The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 87 128 120
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -8
Contract jobs citing CISSP 31 16 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.312% 0.500% 0.434%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.082% 2.171% 1.740%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 2
Average daily rate £510 - £338
90% offered a daily rate of more than £475 - £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 - £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £470 £394
% change year-on-year
+1.06% +19.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
610 737 747
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.81% 23.02% 24.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 275 268
Average daily rate £390 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 42
Average hourly rate £18.50 £25.25 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.73% +53.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.25 £10.85 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £48.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CISSP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire CISSP Jobs Demand Trend

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CISSP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CISSP Daily Rate Trend

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CISSP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire CISSP Daily Rate Histogram

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CISSP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CISSP Hourly Rate Trend

CISSP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +28 18 £500 - 4
Slough - 2 £588 -
Bracknell - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
Newbury - - - -
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CISSP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CISSP.

1 37 (74.00%) CISA
1 37 (74.00%) Information Security
2 30 (60.00%) CISM
3 17 (34.00%) Firewall
3 17 (34.00%) Network Security
4 16 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (30.00%) Finance
5 15 (30.00%) Project Management
6 10 (20.00%) Data Protection
6 10 (20.00%) GIAC
6 10 (20.00%) Symantec
6 10 (20.00%) SQL
7 8 (16.00%) ISO 9001
7 8 (16.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (16.00%) PCI DSS
8 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
8 6 (12.00%) ITIL
9 5 (10.00%) Oracle
9 5 (10.00%) Cisco
9 5 (10.00%) CA
9 5 (10.00%) Tivoli
9 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
9 5 (10.00%) TOGAF
9 5 (10.00%) CESG
9 5 (10.00%) CESG CLAS
9 5 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
9 5 (10.00%) Database Security
9 5 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
10 4 (8.000%) CCSA
10 4 (8.000%) SC Cleared

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CISSP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CISSP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.000%) J2EE
2 1 (2.000%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (4.000%) MS Excel
1 2 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 17 (34.00%) Firewall
1 17 (34.00%) Network Security
2 4 (8.000%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.000%) VPN
3 3 (6.000%) LAN
3 3 (6.000%) WAN
3 3 (6.000%) Internet
3 3 (6.000%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (6.000%) OSPF
3 3 (6.000%) Cisco PIX
3 3 (6.000%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.000%) MPLS
5 1 (2.000%) DNS
5 1 (2.000%) SSL
5 1 (2.000%) GGSN
5 1 (2.000%) SGSN
5 1 (2.000%) IPsec
5 1 (2.000%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.000%) MS Access
1 2 (4.000%) Data Mining
General
1 15 (30.00%) Finance
2 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.000%) Legal
4 1 (2.000%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.000%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (42.00%) Consultant
2 11 (22.00%) Security Consultant
2 11 (22.00%) Risk Consultant
3 10 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 10 (20.00%) Architect
3 10 (20.00%) Analyst
4 8 (16.00%) Security Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) IT Architect
5 4 (8.000%) Security Manager
5 4 (8.000%) IT Security Architect
6 3 (6.000%) Security Engineer
6 3 (6.000%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.000%) IP Engineer
6 3 (6.000%) Security Support Engineer
6 3 (6.000%) Information Security Consultant
6 3 (6.000%) Design Engineer
7 2 (4.000%) Information Security Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Information Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Designer
7 2 (4.000%) Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) CESG
1 5 (10.00%) CESG CLAS
2 4 (8.000%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.000%) Computer Science
3 2 (4.000%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.000%) Windows
2 3 (6.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (74.00%) Information Security
2 15 (30.00%) Project Management
3 10 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 6 (12.00%) ITIL
5 5 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 5 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 5 (10.00%) Database Security
5 5 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (8.000%) Security Architecture
6 4 (8.000%) Change Control
6 4 (8.000%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (6.000%) Network Design
7 3 (6.000%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (6.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.000%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.000%) Information Security Management
7 3 (6.000%) Security Management
7 3 (6.000%) Risk Management
8 2 (4.000%) PRINCE2
8 2 (4.000%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (4.000%) VB
3 1 (2.000%) C
3 1 (2.000%) C#
3 1 (2.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 37 (74.00%) CISA
2 30 (60.00%) CISM
3 10 (20.00%) GIAC
4 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.000%) Degree
5 4 (8.000%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.000%) CCSA
5 4 (8.000%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.000%) CCIE
6 3 (6.000%) CCSP
6 3 (6.000%) CCSE
6 3 (6.000%) ISEB
7 2 (4.000%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (4.000%) PMP
7 2 (4.000%) PMI Certification
7 2 (4.000%) SSCP
8 1 (2.000%) CCNP
8 1 (2.000%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (16.00%) ISO 9001
2 8 (16.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 8 (16.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (6.000%) COBIT
4 1 (2.000%) QA
4 1 (2.000%) GAMP
System Software
1 1 (2.000%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 5 (10.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 10 (20.00%) Symantec
2 5 (10.00%) Oracle
2 5 (10.00%) Cisco
2 5 (10.00%) CA
3 4 (8.000%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.000%) Nokia
5 2 (4.000%) SAP
6 1 (2.000%) Juniper
6 1 (2.000%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.000%) Sourcefire
6 1 (2.000%) F5
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