(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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 271 380
Rank change year-on-year -13 +109 -43
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 1,052 1,277 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 1.37% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.68% 4.05% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 788 922 1,078
10th Percentile £44,663 £45,025 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,438 £53,970 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.32% +4.23%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
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 28,550 31,536 47,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.33% 33.88% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 17,234 14,336 19,350
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,874
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,535
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,549
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.96% +0.10%

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 9 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 9 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 -2 958 £70,000 - 188
UK excluding London -66 542 £60,000 -4.00% 100
London +33 460 £80,000 +3.23% 87
Work from Home -81 363 £72,500 +4.40% 91
North of England +48 165 £56,500 -4.24% 23
South West -35 116 £68,500 +1.48% 16
North West +31 114 £55,000 -4.35% 13
South East -41 107 £55,000 -8.33% 28
Midlands -72 67 £70,000 +21.74% 18
Scotland -59 46 £70,000 +21.09% 8
West Midlands -63 46 £72,500 +31.82% 11
Yorkshire +40 38 £56,500 -15.04% 10
East of England -19 33 £54,000 -22.86% 5
East Midlands -21 20 £68,250 +13.75% 7
North East -6 13 £79,842 +27.75%
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Wales 0 3 £68,750 +49.46% 2
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 1 (0.095%) Apache
2 1 (0.095%) Confluence
2 1 (0.095%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.095%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.38%) Ripple
2 1 (0.095%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 306 (29.09%) Azure
2 203 (19.30%) AWS
3 135 (12.83%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (4.75%) GCP
5 42 (3.99%) Azure Sentinel
6 39 (3.71%) Cloud Computing
7 37 (3.52%) SaaS
8 25 (2.38%) Power Platform
9 22 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (2.09%) PaaS
10 21 (2.00%) IaaS
11 17 (1.62%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.05%) 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
1 271 (25.76%) Firewall
2 143 (13.59%) Network Security
3 76 (7.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 66 (6.27%) WAN
5 52 (4.94%) TCP/IP
6 50 (4.75%) VPN
7 48 (4.56%) LAN
8 36 (3.42%) SD-WAN
9 28 (2.66%) DNS
10 22 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (1.81%) VoIP
12 17 (1.62%) Internet
13 13 (1.24%) Wireshark
14 12 (1.14%) Cisco IPT
15 10 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
15 10 (0.95%) 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 25 (2.38%) 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 (2.19%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
2 4 (0.38%) Git
2 4 (0.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.095%) Snyk
3 1 (0.095%) Vagrant
General
1 322 (30.61%) Finance
2 274 (26.05%) Social Skills
3 127 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (9.51%) Law
5 87 (8.27%) Legal
6 67 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (5.80%) Public Sector
8 44 (4.18%) Military
9 42 (3.99%) Retail
10 36 (3.42%) Banking
10 36 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (3.14%) Manufacturing
11 33 (3.14%) Telecoms
12 24 (2.28%) Marketing
13 22 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.05%) Electronics
16 10 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.86%) Automotive
18 7 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 214 (20.34%) Analyst
2 193 (18.35%) Architect
3 159 (15.11%) Senior
4 150 (14.26%) Security Architect
5 147 (13.97%) Security Analyst
6 134 (12.74%) Security Manager
7 119 (11.31%) Lead
8 110 (10.46%) Security Engineer
9 104 (9.89%) Consultant
10 93 (8.84%) Security Consultant
11 63 (5.99%) Information Manager
11 63 (5.99%) Information Security Manager
12 58 (5.51%) Senior Analyst
13 49 (4.66%) IT Manager
14 46 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 44 (4.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 43 (4.09%) Information Analyst
16 43 (4.09%) Information Security Analyst
16 43 (4.09%) Senior Security Analyst
16 43 (4.09%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.43%) OAuth
2 14 (1.33%) HTML
2 14 (1.33%) SAML
2 14 (1.33%) Web Services
3 9 (0.86%) ModSecurity
3 9 (0.86%) REST
4 6 (0.57%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.57%) SOAP
5 5 (0.48%) Middleware
6 4 (0.38%) Kafka
6 4 (0.38%) web3js
7 3 (0.29%) OpenID
8 2 (0.19%) .NET
8 2 (0.19%) EDI
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.095%) J2EE
9 1 (0.095%) LDAP
9 1 (0.095%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (0.095%) RESTful
9 1 (0.095%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 288 (27.38%) Management Information System
2 145 (13.78%) Security Posture
3 101 (9.60%) Cyber Threat
4 73 (6.94%) Security Operations Centre
5 52 (4.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 51 (4.85%) Data Centre
7 50 (4.75%) Cyberattack
8 37 (3.52%) Operational Technology
9 36 (3.42%) Onboarding
10 35 (3.33%) PKI
11 31 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (2.66%) Public Cloud
13 26 (2.47%) Product Ownership
14 16 (1.52%) Client/Server
14 16 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
14 16 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
14 16 (1.52%) IoT
15 15 (1.43%) Cloud Native
15 15 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
15 15 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 94 (8.94%) Windows
2 42 (3.99%) Linux
3 20 (1.90%) Unix
4 13 (1.24%) Mac OS X
5 11 (1.05%) Android
5 11 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.48%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.38%) CentOS
8 4 (0.38%) Solaris
8 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.38%) zOS
9 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 665 (63.21%) Cybersecurity
2 576 (54.75%) Information Security
3 275 (26.14%) Incident Response
4 261 (24.81%) Risk Management
5 216 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
6 208 (19.77%) SIEM
7 197 (18.73%) Security Architecture
8 179 (17.02%) Security Operations
9 168 (15.97%) Computer Science
10 163 (15.49%) Cloud Security
11 152 (14.45%) Vulnerability Management
12 140 (13.31%) ITIL
13 133 (12.64%) Incident Management
14 127 (12.07%) Security Management
15 124 (11.79%) Roadmaps
16 121 (11.50%) Application Security
17 97 (9.22%) Agile
18 94 (8.94%) Penetration Testing
19 92 (8.75%) Data Protection
20 90 (8.56%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 94 (8.94%) Python
2 56 (5.32%) PowerShell
3 20 (1.90%) Bash
4 19 (1.81%) 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 (0.095%) Groovy
8 1 (0.095%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 605 (57.51%) CISM
2 324 (30.80%) Degree
3 232 (22.05%) CISA
4 201 (19.11%) Cisco Certification
5 163 (15.49%) CRISC
6 160 (15.21%) Security Cleared
7 143 (13.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 124 (11.79%) CEH
9 123 (11.69%) CCSP
10 111 (10.55%) SC Cleared
11 101 (9.60%) GIAC
12 91 (8.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 89 (8.46%) Azure Certification
14 84 (7.98%) AWS Certification
14 84 (7.98%) CompTIA Security+
15 66 (6.27%) CESG Certified Professional
16 61 (5.80%) Master's Degree
17 58 (5.51%) CCSK
18 55 (5.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 52 (4.94%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 369 (35.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 313 (29.75%) NIST
3 138 (13.12%) GDPR
4 122 (11.60%) PCI DSS
5 109 (10.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (7.98%) GRC
7 55 (5.23%) NCSC
8 53 (5.04%) COBIT
9 51 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 40 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 24 (2.28%) NIST 800
12 21 (2.00%) HIPAA
13 20 (1.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (1.24%) SOC 2
15 12 (1.14%) QA
16 10 (0.95%) ISO 22301
17 9 (0.86%) JSP 440
17 9 (0.86%) RMADS
17 9 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 8 (0.76%) IASME
System Software
1 49 (4.66%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.23%) Docker
3 11 (1.05%) 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 (0.095%) LXC
7 1 (0.095%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.095%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 50 (4.75%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.28%) Single Sign-On
3 32 (3.04%) Ansible
4 22 (2.09%) CASB
5 19 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 14 (1.33%) Nessus
7 11 (1.05%) Nmap
8 10 (0.95%) SCCM
9 5 (0.48%) Grafana
9 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.48%) SCOM
9 5 (0.48%) Suricata
10 4 (0.38%) QRadar
10 4 (0.38%) Terraform
11 3 (0.29%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.095%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 233 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.37%) Splunk
3 38 (3.61%) Cisco
4 34 (3.23%) Qualys
5 28 (2.66%) Palo Alto
6 26 (2.47%) CyberArk
7 22 (2.09%) Dell
8 20 (1.90%) Google
8 20 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.52%) Alibaba
9 16 (1.52%) Rapid7
10 15 (1.43%) McAfee
10 15 (1.43%) Meraki
11 14 (1.33%) ArcSight
11 14 (1.33%) Atlassian
11 14 (1.33%) Carbon Black
12 13 (1.24%) Oracle
13 12 (1.14%) Citrix
13 12 (1.14%) Juniper
13 12 (1.14%) SAP