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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 289 266 377
Rank change year-on-year -23 +111 -54
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1,044 1,269 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 1.34% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.74% 3.97% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 793 925 1,073
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £45,904
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,970 £56,774
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CISSP.

Salary trend for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the UK

CISSP
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK 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
England +2 949 £70,000 - 219
UK excluding London -37 535 £60,000 -4.00% 111
London +45 456 £80,000 +5.26% 115
Work from Home -76 364 £72,500 +7.41% 127
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% 18
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% 8
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
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (0.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.19%) Apache
3 1 (0.096%) Confluence
3 1 (0.096%) IIS
3 1 (0.096%) nginx
3 1 (0.096%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.096%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 308 (29.50%) Azure
2 197 (18.87%) AWS
3 138 (13.22%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (4.50%) GCP
5 44 (4.21%) Azure Sentinel
6 39 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
7 38 (3.64%) SaaS
8 25 (2.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (2.11%) PaaS
10 21 (2.01%) IaaS
10 21 (2.01%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.63%) Entra ID
12 14 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.57%) Azure Service Fabric
13 6 (0.57%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.38%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.38%) Serverless
14 4 (0.38%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.29%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 275 (26.34%) Firewall
2 145 (13.89%) Network Security
3 74 (7.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 69 (6.61%) WAN
5 56 (5.36%) TCP/IP
6 52 (4.98%) VPN
7 51 (4.89%) LAN
8 36 (3.45%) SD-WAN
9 28 (2.68%) DNS
10 22 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (1.72%) Internet
12 16 (1.53%) Wireshark
13 15 (1.44%) VoIP
14 12 (1.15%) Cisco IPT
15 10 (0.96%) Cisco IOS
15 10 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
16 5 (0.48%) 5G
16 5 (0.48%) DHCP
17 4 (0.38%) NetScaler
18 3 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.01%) Power BI
2 6 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (0.48%) Big Data
3 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.48%) Redis
4 4 (0.38%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 23 (2.20%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.096%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.096%) Git
3 1 (0.096%) Snyk
3 1 (0.096%) Vagrant
General
1 312 (29.89%) Finance
2 271 (25.96%) Social Skills
3 123 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (9.10%) Law
5 86 (8.24%) Legal
6 62 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (5.84%) Public Sector
8 46 (4.41%) Military
9 42 (4.02%) Retail
10 35 (3.35%) Banking
10 35 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
11 34 (3.26%) Telecoms
12 33 (3.16%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.39%) Marketing
14 22 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.05%) Electronics
16 9 (0.86%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.86%) Automotive
17 7 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 212 (20.31%) Analyst
2 192 (18.39%) Architect
3 155 (14.85%) Senior
4 149 (14.27%) Security Architect
5 145 (13.89%) Security Analyst
6 130 (12.45%) Security Manager
7 120 (11.49%) Lead
8 111 (10.63%) Security Engineer
9 108 (10.34%) Consultant
10 97 (9.29%) Security Consultant
11 59 (5.65%) Information Manager
11 59 (5.65%) Information Security Manager
12 54 (5.17%) Senior Analyst
13 50 (4.79%) IT Manager
14 49 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 44 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 43 (4.12%) Information Analyst
16 43 (4.12%) Information Security Analyst
16 43 (4.12%) Lead Architect
17 41 (3.93%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.44%) OAuth
2 14 (1.34%) HTML
2 14 (1.34%) SAML
2 14 (1.34%) Web Services
3 9 (0.86%) ModSecurity
3 9 (0.86%) REST
4 6 (0.57%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.57%) SOAP
4 6 (0.57%) web3js
5 5 (0.48%) Middleware
6 4 (0.38%) Kafka
7 3 (0.29%) OpenID
8 2 (0.19%) .NET
8 2 (0.19%) EDI
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.096%) J2EE
9 1 (0.096%) LDAP
9 1 (0.096%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (0.096%) RESTful
9 1 (0.096%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 292 (27.97%) Management Information System
2 144 (13.79%) Security Posture
3 102 (9.77%) Cyber Threat
4 69 (6.61%) Security Operations Centre
5 53 (5.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 51 (4.89%) Data Centre
7 50 (4.79%) Cyberattack
8 37 (3.54%) Operational Technology
8 37 (3.54%) PKI
9 35 (3.35%) Onboarding
10 31 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.39%) Public Cloud
12 23 (2.20%) Product Ownership
13 16 (1.53%) Client/Server
13 16 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
13 16 (1.53%) IoT
14 15 (1.44%) Cloud Native
15 14 (1.34%) Cyber Security Posture
15 14 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 97 (9.29%) Windows
2 42 (4.02%) Linux
3 21 (2.01%) Unix
4 14 (1.34%) Android
4 14 (1.34%) Apple iOS
4 14 (1.34%) Mac OS X
5 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.48%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.38%) CentOS
7 4 (0.38%) Solaris
7 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.38%) zOS
8 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (64.18%) Cybersecurity
2 569 (54.50%) Information Security
3 269 (25.77%) Incident Response
4 260 (24.90%) Risk Management
5 208 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
6 206 (19.73%) SIEM
7 195 (18.68%) Security Architecture
8 177 (16.95%) Security Operations
9 167 (16.00%) Cloud Security
10 165 (15.80%) Computer Science
11 151 (14.46%) Vulnerability Management
12 141 (13.51%) ITIL
13 130 (12.45%) Roadmaps
14 129 (12.36%) Incident Management
14 129 (12.36%) Security Management
15 124 (11.88%) Application Security
16 98 (9.39%) Agile
17 96 (9.20%) Data Protection
18 93 (8.91%) Penetration Testing
19 92 (8.81%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (8.81%) Python
2 57 (5.46%) PowerShell
3 20 (1.92%) Bash
4 19 (1.82%) SQL
5 9 (0.86%) Java
6 5 (0.48%) C
6 5 (0.48%) R
6 5 (0.48%) Scala
7 2 (0.19%) C#
7 2 (0.19%) C++
7 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.096%) Groovy
8 1 (0.096%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 596 (57.09%) CISM
2 319 (30.56%) Degree
3 225 (21.55%) CISA
4 202 (19.35%) Cisco Certification
5 162 (15.52%) CRISC
6 160 (15.33%) Security Cleared
7 149 (14.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 128 (12.26%) CCSP
9 125 (11.97%) CEH
10 111 (10.63%) SC Cleared
11 101 (9.67%) GIAC
12 90 (8.62%) Azure Certification
12 90 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
13 89 (8.52%) CompTIA Security+
14 84 (8.05%) AWS Certification
15 67 (6.42%) CESG Certified Professional
16 59 (5.65%) Master's Degree
17 58 (5.56%) CCSK
18 57 (5.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 55 (5.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 365 (34.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 315 (30.17%) NIST
3 134 (12.84%) GDPR
4 125 (11.97%) PCI DSS
5 104 (9.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (7.95%) GRC
7 56 (5.36%) NCSC
8 53 (5.08%) COBIT
9 51 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 40 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 23 (2.20%) NIST 800
12 22 (2.11%) HIPAA
13 20 (1.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 15 (1.44%) SOC 2
15 12 (1.15%) QA
16 10 (0.96%) JSP 440
16 10 (0.96%) RMADS
16 10 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 9 (0.86%) ISO 22301
18 8 (0.77%) IASME
System Software
1 48 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.26%) Docker
3 14 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.48%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.096%) LXC
7 1 (0.096%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.096%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 50 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
3 31 (2.97%) Ansible
4 22 (2.11%) CASB
5 21 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 14 (1.34%) Nessus
6 14 (1.34%) Nmap
7 10 (0.96%) SCCM
8 5 (0.48%) Grafana
8 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.48%) SCOM
8 5 (0.48%) Suricata
9 4 (0.38%) QRadar
9 4 (0.38%) Terraform
10 3 (0.29%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.096%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.096%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 232 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.50%) Splunk
3 39 (3.74%) Cisco
4 36 (3.45%) Qualys
5 28 (2.68%) Palo Alto
6 25 (2.39%) CyberArk
7 23 (2.20%) Dell
8 21 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.92%) Google
10 19 (1.82%) Rapid7
11 16 (1.53%) Alibaba
12 15 (1.44%) Meraki
13 14 (1.34%) McAfee
13 14 (1.34%) Thycotic
14 13 (1.25%) ArcSight
14 13 (1.25%) Atlassian
14 13 (1.25%) Carbon Black
14 13 (1.25%) Oracle
14 13 (1.25%) Zscaler
15 12 (1.15%) SAP