Cheshire CISSP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in IT contracts within the Cheshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Derbyshire Devon East Midlands East of England England Essex Exeter Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes North East North West North Yorkshire Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Swansea Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	70
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	1.099 %	0.840 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£408	£399
% change on same period last year	+2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.14	£31.00
% change on same period last year	+10.13 %
Qualifications Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	91	119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.129 %	0.120 %
Daily rates quoted	30	34
Average minimum daily rate	£292	£312
Average daily rate	£308	£315
% change on same period last year	-2.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£318
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.04	£28.71
Average hourly rate	£21.07	£29.36
% change on same period last year	-28.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.10	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.36	£25.96
% change on same period last year	-2.33 %
CISSP North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CISSP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CISSP across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend

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

CISSP
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (66.67 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms 2 1 (33.33 %) BS7799 2 1 (33.33 %) Information Security 2 1 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) ISO27001 2 1 (33.33 %) HMG Infosec

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

General 1 2 (66.67 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Consultant 1 2 (66.67 %) Security Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) Service Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Information Security 1 1 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) BS7799 1 1 (33.33 %) ISO27001 1 1 (33.33 %) HMG Infosec