The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 Chester 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 17 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 8 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 5.674% 1.724% -
As % of the Qualifications category 18.18% 18.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
44 11 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 31.21% 9.483% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 3
Average daily rate £400 £250 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -11.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £359 £332
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
Average hourly rate £44.90 - £12.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CISSP
Cheshire

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester CISSP Daily Rate Trend

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 14 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (92.86%) ITIL
3 12 (85.71%) Risk Analysis
3 12 (85.71%) Risk Assessment
4 9 (64.29%) Service Management
5 7 (50.00%) Legal
6 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (42.86%) UNIX
7 4 (28.57%) Cisco
7 4 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (28.57%) BS7799
8 2 (14.29%) Firewall
8 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 2 (14.29%) AIX
8 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
9 1 (7.143%) EnCE
9 1 (7.143%) Computer Security
9 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
9 1 (7.143%) ArcSight
9 1 (7.143%) Linux
9 1 (7.143%) Internet
9 1 (7.143%) GIS
9 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
9 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
9 1 (7.143%) Finance
9 1 (7.143%) Ethical Hacking
9 1 (7.143%) CEH
9 1 (7.143%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (7.143%) Incident Management

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.143%) Internet
2 1 (7.143%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) GIS
General
1 7 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Consultant
1 13 (92.86%) Security Consultant
2 8 (57.14%) Risk Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Information Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) IT Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Junior
5 1 (7.143%) IT Risk Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Information Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Security Specialist
5 1 (7.143%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) UNIX
2 2 (14.29%) AIX
3 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (92.86%) ITIL
3 12 (85.71%) Risk Analysis
3 12 (85.71%) Risk Assessment
4 9 (64.29%) Service Management
5 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (7.143%) Computer Security
6 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.143%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (7.143%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.143%) EnCE
2 1 (7.143%) CEH
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) BS7799
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) ArcSight
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