CISSP Jobs in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 186 223 234
Rank change year-on-year +37 +11 -36
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 114 70 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.07% 0.95% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.67% 2.59% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 108 38 59
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,084 £45,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,655 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +0.27% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £86,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,441 2,698 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.88% 36.50% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,654 891 1,304
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,125 £62,995
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for CISSP in the North West

CISSP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the North West 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
Manchester +19 57 £65,000 +12.44% 15
Lancashire +27 48 £52,084 +1.63% 1
Cheshire -10 7 £35,000 -46.15% 1
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Apache
2 1 (0.88%) IIS
2 1 (0.88%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.44%) Azure
2 22 (19.30%) AWS
3 7 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.51%) PaaS
5 3 (2.63%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.75%) GCP
6 2 (1.75%) IaaS
6 2 (1.75%) SaaS
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (20.18%) Network Security
2 18 (15.79%) Firewall
3 15 (13.16%) SD-WAN
3 15 (13.16%) WAN
4 8 (7.02%) VPN
5 6 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (3.51%) NetScaler
7 3 (2.63%) VLAN
7 3 (2.63%) VoIP
7 3 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.88%) DNS
9 1 (0.88%) HTTP
9 1 (0.88%) SMTP
General
1 24 (21.05%) Military
2 19 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.89%) Legal
4 6 (5.26%) Finance
4 6 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.75%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.75%) Retail
7 1 (0.88%) Games
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (21.05%) Architect
1 24 (21.05%) Security Architect
2 23 (20.18%) Incident Manager
2 23 (20.18%) Vulnerability Manager
3 13 (11.40%) Security Manager
4 11 (9.65%) Analyst
4 11 (9.65%) Security Analyst
5 10 (8.77%) Senior
6 9 (7.89%) IT Manager
6 9 (7.89%) Lead
6 9 (7.89%) Lead Architect
6 9 (7.89%) Lead Security Architect
6 9 (7.89%) Senior Architect
6 9 (7.89%) Senior Security Architect
7 6 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) IT Security Manager
8 5 (4.39%) Head of IT
8 5 (4.39%) Head of IT Operations
8 5 (4.39%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 45 (39.47%) Management Information System
2 19 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 16 (14.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 14 (12.28%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (11.40%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.39%) Cyberattack
6 5 (4.39%) NHS
7 4 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.63%) PMI
9 2 (1.75%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.75%) Life Science
9 2 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.88%) PKI
10 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.51%) Windows
2 3 (2.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (61.40%) Cybersecurity
1 70 (61.40%) Information Security
2 41 (35.96%) Incident Response
3 29 (25.44%) Incident Management
3 29 (25.44%) ITIL
3 29 (25.44%) Vulnerability Management
4 23 (20.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 22 (19.30%) Secure Coding
6 21 (18.42%) Risk Management
7 20 (17.54%) Security Architecture
8 19 (16.67%) Service Delivery
9 16 (14.04%) OWASP
10 15 (13.16%) Application Security
10 15 (13.16%) Computer Science
10 15 (13.16%) Identity Management
11 14 (12.28%) PRINCE2
11 14 (12.28%) Product Management
12 13 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (11.40%) Data Security
13 12 (10.53%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.75%) Python
2 1 (0.88%) Bash
2 1 (0.88%) C++
2 1 (0.88%) Java
2 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 69 (60.53%) CISM
2 42 (36.84%) Degree
3 28 (24.56%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (18.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 18 (15.79%) AWS Certification
6 16 (14.04%) Azure Certification
7 15 (13.16%) CCSK
7 15 (13.16%) CCSP
8 12 (10.53%) CEH
8 12 (10.53%) CISA
9 8 (7.02%) CRISC
9 8 (7.02%) PMI Certification
10 7 (6.14%) CCNA
10 7 (6.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (5.26%) PCI QSA
12 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (4.39%) PMP
13 4 (3.51%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (3.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (3.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (30.70%) NIST
2 31 (27.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (14.04%) GDPR
4 13 (11.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (10.53%) PCI DSS
6 9 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (5.26%) SOC 2
8 4 (3.51%) GRC
9 3 (2.63%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.75%) QA
11 1 (0.88%) FISMA
11 1 (0.88%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.88%) NCSC
11 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (13.16%) Docker
2 4 (3.51%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Kubernetes
1 15 (13.16%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (6.14%) Nessus
3 1 (0.88%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 13 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) Cisco
2 8 (7.02%) Citrix
2 8 (7.02%) Dell
3 7 (6.14%) VMware
4 4 (3.51%) Meraki
5 3 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.88%) Qualys
6 1 (0.88%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.88%) Splunk