The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing CISSP 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.298% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.408% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
71 87 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 21.13% 20.96% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 47 13
Average daily rate £300 £288 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £160 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £418 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 9
Average hourly rate £37.00 £13.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+184.61% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.31 £11.76 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.85 £49.00 £24.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CISSP
Cambridgeshire

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge CISSP Daily Rate Trend

CISSP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper