CISSP Jobs in the UK excluding London

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 304 323
Rank change year-on-year -37 +19 -14
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 535 615 783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.09% 1.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.69% 2.89% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 391 410 493
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,241 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,211 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,450
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CISSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,915 21,308 23,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.21% 37.69% 32.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12,282 7,936 10,537
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the UK excluding London

CISSP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +60 165 £56,500 -4.24% 28
North West +37 114 £55,000 -4.60% 17
South West -34 114 £68,500 +1.48% 15
South East -37 105 £55,000 -8.33% 29
Midlands -51 63 £70,000 +16.67% 19
Scotland -58 47 £70,000 +21.09% 10
West Midlands -70 41 £73,750 +25.53% 10
Yorkshire +41 38 £56,500 -15.04% 11
East of England -7 33 £54,000 -22.86% 9
East Midlands -1 21 £66,500 +4.31% 9
North East -2 13 £79,842 +14.06%
Isle of Man -15 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Wales -2 3 £68,750 +49.46% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.19%) Apache
2 1 (0.19%) IIS
2 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 164 (30.65%) Azure
2 99 (18.50%) AWS
3 65 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 25 (4.67%) Cloud Computing
6 20 (3.74%) SaaS
7 11 (2.06%) GCP
8 9 (1.68%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (1.50%) PaaS
10 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.12%) IaaS
11 5 (0.93%) Power Platform
11 5 (0.93%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.75%) Serverless
13 3 (0.56%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.19%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 123 (22.99%) Firewall
2 82 (15.33%) Network Security
3 57 (10.65%) WAN
4 39 (7.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 36 (6.73%) VPN
6 32 (5.98%) SD-WAN
6 32 (5.98%) TCP/IP
7 27 (5.05%) LAN
8 16 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.87%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (1.87%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (1.68%) Cisco IPT
11 8 (1.50%) Internet
11 8 (1.50%) Wireshark
12 7 (1.31%) DNS
13 5 (0.93%) DHCP
13 5 (0.93%) VoIP
14 4 (0.75%) NetScaler
15 3 (0.56%) VLAN
15 3 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
1 5 (0.93%) Power BI
1 5 (0.93%) Redis
2 4 (0.75%) Big Data
3 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.19%) JIRA
General
1 133 (24.86%) Finance
2 112 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 63 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.41%) Military
5 37 (6.92%) Retail
6 28 (5.23%) Legal
7 26 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 22 (4.11%) Law
9 22 (4.11%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.55%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.24%) Marketing
12 6 (1.12%) Automotive
13 5 (0.93%) Banking
13 5 (0.93%) Electronics
13 5 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.75%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (23.55%) Analyst
2 97 (18.13%) Architect
3 75 (14.02%) Security Architect
4 74 (13.83%) Security Analyst
5 72 (13.46%) Consultant
5 72 (13.46%) Security Consultant
6 71 (13.27%) Lead
7 61 (11.40%) Security Manager
8 58 (10.84%) Senior
9 35 (6.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 35 (6.54%) Lead Architect
10 33 (6.17%) IT Manager
11 25 (4.67%) SOC Analyst
12 23 (4.30%) Incident Manager
12 23 (4.30%) Information Manager
12 23 (4.30%) Information Security Manager
12 23 (4.30%) Lead Security Architect
12 23 (4.30%) Senior Architect
12 23 (4.30%) Vulnerability Manager
13 22 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.68%) ModSecurity
2 8 (1.50%) OAuth
2 8 (1.50%) SAML
3 5 (0.93%) Middleware
3 5 (0.93%) Web Services
4 2 (0.37%) .NET
4 2 (0.37%) EDI
4 2 (0.37%) OpenID
5 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 167 (31.21%) Management Information System
2 63 (11.78%) Cyber Threat
3 48 (8.97%) Security Posture
4 45 (8.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 33 (6.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 32 (5.98%) Data Centre
7 21 (3.93%) Operational Technology
8 19 (3.55%) Public Cloud
8 19 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.62%) Cyberattack
10 13 (2.43%) Client/Server
11 12 (2.24%) Onboarding
12 11 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.87%) IoT
14 9 (1.68%) Cyber Security Posture
15 8 (1.50%) Cloud Native
16 7 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
17 6 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
18 5 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 58 (10.84%) Windows
2 25 (4.67%) Linux
3 15 (2.80%) Unix
4 14 (2.62%) Mac OS X
5 9 (1.68%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.12%) Android
6 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.93%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (66.73%) Cybersecurity
2 264 (49.35%) Information Security
3 168 (31.40%) Risk Management
4 139 (25.98%) Incident Response
5 104 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (18.32%) Security Operations
7 94 (17.57%) Security Architecture
8 91 (17.01%) SIEM
9 83 (15.51%) Vulnerability Management
10 82 (15.33%) Computer Science
11 79 (14.77%) ITIL
12 69 (12.90%) Cloud Security
12 69 (12.90%) Incident Management
13 65 (12.15%) Data Protection
14 60 (11.21%) Application Security
15 58 (10.84%) OWASP
16 57 (10.65%) Information Assurance
17 54 (10.09%) Security Management
18 51 (9.53%) Penetration Testing
19 48 (8.97%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 26 (4.86%) Python
2 18 (3.36%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.24%) SQL
4 7 (1.31%) Bash
5 6 (1.12%) Java
6 5 (0.93%) C
6 5 (0.93%) R
6 5 (0.93%) Scala
7 2 (0.37%) C#
8 1 (0.19%) C++
Qualifications
1 323 (60.37%) CISM
2 175 (32.71%) Degree
3 106 (19.81%) CRISC
4 104 (19.44%) CISA
5 98 (18.32%) Cisco Certification
6 96 (17.94%) Security Cleared
7 74 (13.83%) SC Cleared
8 69 (12.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 60 (11.21%) CCSP
9 60 (11.21%) CompTIA Security+
10 57 (10.65%) CEH
11 53 (9.91%) Azure Certification
11 53 (9.91%) CESG Certified Professional
12 48 (8.97%) AWS Certification
13 44 (8.22%) Computer Science Degree
14 43 (8.04%) CCSK
15 29 (5.42%) GIAC
15 29 (5.42%) SANS
16 25 (4.67%) PMI Certification
17 22 (4.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (34.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 178 (33.27%) NIST
3 71 (13.27%) PCI DSS
4 69 (12.90%) GDPR
5 57 (10.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 40 (7.48%) GRC
7 37 (6.92%) NCSC
8 29 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (2.43%) NIST 800
11 12 (2.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (1.87%) COBIT
12 10 (1.87%) JSP 440
12 10 (1.87%) RMADS
13 9 (1.68%) SOC 2
14 8 (1.50%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.75%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 3 (0.56%) QA
16 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (5.42%) Docker
2 16 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (7.85%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.79%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (2.62%) Nessus
4 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.68%) CASB
6 7 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (1.12%) Nmap
8 5 (0.93%) Grafana
8 5 (0.93%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.93%) SCOM
8 5 (0.93%) Suricata
9 3 (0.56%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.37%) QRadar
10 2 (0.37%) Terraform
11 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (18.50%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.98%) Cisco
3 22 (4.11%) Dell
3 22 (4.11%) Splunk
4 17 (3.18%) Palo Alto
5 14 (2.62%) Meraki
6 13 (2.43%) Qualys
7 10 (1.87%) VMware
8 8 (1.50%) Citrix
8 8 (1.50%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.12%) Juniper
9 6 (1.12%) Thycotic
10 5 (0.93%) Oracle
10 5 (0.93%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.75%) Darktrace
11 4 (0.75%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.56%) Aruba
13 2 (0.37%) ForgeRock
13 2 (0.37%) SonicWALL