CISSP Jobs in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 218 240
Rank change year-on-year +19 +22 -19
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 116 72 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.02% 0.99% 1.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.62% 2.69% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 110 39 58
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,084 £45,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £86,500
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 falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,513 2,675 3,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.03% 36.85% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 888 1,294
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,675 £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 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £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 12 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 12 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 +23 60 £65,000 +12.44% 13
Lancashire +27 48 £52,084 +1.63% 1
Cheshire -14 6 £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 (2.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.00%) Azure
2 22 (18.97%) AWS
3 7 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.45%) PaaS
5 3 (2.59%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.72%) GCP
6 2 (1.72%) IaaS
6 2 (1.72%) SaaS
7 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.83%) Network Security
2 19 (16.38%) Firewall
3 15 (12.93%) SD-WAN
3 15 (12.93%) WAN
4 7 (6.03%) VPN
5 5 (4.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (3.45%) NetScaler
7 3 (2.59%) VLAN
7 3 (2.59%) VoIP
7 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.86%) DNS
8 1 (0.86%) HTTP
8 1 (0.86%) SMTP
8 1 (0.86%) TCP/IP
General
1 24 (20.69%) Military
2 19 (16.38%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.76%) Legal
4 8 (6.90%) Finance
5 6 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.72%) Retail
8 1 (0.86%) Games
8 1 (0.86%) Law
8 1 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (20.69%) Architect
1 24 (20.69%) Security Architect
2 23 (19.83%) Incident Manager
2 23 (19.83%) Vulnerability Manager
3 13 (11.21%) Analyst
3 13 (11.21%) Security Analyst
3 13 (11.21%) Security Manager
4 10 (8.62%) Senior
5 9 (7.76%) IT Manager
5 9 (7.76%) Lead
5 9 (7.76%) Lead Architect
5 9 (7.76%) Lead Security Architect
5 9 (7.76%) Senior Architect
5 9 (7.76%) Senior Security Architect
6 8 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 6 (5.17%) Information Manager
7 6 (5.17%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (5.17%) IT Security Manager
8 5 (4.31%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 44 (37.93%) Management Information System
2 19 (16.38%) Security Posture
3 16 (13.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 14 (12.07%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (11.21%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.31%) Cyberattack
6 5 (4.31%) NHS
7 4 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.59%) PMI
9 2 (1.72%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (1.72%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.86%) Life Science
10 1 (0.86%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.86%) PKI
10 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (60.34%) Information Security
3 41 (35.34%) Incident Response
4 29 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 29 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 28 (24.14%) ITIL
6 23 (19.83%) Root Cause Analysis
7 22 (18.97%) Secure Coding
8 21 (18.10%) Risk Management
8 21 (18.10%) Security Architecture
9 19 (16.38%) Service Delivery
10 16 (13.79%) OWASP
11 15 (12.93%) Application Security
11 15 (12.93%) Computer Science
11 15 (12.93%) Identity Management
12 14 (12.07%) PRINCE2
12 14 (12.07%) Product Management
13 13 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (11.21%) Data Security
14 12 (10.34%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.72%) Python
2 1 (0.86%) Bash
2 1 (0.86%) C++
2 1 (0.86%) Java
2 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 70 (60.34%) CISM
2 42 (36.21%) Degree
3 28 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (18.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 18 (15.52%) AWS Certification
6 16 (13.79%) Azure Certification
7 15 (12.93%) CCSK
7 15 (12.93%) CCSP
8 12 (10.34%) CEH
9 11 (9.48%) CISA
10 8 (6.90%) CRISC
10 8 (6.90%) PMI Certification
11 7 (6.03%) CCNA
11 7 (6.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (5.17%) PCI QSA
13 5 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (4.31%) PMP
14 4 (3.45%) CCNA CyberOps
14 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (29.31%) NIST
2 32 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (13.79%) GDPR
4 12 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (9.48%) PCI DSS
6 8 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (5.17%) SOC 2
8 4 (3.45%) GRC
9 2 (1.72%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.72%) QA
10 1 (0.86%) NCSC
10 1 (0.86%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (12.93%) Docker
2 4 (3.45%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (12.93%) Kubernetes
1 15 (12.93%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (6.03%) Nessus
3 1 (0.86%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 13 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.90%) Cisco
2 8 (6.90%) Citrix
2 8 (6.90%) Dell
3 7 (6.03%) VMware
4 5 (4.31%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.45%) Meraki
6 3 (2.59%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.59%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.59%) SonicWALL
6 3 (2.59%) Splunk
7 1 (0.86%) Qualys