Hertfordshire CISSP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Durham East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Preston Reading Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	96	83
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	2	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	1.290 %	4.367 %
Daily rates quoted	2	7
Average minimum daily rate	£360	£336
Average daily rate	£368	£367
% change on same period last year	+0.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£385	£425
% change on same period last year	-9.47 %
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	£30.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	155	229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.204 %	0.239 %
Daily rates quoted	75	70
Average minimum daily rate	£385	£325
Average daily rate	£410	£354
% change on same period last year	+15.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£435	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	35	32
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.96	£22.32
Average hourly rate	£27.29	£23.39
% change on same period last year	+16.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.63	£24.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.71
% change on same period last year	-2.24 %
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 Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CISSP across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (54.55 %) PCI DSS 2 5 (45.45 %) CISA 3 4 (36.36 %) Telecoms 3 4 (36.36 %) Firewall 4 3 (27.27 %) Retail 4 3 (27.27 %) PKI 4 3 (27.27 %) Information Security 4 3 (27.27 %) CISM 4 3 (27.27 %) BS7799 4 3 (27.27 %) E-Commerce 5 2 (18.18 %) Linux 5 2 (18.18 %) Unix 5 2 (18.18 %) Cisco 5 2 (18.18 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (18.18 %) NetScreen

5 2 (18.18 %) CheckPoint 5 2 (18.18 %) Finance 5 2 (18.18 %) ISO27001 5 2 (18.18 %) CCSE 5 2 (18.18 %) Cisco PIX 6 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (9.091 %) Information Security Management 6 1 (9.091 %) Security Management 6 1 (9.091 %) Crossbeam 6 1 (9.091 %) VLAN 6 1 (9.091 %) GIAC 6 1 (9.091 %) CCSA 6 1 (9.091 %) GSEC 6 1 (9.091 %) Internet 6 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (36.36 %) Firewall 2 2 (18.18 %) NetScreen 2 2 (18.18 %) Cisco PIX 3 1 (9.091 %) VLAN 3 1 (9.091 %) Internet 3 1 (9.091 %) SAN	General 1 4 (36.36 %) Telecoms 2 3 (27.27 %) Retail 3 2 (18.18 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 8 (72.73 %) Analyst 1 8 (72.73 %) Security Analyst 2 2 (18.18 %) Consultant 2 2 (18.18 %) Security Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Firewall Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Information Security Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 3 (27.27 %) PKI
Operating Systems 1 2 (18.18 %) Linux 1 2 (18.18 %) Unix 2 1 (9.091 %) Windows 2 1 (9.091 %) AIX 2 1 (9.091 %) HPUX 2 1 (9.091 %) Solaris 2 1 (9.091 %) FreeBSD	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (27.27 %) Information Security 1 3 (27.27 %) E-Commerce 2 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (9.091 %) Information Security Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Security Management
Qualifications 1 5 (45.45 %) CISA 2 3 (27.27 %) CISM 3 2 (18.18 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (18.18 %) CCSE 4 1 (9.091 %) GIAC 4 1 (9.091 %) CCSA 4 1 (9.091 %) GSEC 4 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (9.091 %) CCSP 4 1 (9.091 %) CCNA 4 1 (9.091 %) MCSE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (54.55 %) PCI DSS 2 3 (27.27 %) BS7799 3 2 (18.18 %) ISO27001 4 1 (9.091 %) ISO17799
Vendors 1 2 (18.18 %) Cisco 1 2 (18.18 %) CheckPoint 2 1 (9.091 %) Crossbeam 2 1 (9.091 %) Nokia 2 1 (9.091 %) IBM 2 1 (9.091 %) Sun