28.57%) Design Patterns
5 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
5 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
6 3 (21.43%) Application Security
6 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (21.43%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Perl
1 2 (14.29%) Python
1 2 (14.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CISM
2 4 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 4 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CEH
3 3 (21.43%) CISA
4 2 (14.29%) CRISC
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) OSCP
5 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (7.14%) GCFA
5 1 (7.14%) GCFE
5 1 (7.14%) GCIA
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) GRC
2 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (28.57%) GDPR
3 4 (28.57%) NCSC
4 1 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (7.14%) NIST
4 1 (7.14%) SLA
4 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (7.14%) Centrify
1 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Thycotic