(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 715 985
Rank change year-on-year -15 +270 -170
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 161 268 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.27% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 0.82% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 131 206 154
10th Percentile £55,750 £31,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £67,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -18.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £64,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +17.19% -14.67% +4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Salary trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +4 145 £79,842 +22.83% 22
London +67 75 £79,842 +14.06% 11
Work from Home +50 75 £75,000 - 13
UK excluding London -74 73 £75,000 +17.19% 15
North of England +63 40 £79,842 +6.46% 1
North West -1 21 £65,000 - 1
South East -26 19 £57,500 +76.92% 7
Yorkshire - 13 £79,842 -
North East -2 6 £79,842 -17.69%
South West -48 6 £50,000 -23.08% 1
West Midlands +10 4 £79,842 +30.35%
Midlands -11 4 £79,842 +30.35% 1
Scotland -64 4 £80,000 +23.55% 3

(ISC)2 CCSP
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:

Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 99 (61.49%) Azure
2 79 (49.07%) AWS
3 43 (26.71%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (10.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 15 (9.32%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (7.45%) GCP
8 10 (6.21%) PaaS
9 8 (4.97%) IaaS
9 8 (4.97%) SaaS
10 2 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.62%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.62%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 48 (29.81%) Firewall
2 47 (29.19%) WAN
3 33 (20.50%) SD-WAN
4 25 (15.53%) Network Security
5 22 (13.66%) TCP/IP
6 19 (11.80%) LAN
7 14 (8.70%) Wireshark
8 11 (6.83%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (4.35%) VPN
10 6 (3.73%) Internet
11 1 (0.62%) Wireless
11 1 (0.62%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Snyk
1 1 (0.62%) Vagrant
General
1 63 (39.13%) Finance
2 26 (16.15%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.07%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Law
6 8 (4.97%) Retail
7 7 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.35%) Legal
8 5 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Banking
10 2 (1.24%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.62%) Automotive
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
11 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.62%) Marketing
11 1 (0.62%) Military
11 1 (0.62%) Police
11 1 (0.62%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 78 (48.45%) Architect
1 78 (48.45%) Security Architect
2 42 (26.09%) Lead
3 27 (16.77%) Lead Architect
3 27 (16.77%) Lead Security Architect
3 27 (16.77%) Senior
4 23 (14.29%) Analyst
5 22 (13.66%) Security Analyst
5 22 (13.66%) Security Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Consultant
6 13 (8.07%) IT Architect
6 13 (8.07%) IT Security Architect
6 13 (8.07%) Security Consultant
7 12 (7.45%) Information Security Engineer
7 12 (7.45%) Security Manager
8 11 (6.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (6.83%) Senior Architect
8 11 (6.83%) Senior Security Architect
9 10 (6.21%) Information Analyst
9 10 (6.21%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.24%) OAuth
1 2 (1.24%) OpenID
1 2 (1.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (37.89%) Management Information System
2 44 (27.33%) Security Posture
3 40 (24.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 17 (10.56%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (9.32%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (8.70%) Cloud Security Posture
7 11 (6.83%) Cloud Native
8 8 (4.97%) Cyberattack
9 7 (4.35%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.48%) PKI
11 3 (1.86%) IoT
11 3 (1.86%) NHS
11 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
12 2 (1.24%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.24%) PMI
13 1 (0.62%) Blockchain
13 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.62%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.94%) Windows
2 14 (8.70%) Android
2 14 (8.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.62%) Linux
3 1 (0.62%) Unix
3 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (70.81%) Information Security
2 75 (46.58%) Cloud Security
3 68 (42.24%) Security Architecture
4 66 (40.99%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (32.30%) Application Security
6 42 (26.09%) Security Operations
7 40 (24.84%) Incident Response
8 39 (24.22%) OWASP
9 38 (23.60%) Identity Management
10 36 (22.36%) Secure Coding
11 34 (21.12%) Roadmaps
11 34 (21.12%) Security Management
12 32 (19.88%) SIEM
13 31 (19.25%) CI/CD
14 29 (18.01%) Agile
14 29 (18.01%) Identity Access Management
15 27 (16.77%) Regulatory Compliance
16 24 (14.91%) Data Loss Prevention
16 24 (14.91%) Zero Trust
17 21 (13.04%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.94%) Python
2 15 (9.32%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 160 (99.38%) Cisco Certification
2 154 (95.65%) CISSP
3 137 (85.09%) CCSP
4 66 (40.99%) CISM
5 56 (34.78%) Azure Certification
6 54 (33.54%) CCSK
7 53 (32.92%) AWS Certification
8 46 (28.57%) Degree
9 24 (14.91%) CEH
10 19 (11.80%) SSCP
11 18 (11.18%) CompTIA Security+
12 16 (9.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 15 (9.32%) SANS
14 12 (7.45%) CompTIA CySA+
14 12 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (7.45%) Security Cleared
15 10 (6.21%) CISA
16 9 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (5.59%) CRISC
16 9 (5.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (60.87%) NIST
2 56 (34.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (16.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (16.15%) PCI DSS
4 16 (9.94%) GDPR
4 16 (9.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 9 (5.59%) NIST 800
5 9 (5.59%) QA
5 9 (5.59%) SOC 2
6 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.11%) IASME
6 5 (3.11%) NCSC
7 3 (1.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (1.24%) GRC
8 2 (1.24%) ISO 22301
8 2 (1.24%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.62%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 34 (21.12%) Docker
2 15 (9.32%) Active Directory
3 14 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.62%) LXC
Systems Management
1 41 (25.47%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (21.12%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (8.70%) Nmap
4 4 (2.48%) CASB
5 2 (1.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.32%) Cisco
3 14 (8.70%) Qualys
3 14 (8.70%) Rapid7
3 14 (8.70%) Splunk
3 14 (8.70%) Thycotic
4 9 (5.59%) Netskope
4 9 (5.59%) Symantec
4 9 (5.59%) Zscaler
5 8 (4.97%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (4.97%) Palo Alto
6 7 (4.35%) CA
7 6 (3.73%) Blue Coat
7 6 (3.73%) CheckPoint
7 6 (3.73%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.73%) Google
8 2 (1.24%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.24%) SAP
8 2 (1.24%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.62%) iManage