CISSP Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 281 363
Rank change year-on-year +17 +82 -59
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 931 1,130 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.08% 1.28% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.80% 3.89% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 718 825 958
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £48,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,484 29,082 36,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.31% 32.87% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 15,742 13,274 16,890
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,712 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for CISSP in England

CISSP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in England

CISSP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London +47 446 £80,000 +6.67% 112
North of England +66 161 £56,500 -4.24% 38
South West -21 112 £68,500 +1.48% 17
North West +38 110 £55,000 -4.60% 17
South East -28 101 £55,000 -7.56% 47
Midlands -47 64 £70,000 +16.67% 19
West Midlands -46 41 £75,000 +25.00% 12
Yorkshire +67 37 £56,500 -13.08% 18
East of England -1 35 £54,000 -22.86% 14
East Midlands 0 22 £66,500 +4.31% 7
North East +7 14 £79,842 +14.06% 3
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.21%) Apache
3 1 (0.11%) IIS
3 1 (0.11%) nginx
3 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 256 (27.50%) Azure
2 157 (16.86%) AWS
3 125 (13.43%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (4.40%) GCP
5 39 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 37 (3.97%) Cloud Computing
7 25 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (1.83%) SaaS
9 16 (1.72%) Power Platform
10 14 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.50%) PaaS
11 13 (1.40%) IaaS
12 11 (1.18%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.64%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.43%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.43%) Serverless
15 3 (0.32%) Mimecast
15 3 (0.32%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 246 (26.42%) Firewall
2 123 (13.21%) Network Security
3 68 (7.30%) WAN
4 60 (6.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 56 (6.02%) TCP/IP
6 40 (4.30%) VPN
7 35 (3.76%) LAN
8 33 (3.54%) SD-WAN
9 26 (2.79%) DNS
10 22 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (1.72%) Wireshark
12 13 (1.40%) Internet
13 11 (1.18%) Cisco IPT
14 10 (1.07%) Cisco IOS
14 10 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
14 10 (1.07%) VoIP
15 5 (0.54%) 5G
15 5 (0.54%) DHCP
16 4 (0.43%) NetScaler
16 4 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.72%) Power BI
2 5 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.54%) Redis
3 4 (0.43%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.32%) Big Data
5 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 22 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.21%) JIRA
3 1 (0.11%) Snyk
3 1 (0.11%) Vagrant
General
1 285 (30.61%) Finance
2 217 (23.31%) Social Skills
3 113 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (9.56%) Legal
5 85 (9.13%) Law
6 45 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 41 (4.40%) Retail
9 34 (3.65%) Telecoms
10 31 (3.33%) Banking
10 31 (3.33%) Military
11 30 (3.22%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 21 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (2.04%) Marketing
13 19 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.18%) Electronics
15 10 (1.07%) Back Office
16 9 (0.97%) Automotive
17 8 (0.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 181 (19.44%) Analyst
2 158 (16.97%) Architect
3 135 (14.50%) Security Analyst
4 130 (13.96%) Senior
5 128 (13.75%) Security Manager
6 120 (12.89%) Security Architect
7 108 (11.60%) Lead
8 99 (10.63%) Consultant
9 97 (10.42%) Security Engineer
10 88 (9.45%) Security Consultant
11 62 (6.66%) Information Manager
11 62 (6.66%) Information Security Manager
12 48 (5.16%) IT Manager
13 46 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 45 (4.83%) Senior Analyst
15 44 (4.73%) Information Analyst
15 44 (4.73%) Information Security Analyst
16 39 (4.19%) IT Analyst
17 37 (3.97%) IT Security Analyst
17 37 (3.97%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.50%) HTML
2 9 (0.97%) ModSecurity
3 8 (0.86%) Web Services
4 7 (0.75%) OAuth
4 7 (0.75%) web3js
5 6 (0.64%) SailPoint
5 6 (0.64%) SAML
6 5 (0.54%) Middleware
7 4 (0.43%) Kafka
8 3 (0.32%) REST
9 2 (0.21%) .NET
9 2 (0.21%) EDI
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.11%) J2EE
10 1 (0.11%) JSON
10 1 (0.11%) LDAP
10 1 (0.11%) Lightning Web Components
10 1 (0.11%) OpenID
10 1 (0.11%) RESTful
10 1 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 264 (28.36%) Management Information System
2 132 (14.18%) Security Posture
3 98 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
4 62 (6.66%) Security Operations Centre
5 53 (5.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 37 (3.97%) PKI
7 34 (3.65%) Cyberattack
8 32 (3.44%) Operational Technology
9 31 (3.33%) Data Centre
9 31 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (2.79%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.04%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
13 15 (1.61%) Client/Server
13 15 (1.61%) Cloud Native
13 15 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.61%) IoT
13 15 (1.61%) Public Cloud
14 11 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
15 10 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 81 (8.70%) Windows
2 25 (2.69%) Linux
3 14 (1.50%) Android
3 14 (1.50%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.86%) Unix
6 5 (0.54%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.43%) CentOS
7 4 (0.43%) Solaris
7 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.43%) zOS
8 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 593 (63.69%) Cybersecurity
2 502 (53.92%) Information Security
3 246 (26.42%) Risk Management
4 231 (24.81%) Incident Response
5 186 (19.98%) SIEM
6 185 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (18.26%) Security Architecture
8 153 (16.43%) Cloud Security
9 152 (16.33%) Computer Science
10 149 (16.00%) Security Operations
11 138 (14.82%) Vulnerability Management
12 120 (12.89%) Security Management
13 116 (12.46%) Application Security
14 112 (12.03%) ITIL
15 108 (11.60%) Roadmaps
16 103 (11.06%) Incident Management
17 95 (10.20%) Data Protection
18 94 (10.10%) Penetration Testing
19 89 (9.56%) Agile
20 82 (8.81%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 81 (8.70%) Python
2 49 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 19 (2.04%) Bash
4 12 (1.29%) SQL
5 8 (0.86%) Java
6 5 (0.54%) C
6 5 (0.54%) R
6 5 (0.54%) Scala
7 2 (0.21%) C#
7 2 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.11%) C++
8 1 (0.11%) Groovy
8 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 514 (55.21%) CISM
2 283 (30.40%) Degree
3 200 (21.48%) CISA
4 182 (19.55%) Cisco Certification
5 160 (17.19%) CRISC
6 141 (15.15%) Security Cleared
7 138 (14.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 120 (12.89%) CCSP
9 117 (12.57%) CEH
10 94 (10.10%) SC Cleared
11 93 (9.99%) CompTIA Security+
12 89 (9.56%) GIAC
13 81 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
14 71 (7.63%) Azure Certification
15 68 (7.30%) AWS Certification
15 68 (7.30%) CESG Certified Professional
16 58 (6.23%) CCSK
17 55 (5.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 51 (5.48%) Master's Degree
19 50 (5.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 336 (36.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 280 (30.08%) NIST
3 120 (12.89%) PCI DSS
4 119 (12.78%) GDPR
5 89 (9.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (9.02%) GRC
7 53 (5.69%) NCSC
8 43 (4.62%) COBIT
9 40 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 36 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 22 (2.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 22 (2.36%) NIST 800
12 19 (2.04%) SOC 2
13 18 (1.93%) HIPAA
14 11 (1.18%) JSP 440
14 11 (1.18%) RMADS
15 9 (0.97%) Data Quality
15 9 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.75%) ISO 31000
17 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 34 (3.65%) Docker
2 32 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) LXC
8 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 43 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
2 42 (4.51%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.01%) Ansible
4 20 (2.15%) CASB
5 19 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.50%) Nessus
6 14 (1.50%) Nmap
7 7 (0.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.64%) SCCM
9 5 (0.54%) Grafana
9 5 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.54%) SCOM
9 5 (0.54%) Suricata
10 4 (0.43%) QRadar
11 3 (0.32%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.21%) Terraform
13 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 211 (22.66%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.51%) Splunk
3 34 (3.65%) Qualys
4 30 (3.22%) Cisco
5 23 (2.47%) CyberArk
6 20 (2.15%) Google
6 20 (2.15%) Palo Alto
7 19 (2.04%) Rapid7
8 17 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.72%) Alibaba
9 16 (1.72%) Oracle
10 15 (1.61%) SAP
11 14 (1.50%) Meraki
11 14 (1.50%) Thycotic
12 12 (1.29%) Citrix
13 11 (1.18%) ArcSight
13 11 (1.18%) Atlassian
13 11 (1.18%) Carbon Black
13 11 (1.18%) Juniper
13 11 (1.18%) McAfee