(ISC)2 CCSP Jobs

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 693 1021
Rank change year-on-year -73 +328 -178
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 151 255 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.80% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 125 199 156
10th Percentile £55,750 £41,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.83% -18.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £90,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,927 £64,875 £68,000
% change year-on-year +9.33% -4.60% -5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP 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 28,090 31,716 46,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.39% 33.96% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,218 14,326 19,252
10th Percentile £28,664 £32,000 £30,861
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,844 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Salary trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 -37 136 £79,842 +22.83% 21
UK excluding London -65 72 £70,927 +9.33% 15
London +48 67 £80,000 +16.36% 7
Work from Home +15 67 £77,421 +3.23% 11
North of England +28 39 £79,842 -6.07% 4
North West -6 21 £65,000 - 2
South East -26 19 £57,500 +76.92% 7
Yorkshire +75 12 £79,842 -20.16% 2
North East -11 6 £79,842 -17.69%
South West -61 6 £50,000 -23.08% 1
Midlands -16 4 £79,842 +27.75%
West Midlands -19 4 £79,842 +27.75%
Scotland -72 4 £80,000 +23.55% 1

(ISC)2 CCSP
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:

Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 96 (63.58%) Azure
2 74 (49.01%) AWS
3 38 (25.17%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (9.27%) Microsoft Purview
5 12 (7.95%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (7.95%) GCP
6 11 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (7.28%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (6.62%) PaaS
8 8 (5.30%) IaaS
8 8 (5.30%) SaaS
9 2 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.66%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 44 (29.14%) WAN
2 37 (24.50%) Firewall
3 33 (21.85%) SD-WAN
4 20 (13.25%) Network Security
5 18 (11.92%) TCP/IP
6 17 (11.26%) LAN
7 11 (7.28%) Wireshark
8 8 (5.30%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (3.31%) VPN
10 4 (2.65%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Snyk
1 1 (0.66%) Vagrant
General
1 60 (39.74%) Finance
2 27 (17.88%) Social Skills
3 21 (13.91%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.27%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (5.30%) Law
5 8 (5.30%) Retail
6 7 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.64%) Legal
7 5 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Banking
9 2 (1.32%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.66%) Automotive
10 1 (0.66%) Local Government
10 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.66%) Police
10 1 (0.66%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 80 (52.98%) Architect
1 80 (52.98%) Security Architect
2 39 (25.83%) Lead
3 28 (18.54%) Senior
4 27 (17.88%) Lead Architect
4 27 (17.88%) Lead Security Architect
5 19 (12.58%) Security Engineer
6 18 (11.92%) Analyst
7 17 (11.26%) Security Analyst
8 15 (9.93%) IT Architect
8 15 (9.93%) IT Security Architect
9 12 (7.95%) Security Manager
9 12 (7.95%) Senior Architect
9 12 (7.95%) Senior Security Architect
10 11 (7.28%) Consultant
10 11 (7.28%) Security Consultant
11 10 (6.62%) Information Security Engineer
12 9 (5.96%) Information Analyst
12 9 (5.96%) Information Security Analyst
13 8 (5.30%) Information Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) OAuth
1 2 (1.32%) OpenID
1 2 (1.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (38.41%) Management Information System
2 44 (29.14%) Security Posture
3 37 (24.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 14 (9.27%) Cloud Security Posture
5 12 (7.95%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (6.62%) Cloud Native
6 10 (6.62%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (5.96%) Cyberattack
8 8 (5.30%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.99%) NHS
9 3 (1.99%) PKI
9 3 (1.99%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.32%) IoT
10 2 (1.32%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.32%) PMI
11 1 (0.66%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.95%) Windows
2 11 (7.28%) Android
2 11 (7.28%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (69.54%) Information Security
2 70 (46.36%) Cloud Security
3 68 (45.03%) Security Architecture
4 58 (38.41%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (32.45%) Application Security
6 39 (25.83%) Identity Management
6 39 (25.83%) OWASP
7 37 (24.50%) Incident Response
8 36 (23.84%) Secure Coding
9 35 (23.18%) Security Operations
10 31 (20.53%) CI/CD
11 30 (19.87%) Roadmaps
11 30 (19.87%) Security Management
12 26 (17.22%) Agile
13 25 (16.56%) Identity Access Management
14 24 (15.89%) SIEM
15 23 (15.23%) Regulatory Compliance
16 21 (13.91%) Data Loss Prevention
17 18 (11.92%) Information Security Management
17 18 (11.92%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.61%) Python
2 12 (7.95%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.66%) Java
Qualifications
1 150 (99.34%) Cisco Certification
2 144 (95.36%) CISSP
3 128 (84.77%) CCSP
4 65 (43.05%) CISM
5 56 (37.09%) Azure Certification
6 53 (35.10%) AWS Certification
6 53 (35.10%) CCSK
7 45 (29.80%) Degree
8 21 (13.91%) CEH
9 16 (10.60%) SSCP
10 13 (8.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 13 (8.61%) Security Cleared
11 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (7.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (7.28%) SANS
13 10 (6.62%) CISA
13 10 (6.62%) SC Cleared
14 8 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (5.30%) CRISC
14 8 (5.30%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (57.62%) NIST
2 51 (33.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (17.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (15.23%) PCI DSS
5 15 (9.93%) GDPR
5 15 (9.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (6.62%) QA
7 9 (5.96%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.97%) IASME
9 5 (3.31%) NCSC
10 4 (2.65%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (1.32%) GRC
12 2 (1.32%) ISO 22301
12 2 (1.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (22.52%) Docker
2 16 (10.60%) Active Directory
3 11 (7.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.66%) LXC
Systems Management
1 41 (27.15%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (22.52%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (7.28%) Nmap
4 4 (2.65%) CASB
5 2 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (39.74%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.61%) Cisco
3 11 (7.28%) Qualys
3 11 (7.28%) Rapid7
3 11 (7.28%) Splunk
3 11 (7.28%) Thycotic
4 7 (4.64%) CA
4 7 (4.64%) Netskope
4 7 (4.64%) Symantec
4 7 (4.64%) Zscaler
5 6 (3.97%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (3.97%) Google
5 6 (3.97%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.65%) Blue Coat
6 4 (2.65%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.65%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.32%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.32%) SAP
7 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.66%) iManage