The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 50 64 71
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +7
Contract jobs citing CISSP 12 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.642% 0.251% 0.101%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.101% 1.220% 0.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £220 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £475 £400
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.38 -
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
169 164 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 23.12% 20.55% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 78 57
Average daily rate £345 £325 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.15% +22.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £184 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £517 £453 £369
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.93% +127.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £29.00 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.60 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CISSP
North West

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire CISSP Daily 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Chester +3 8 - -
Knutsford - 1 £220 -
CISSP
North West

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 19 (95.00%) Information Security
2 16 (80.00%) ITIL
3 14 (70.00%) Risk Assessment
4 13 (65.00%) Risk Analysis
5 10 (50.00%) Service Management
6 9 (45.00%) UNIX
7 8 (40.00%) Legal
8 7 (35.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (20.00%) Cisco
9 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (20.00%) BS7799
10 3 (15.00%) Tivoli
10 3 (15.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 3 (15.00%) Mainframe
10 3 (15.00%) CISA
10 3 (15.00%) CheckPoint
10 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
10 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
10 3 (15.00%) Windows
10 3 (15.00%) AIX
10 3 (15.00%) SQL
10 3 (15.00%) Oracle
10 3 (15.00%) LDAP
10 3 (15.00%) Banking
10 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
10 3 (15.00%) GIAC
10 3 (15.00%) Identity Management
10 3 (15.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
11 2 (10.00%) CEH
11 2 (10.00%) Firewall

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (15.00%) LDAP
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.000%) Internet
3 1 (5.000%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) GIS
General
1 8 (40.00%) Legal
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.000%) French Language
4 1 (5.000%) German Language
4 1 (5.000%) Italian Language
4 1 (5.000%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (5.000%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Consultant
1 16 (80.00%) Security Consultant
2 9 (45.00%) Risk Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Business Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Architect
6 1 (5.000%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Junior
6 1 (5.000%) IT Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Security Specialist
6 1 (5.000%) Information Manager
6 1 (5.000%) IT Risk Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Information Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) IT Security Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Engagement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) UNIX
2 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) AIX
3 1 (5.000%) HPUX
3 1 (5.000%) Solaris
3 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Information Security
2 16 (80.00%) ITIL
3 14 (70.00%) Risk Assessment
4 13 (65.00%) Risk Analysis
5 10 (50.00%) Service Management
6 7 (35.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) Identity Management
8 2 (10.00%) UML
8 2 (10.00%) Project Management
9 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
9 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (5.000%) Incident Management
9 1 (5.000%) Ethical Hacking
9 1 (5.000%) Computer Security
9 1 (5.000%) Data Protection
9 1 (5.000%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (15.00%) CISA
2 3 (15.00%) GIAC
3 2 (10.00%) CEH
4 1 (5.000%) CISM
4 1 (5.000%) Degree
4 1 (5.000%) EnCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) BS7799
2 1 (5.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.000%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Tivoli
1 3 (15.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (15.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.000%) ArcSight
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