The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 20 May 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 Buckinghamshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 64 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.501% 0.099% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.852% 0.490% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £518 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £475 £410
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +15.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.38 -
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
216 204 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 27.03% 20.22% 21.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 82 98
Average daily rate £275 £262 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.96% -25.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £406 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 18
Average hourly rate £18.55 £15.75 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.77% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £15.00 £9.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.55 £50.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
High Wycombe - 1 - -
Milton Keynes - 1 £725 -
CISSP
South East

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) CESG
2 8 (53.33%) CCSP
2 8 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (53.33%) Firewall
3 7 (46.67%) Information Security
3 7 (46.67%) Information Assurance
4 6 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (40.00%) Cryptography
5 4 (26.67%) Security Management
5 4 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (20.00%) PKI
6 3 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (20.00%) RMADS
6 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 3 (20.00%) ICMP
6 3 (20.00%) CISM
6 3 (20.00%) IIS
7 2 (13.33%) Cisco
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
7 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
7 2 (13.33%) Network Security
7 2 (13.33%) COBIT
8 1 (6.667%) Time Management
8 1 (6.667%) IT Governance
8 1 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (6.667%) Degree

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (20.00%) ICMP
3 2 (13.33%) Network Security
4 1 (6.667%) NAS
4 1 (6.667%) LAN
4 1 (6.667%) WAN
4 1 (6.667%) SMTP
4 1 (6.667%) SAN
4 1 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (6.667%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Security Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Head of Information Security
4 2 (13.33%) Head of Security
5 1 (6.667%) IT Risk Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Information Assurance Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Information Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) CESG
2 6 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 3 (20.00%) PKI
3 3 (20.00%) RMADS
4 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.667%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) Linux
1 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Information Security
1 7 (46.67%) Information Assurance
2 4 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Security Management
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Time Management
4 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.667%) Information Security Management
4 1 (6.667%) IT Governance
4 1 (6.667%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) CCSP
2 8 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) CISM
5 1 (6.667%) CEH
5 1 (6.667%) MCTS
5 1 (6.667%) Degree
5 1 (6.667%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (13.33%) COBIT
2 1 (6.667%) COSO
2 1 (6.667%) IEC 61508
2 1 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Citrix
2 1 (6.667%) VMware
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle