East of England CISSP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in IT contracts within the East of England 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Knutsford Lancashire Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Preston Reading Scotland Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West Stevenage Swansea UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	151	123
Rank change on same period last year	-28
Matching contract IT job ads	6	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	1.230 %	5.149 %
Daily rates quoted	5	15
Average minimum daily rate	£391	£274
Average daily rate	£414	£308
% change on same period last year	+34.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£437	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.39 %
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	£21.25	£20.67
% change on same period last year	+2.82 %
Qualifications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	488	505
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.626 %	0.567 %
Daily rates quoted	203	169
Average minimum daily rate	£261	£295
Average daily rate	£278	£320
% change on same period last year	-13.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£296	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£332
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	79	48
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.87	£23.12
Average hourly rate	£23.81	£24.14
% change on same period last year	-1.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.75	£25.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.74	£25.82
% change on same period last year	-4.19 %
CISSP England

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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CISSP across the East of England 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 contract IT jobs ads citing CISSP across the East of England region.

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CISSP across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CISSP across the East of England region.

CISSP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Hertfordshire	-15	4	£380	+19.46 %
2	East Anglia	-2	1	-	-
2	Cambridgeshire	-	1	£550	-

CISSP England

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing CISSP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CISSP.

1 26 (56.52 %) CISA 2 23 (50.00 %) CISM 3 18 (39.13 %) Business Continuity 4 14 (30.43 %) Firewall 5 12 (26.09 %) BS7799 5 12 (26.09 %) PKI 6 11 (23.91 %) ISO27001 6 11 (23.91 %) Information Security 6 11 (23.91 %) Telecoms 7 10 (21.74 %) Project Management 7 10 (21.74 %) Cisco Certification 7 10 (21.74 %) BCP 8 8 (17.39 %) PCI DSS 9 6 (13.04 %) Finance 9 6 (13.04 %) MS Visio

10 5 (10.87 %) ISO17799 10 5 (10.87 %) Unix 10 5 (10.87 %) Linux 10 5 (10.87 %) PMP 10 5 (10.87 %) PMI Certification 11 4 (8.696 %) SAN 11 4 (8.696 %) CCSP 11 4 (8.696 %) CCNA 11 4 (8.696 %) Microsoft Certification 11 4 (8.696 %) MCSE 11 4 (8.696 %) Windows 11 4 (8.696 %) Government 11 4 (8.696 %) GIAC 11 4 (8.696 %) GSEC 11 4 (8.696 %) VLAN

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing CISSP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CISSP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.174 %) Middleware	Applications 1 6 (13.04 %) MS Visio 2 3 (6.522 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 14 (30.43 %) Firewall 2 4 (8.696 %) VLAN 2 4 (8.696 %) SAN 3 3 (6.522 %) Network Security 4 2 (4.348 %) NetScreen 4 2 (4.348 %) Cisco PIX 4 2 (4.348 %) VPN 4 2 (4.348 %) SSL 5 1 (2.174 %) Internet 5 1 (2.174 %) 3G 5 1 (2.174 %) ATM 5 1 (2.174 %) GPRS 5 1 (2.174 %) GSM 5 1 (2.174 %) UMTS	General 1 11 (23.91 %) Telecoms 2 6 (13.04 %) Finance 3 4 (8.696 %) Government 4 3 (6.522 %) Retail 4 3 (6.522 %) Automotive 5 1 (2.174 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 25 (54.35 %) Analyst 2 23 (50.00 %) Security Analyst 3 8 (17.39 %) Coordinator 3 8 (17.39 %) Consultant 3 8 (17.39 %) Security Consultant 4 3 (6.522 %) Information Security Consultant 4 3 (6.522 %) IT Security Analyst 4 3 (6.522 %) Security Manager 5 2 (4.348 %) Network Manager 5 2 (4.348 %) Network Security Manager 6 1 (2.174 %) Firewall Engineer 6 1 (2.174 %) Auditor 6 1 (2.174 %) Process Analyst 6 1 (2.174 %) Business Process Analyst 6 1 (2.174 %) Business Analyst 6 1 (2.174 %) IT Manager	Miscellaneous 1 12 (26.09 %) PKI 2 2 (4.348 %) French Language 2 2 (4.348 %) Italian Language
Operating Systems 1 5 (10.87 %) Unix 1 5 (10.87 %) Linux 2 4 (8.696 %) Windows 3 1 (2.174 %) AIX 3 1 (2.174 %) HPUX 3 1 (2.174 %) Solaris 3 1 (2.174 %) FreeBSD	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (39.13 %) Business Continuity 2 11 (23.91 %) Information Security 3 10 (21.74 %) BCP 3 10 (21.74 %) Project Management 4 3 (6.522 %) E-Commerce 4 3 (6.522 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (2.174 %) ITIL 5 1 (2.174 %) Risk Assessment 5 1 (2.174 %) Information Security Management 5 1 (2.174 %) Security Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (4.348 %) C	Qualifications 1 26 (56.52 %) CISA 2 23 (50.00 %) CISM 3 10 (21.74 %) Cisco Certification 4 5 (10.87 %) PMP 4 5 (10.87 %) PMI Certification 5 4 (8.696 %) Microsoft Certification 5 4 (8.696 %) MCSE 5 4 (8.696 %) CCSP 5 4 (8.696 %) CCNA 5 4 (8.696 %) GIAC 5 4 (8.696 %) GSEC 6 2 (4.348 %) CCSE 6 2 (4.348 %) Degree 6 2 (4.348 %) CCIE 7 1 (2.174 %) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (26.09 %) BS7799 2 11 (23.91 %) ISO27001 3 8 (17.39 %) PCI DSS 4 5 (10.87 %) ISO17799 5 1 (2.174 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 3 (6.522 %) CheckPoint 2 2 (4.348 %) Cisco 3 1 (2.174 %) IBM 3 1 (2.174 %) Sun 3 1 (2.174 %) Nokia 3 1 (2.174 %) Crossbeam