The first table below looks at the demand for CISM in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISM over the 3 months to 17 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 England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Rank 446 442 493
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +51
Contract jobs citing CISM 64 116 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.154% 0.217% 0.140%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.866% 1.245% 0.885%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 70 67
Average daily rate £450 £475 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £375 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £600 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year
-10.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7387 9316 8926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.77% 17.46% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3919 4936 4342
Average daily rate £377 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.83% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 507 608
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £43.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CISM
UK

CISM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England CISM Jobs Demand Trend

CISM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CISM across the England region.

England CISM Daily Rate Trend

CISM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CISM across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England CISM Daily Rate Histogram

CISM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CISM across the England region.

England CISM Hourly Rate Trend

CISM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISM within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London -20 29 £450 -5.26%
South East +22 18 £473 -4.54%
North West +19 10 £425 -2.29%
South West +13 4 £450 -
East of England +14 2 £450 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
CISM
UK

CISM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CISM 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 CISM.

1 131 (90.97%) CISSP
2 104 (72.22%) Information Security
3 67 (46.53%) CISA
4 58 (40.28%) Risk Management
5 50 (34.72%) Finance
6 44 (30.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (20.14%) Management Information System
7 29 (20.14%) Risk Assessment
8 23 (15.97%) Legal
9 22 (15.28%) Security Management
9 22 (15.28%) PCI DSS
9 22 (15.28%) Security Cleared
10 20 (13.89%) IIS
10 20 (13.89%) Banking
11 19 (13.19%) Firewall
12 18 (12.50%) ITIL
12 18 (12.50%) Microsoft
12 18 (12.50%) SC Cleared
13 17 (11.81%) Data Protection
14 16 (11.11%) Project Management
15 15 (10.42%) SQL
15 15 (10.42%) TCP/IP
15 15 (10.42%) Security Architecture
16 14 (9.722%) Symantec
16 14 (9.722%) Stakeholder Management
16 14 (9.722%) Information Assurance
17 12 (8.333%) Windows
17 12 (8.333%) Linux
17 12 (8.333%) Cisco
17 12 (8.333%) Degree

CISM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CISM 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 CISM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (2.778%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.389%) J2EE
2 2 (1.389%) COM
2 2 (1.389%) JSP
3 1 (0.694%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 20 (13.89%) IIS
2 9 (6.250%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (1.389%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.694%) SAP Web AS
5 1 (0.694%) Apache
5 1 (0.694%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (5.556%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.861%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (3.472%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.19%) Firewall
2 15 (10.42%) TCP/IP
3 10 (6.944%) Network Security
4 6 (4.167%) Internet
4 6 (4.167%) VPN
5 3 (2.083%) HTTP
5 3 (2.083%) Intranet
6 2 (1.389%) LAN
7 1 (0.694%) WAN
7 1 (0.694%) SAN
7 1 (0.694%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (0.694%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.694%) MySQL
1 1 (0.694%) SQL Server
General
1 50 (34.72%) Finance
2 23 (15.97%) Legal
3 20 (13.89%) Banking
4 8 (5.556%) Retail
5 5 (3.472%) Law
5 5 (3.472%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.472%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.083%) Publishing
7 2 (1.389%) International Banking
8 1 (0.694%) Private Banking
8 1 (0.694%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.694%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 57 (39.58%) Consultant
2 43 (29.86%) Security Consultant
3 23 (15.97%) Information Security Consultant
4 20 (13.89%) Analyst
5 19 (13.19%) Risk Consultant
6 18 (12.50%) Security Manager
6 18 (12.50%) Security Analyst
7 14 (9.722%) Architect
7 14 (9.722%) Security Architect
8 9 (6.250%) Risk Manager
8 9 (6.250%) Information Manager
9 8 (5.556%) Management Consultant
9 8 (5.556%) Risk Management Consultant
10 7 (4.861%) Security Officer
10 7 (4.861%) IT Consultant
10 7 (4.861%) Information Security Manager
10 7 (4.861%) Information Security Analyst
10 7 (4.861%) Information Analyst
11 6 (4.167%) IT Security Consultant
11 6 (4.167%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.14%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.333%) SCADA
3 9 (6.250%) RMADS
3 9 (6.250%) CESG
4 8 (5.556%) CESG CLAS
5 5 (3.472%) SWIFT
6 4 (2.778%) Computer Science
6 4 (2.778%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.083%) Smart Meter
8 2 (1.389%) New Media
8 2 (1.389%) PKI
8 2 (1.389%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.389%) Video on Demand
9 1 (0.694%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.694%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.694%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.694%) Open Source
9 1 (0.694%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.333%) Windows
1 12 (8.333%) Linux
2 6 (4.167%) UNIX
3 1 (0.694%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.694%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (72.22%) Information Security
2 58 (40.28%) Risk Management
3 29 (20.14%) Risk Assessment
4 22 (15.28%) Security Management
5 18 (12.50%) ITIL
6 17 (11.81%) Data Protection
7 16 (11.11%) Project Management
8 15 (10.42%) Security Architecture
9 14 (9.722%) Information Assurance
9 14 (9.722%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
11 10 (6.944%) ISMS
11 10 (6.944%) Information Security Management
11 10 (6.944%) Asset Management
12 9 (6.250%) TOGAF
12 9 (6.250%) PRINCE2
13 8 (5.556%) Supplier Management
13 8 (5.556%) Risk Analysis
14 7 (4.861%) Release Management
14 7 (4.861%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.42%) SQL
2 1 (0.694%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 131 (90.97%) CISSP
2 67 (46.53%) CISA
3 22 (15.28%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 12 (8.333%) Degree
6 8 (5.556%) CRISC
7 6 (4.167%) ISACA
7 6 (4.167%) CGEIT
8 5 (3.472%) CEH
9 4 (2.778%) ISSAP
9 4 (2.778%) GIAC
10 3 (2.083%) ISEB
10 3 (2.083%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.389%) CCNA
11 2 (1.389%) QiCA
11 2 (1.389%) PCI QSA
11 2 (1.389%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.389%) MBA
12 1 (0.694%) CCSA
12 1 (0.694%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (30.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (15.28%) PCI DSS
3 8 (5.556%) COBIT
4 3 (2.083%) SLA
5 2 (1.389%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.389%) JSP 440
5 2 (1.389%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.694%) BS25999
6 1 (0.694%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.694%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.250%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.389%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.472%) Tivoli
1 5 (3.472%) WSUS
1 5 (3.472%) SCCM
1 5 (3.472%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 18 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.722%) Symantec
3 12 (8.333%) Cisco
4 10 (6.944%) Oracle
5 7 (4.861%) McAfee
6 5 (3.472%) VMware
6 5 (3.472%) SAP
6 5 (3.472%) CA
7 4 (2.778%) IBM
7 4 (2.778%) Juniper
7 4 (2.778%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.694%) Tripwire
8 1 (0.694%) Websense
8 1 (0.694%) HP
8 1 (0.694%) NetApp
8 1 (0.694%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.694%) CheckPoint
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Posted: 14 May 2013