Essex CISSP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in IT contracts within the Essex 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Cambridgeshire Cheltenham City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Kent Leeds Liverpool London Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Peterborough Reading Salisbury Scotland Shropshire South East South West Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Surrey Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	58
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	2	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	2.000 %	7.752 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£267
Average daily rate	-	£267
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£267
UK excluding London average daily rate	£434	£380
% change on same period last year	+14.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£32.33
Average hourly rate	-	£32.33
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£32.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.50	£32.33
% change on same period last year	+12.88 %
Qualifications Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	100	129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.161 %	0.139 %
Daily rates quoted	42	69
Average minimum daily rate	£164	£173
Average daily rate	£173	£178
% change on same period last year	-2.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£183	£183
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.29	£26.16
Average hourly rate	£24.63	£26.41
% change on same period last year	-6.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.97	£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+1.72 %
CISSP East of 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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CISSP across the Essex 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 Essex region.

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CISSP across the Essex region.

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Basildon	-1	1	-	-

CISSP East of England

CISSP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 6 (75.00 %) CISA 1 6 (75.00 %) CISM 2 4 (50.00 %) Information Security 3 3 (37.50 %) BCP 3 3 (37.50 %) Project Management 3 3 (37.50 %) Business Continuity 4 2 (25.00 %) VPN 4 2 (25.00 %) PCI DSS 4 2 (25.00 %) Firewall 4 2 (25.00 %) Data Security 4 2 (25.00 %) Management Information System 4 2 (25.00 %) SSCP 4 2 (25.00 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 2 (25.00 %) Mainframe 4 2 (25.00 %) French Language

5 1 (12.50 %) Italian Language 5 1 (12.50 %) Security Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Network Security 5 1 (12.50 %) MS Office 5 1 (12.50 %) MS Visio 5 1 (12.50 %) Legal

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 1 (12.50 %) MS Office 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 2 (25.00 %) VPN 1 2 (25.00 %) Firewall 2 1 (12.50 %) Network Security
General 1 1 (12.50 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 4 (50.00 %) Analyst 2 2 (25.00 %) Consultant 2 2 (25.00 %) Security Consultant 2 2 (25.00 %) Security Analyst 2 2 (25.00 %) Information Manager 2 2 (25.00 %) Information Security Manager 2 2 (25.00 %) Security Manager
Miscellaneous 1 2 (25.00 %) Mainframe 1 2 (25.00 %) Management Information System 1 2 (25.00 %) French Language 2 1 (12.50 %) Italian Language	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (50.00 %) Information Security 2 3 (37.50 %) BCP 2 3 (37.50 %) Project Management 2 3 (37.50 %) Business Continuity 3 2 (25.00 %) Data Security 4 1 (12.50 %) Security Testing
Qualifications 1 6 (75.00 %) CISA 1 6 (75.00 %) CISM 2 2 (25.00 %) SSCP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (25.00 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 2 (25.00 %) PCI DSS