CISSP Jobs in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 265 234
Rank change year-on-year -17 -31 +1
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 106 140 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.59% 1.02% 1.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.79% 2.55% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 75 90 195
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,225 £48,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £53,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,250 £92,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,922 5,486 7,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.14% 39.92% 34.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,626 2,482 3,172
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,160 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £51,350 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,975
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CISSP in the South East over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CISSP in the South East

CISSP
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +8 47 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Berkshire +15 23 £67,500 +8.00% 4
Hampshire -41 20 £40,000 -27.27% 6
Buckinghamshire -18 17 £40,000 -33.33%
Surrey -19 15 £52,500 -16.00% 5
Kent -26 11 £57,500 -6.12% 3
Oxfordshire +7 7 £80,000 +60.00% 1
West Sussex +14 4 - - 3
Sussex - 2 £67,500 -
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
East Sussex +15 1 £55,000 +7.84% 4
CISSP
England

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (43.40%) Azure
2 31 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (13.21%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (12.26%) AWS
5 6 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.77%) GCP
7 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.89%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.94%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 34 (32.08%) Firewall
2 25 (23.58%) Intrusion Detection
3 17 (16.04%) Network Security
4 6 (5.66%) VPN
5 5 (4.72%) Internet
6 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.89%) VoIP
7 1 (0.94%) BGP
7 1 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.94%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.94%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.94%) IPsec
7 1 (0.94%) MPLS
7 1 (0.94%) OSPF
7 1 (0.94%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.94%) Sourcefire
7 1 (0.94%) SSL
7 1 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.94%) JIRA
General
1 39 (36.79%) Finance
2 19 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (17.92%) Social Skills
3 9 (8.49%) Public Sector
3 9 (8.49%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.72%) Legal
5 4 (3.77%) Retail
6 2 (1.89%) Law
7 1 (0.94%) Back Office
7 1 (0.94%) Billing
7 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Games
7 1 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (33.02%) Analyst
2 18 (16.98%) Security Manager
2 18 (16.98%) SOC Analyst
3 16 (15.09%) IT Manager
4 14 (13.21%) Consultant
4 14 (13.21%) Security Consultant
5 13 (12.26%) Architect
5 13 (12.26%) Security Architect
6 12 (11.32%) Senior
7 11 (10.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 11 (10.38%) Security Analyst
8 10 (9.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 10 (9.43%) Security Assurance Manager
9 7 (6.60%) Lead
9 7 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.66%) Information Architect
10 6 (5.66%) Information Security Architect
11 5 (4.72%) Information Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Information Security Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) Web Services
2 2 (1.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 44 (41.51%) Management Information System
2 24 (22.64%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (17.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (15.09%) Security Posture
5 15 (14.15%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (12.26%) Client/Server
7 7 (6.60%) Data Centre
8 6 (5.66%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.89%) Cyberattack
11 2 (1.89%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.94%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.94%) PKI
12 1 (0.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (16.04%) Windows
2 5 (4.72%) Kali Linux
3 3 (2.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (63.21%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (38.68%) Risk Management
3 38 (35.85%) Information Security
3 38 (35.85%) Security Operations
4 37 (34.91%) Computer Science
4 37 (34.91%) Incident Response
5 33 (31.13%) SIEM
6 27 (25.47%) Security Management
7 21 (19.81%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (16.98%) Application Security
8 18 (16.98%) ITIL
8 18 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (16.04%) Penetration Testing
10 15 (14.15%) OWASP
10 15 (14.15%) Software Engineering
11 14 (13.21%) Security Architecture
12 13 (12.26%) Information Assurance
12 13 (12.26%) Security Monitoring
13 12 (11.32%) ISMS
14 11 (10.38%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.72%) PowerShell
1 5 (4.72%) Python
2 2 (1.89%) C#
2 2 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (55.66%) Degree
2 39 (36.79%) CISM
3 23 (21.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (20.75%) CompTIA Security+
5 19 (17.92%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (16.98%) Security Cleared
7 15 (14.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (13.21%) CCSP
9 13 (12.26%) CRISC
9 13 (12.26%) GIAC
10 12 (11.32%) CISA
11 11 (10.38%) Azure Certification
11 11 (10.38%) PMI Certification
11 11 (10.38%) PMP
11 11 (10.38%) SC Cleared
12 10 (9.43%) CESG Certified Professional
13 8 (7.55%) CCSK
13 8 (7.55%) GPEN
14 7 (6.60%) CISMP
14 7 (6.60%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (39.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (37.74%) NIST
3 23 (21.70%) GRC
4 19 (17.92%) GDPR
5 15 (14.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 11 (10.38%) PCI DSS
8 9 (8.49%) NIST 800
9 8 (7.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 6 (5.66%) NCSC
11 4 (3.77%) JSP 440
11 4 (3.77%) RMADS
12 1 (0.94%) COBIT
12 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.94%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (0.94%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.66%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (5.66%) Nessus
2 5 (4.72%) Suricata
3 1 (0.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 41 (38.68%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.38%) Cisco
3 7 (6.60%) Splunk
4 6 (5.66%) Juniper
4 6 (5.66%) Palo Alto
4 6 (5.66%) Qualys
5 4 (3.77%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.94%) Aruba
6 1 (0.94%) Blue Coat
6 1 (0.94%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.94%) F5
6 1 (0.94%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.94%) McAfee
6 1 (0.94%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.94%) Tripwire
6 1 (0.94%) VMware
6 1 (0.94%) Zscaler