The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 18 June 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 London 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 263 287 348
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +61
Contract jobs citing CISSP 130 127 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.564% 0.477% 0.350%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.855% 3.314% 2.671%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 98 82
Average daily rate £450 £500 £421
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +18.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £425 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £630 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £470 £394
% change year-on-year
+1.06% +19.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3372 3832 4119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.62% 14.39% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2016 2331 2405
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 111 139
Average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.25 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £41.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
CISSP
England

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London CISSP Daily Rate Trend

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CISSP across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London CISSP Daily Rate Histogram

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London CISSP Hourly Rate Trend

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 London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -4 32 £450 -10.00% 11
Uxbridge 0 3 £650 +8.33%
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - -
Beckenham - - - - 1
Harrow - - - - 1
CISSP
England

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 84 (37.17%) Information Security
2 77 (34.07%) Finance
3 75 (33.19%) CISM
4 59 (26.11%) ITIL
5 51 (22.57%) Risk Management
5 51 (22.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (21.24%) CISA
7 47 (20.80%) PCI DSS
8 42 (18.58%) Security Management
9 40 (17.70%) Firewall
10 35 (15.49%) Security Architecture
11 34 (15.04%) Banking
12 31 (13.72%) Windows
13 29 (12.83%) Cisco
13 29 (12.83%) Management Information System
14 28 (12.39%) CEH
15 27 (11.95%) Microsoft
16 26 (11.50%) Linux
16 26 (11.50%) Security Cleared
17 25 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
18 24 (10.62%) TCP/IP
18 24 (10.62%) Project Management
19 23 (10.18%) LAN
19 23 (10.18%) SQL
19 23 (10.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
20 22 (9.735%) Intrusion Detection
20 22 (9.735%) Active Directory
20 22 (9.735%) SIEM
21 21 (9.292%) Vulnerability Management
21 21 (9.292%) Degree

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 12 (5.310%) .NET
2 11 (4.867%) Web Services
3 10 (4.425%) REST
4 9 (3.982%) SOAP
5 8 (3.540%) .NET Framework
6 7 (3.097%) Spring
7 6 (2.655%) J2EE
8 4 (1.770%) ASP
8 4 (1.770%) HTML
8 4 (1.770%) Ajax
8 4 (1.770%) Software Packaging
9 3 (1.327%) OLE
10 2 (0.885%) COM
11 1 (0.442%) Spring Security
11 1 (0.442%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.097%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.885%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (0.885%) IIS
2 2 (0.885%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.442%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.442%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 15 (6.637%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.655%) MS Office
3 5 (2.212%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.442%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.442%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.70%) Firewall
2 24 (10.62%) TCP/IP
3 23 (10.18%) LAN
4 22 (9.735%) Intrusion Detection
5 21 (9.292%) WAN
6 18 (7.965%) VPN
7 17 (7.522%) Network Security
8 14 (6.195%) LDAP
9 13 (5.752%) Internet
10 9 (3.982%) HTTP
11 8 (3.540%) SSL
12 7 (3.097%) MPLS
13 6 (2.655%) VoIP
14 5 (2.212%) Unified Communications
15 4 (1.770%) NGN
15 4 (1.770%) IPsec
15 4 (1.770%) OSPF
15 4 (1.770%) EIGRP
15 4 (1.770%) Wireless
15 4 (1.770%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.655%) Big Data
2 3 (1.327%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.442%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.442%) MySQL
3 1 (0.442%) SQL Server
General
1 77 (34.07%) Finance
2 34 (15.04%) Banking
3 19 (8.407%) Legal
4 17 (7.522%) Telecoms
5 15 (6.637%) Retail
6 13 (5.752%) Law
7 7 (3.097%) Games
8 6 (2.655%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.770%) International Banking
9 4 (1.770%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.327%) Advertising
11 2 (0.885%) Publishing
11 2 (0.885%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.885%) Back Office
11 2 (0.885%) Electronics
12 1 (0.442%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.442%) Marketing
12 1 (0.442%) Local Government
12 1 (0.442%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.442%) Billing
Job Titles
1 56 (24.78%) Analyst
2 48 (21.24%) Consultant
3 43 (19.03%) Security Consultant
4 35 (15.49%) Security Analyst
5 33 (14.60%) Architect
6 26 (11.50%) Security Architect
7 20 (8.850%) Information Security Consultant
8 15 (6.637%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (5.752%) Security Manager
10 11 (4.867%) Administrator
10 11 (4.867%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (4.867%) Security Specialist
11 10 (4.425%) Penetration Tester
11 10 (4.425%) Applications Architect
11 10 (4.425%) Security Administrator
11 10 (4.425%) Tester
11 10 (4.425%) Security Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.540%) IT Security Administrator
12 8 (3.540%) IT Consultant
12 8 (3.540%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.83%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.867%) Computer Science
3 8 (3.540%) SecurID
3 8 (3.540%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.097%) Online Games
4 7 (3.097%) Client/Server
4 7 (3.097%) SWIFT
4 7 (3.097%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.655%) PKI
6 5 (2.212%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.212%) SaaS
7 4 (1.770%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.770%) Freedom of Information Act
7 4 (1.770%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.327%) Open Source
9 2 (0.885%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.885%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.885%) CESG
9 2 (0.885%) CESG CLAS
9 2 (0.885%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.72%) Windows
2 26 (11.50%) Linux
3 20 (8.850%) UNIX
4 4 (1.770%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.885%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.885%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.885%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.442%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.442%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (37.17%) Information Security
2 59 (26.11%) ITIL
3 51 (22.57%) Risk Management
4 42 (18.58%) Security Management
5 35 (15.49%) Security Architecture
6 25 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (10.62%) Project Management
8 23 (10.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 22 (9.735%) SIEM
10 21 (9.292%) Penetration Testing
10 21 (9.292%) Vulnerability Management
11 19 (8.407%) Risk Assessment
11 19 (8.407%) Data Protection
12 18 (7.965%) Information Assurance
12 18 (7.965%) Incident Management
13 16 (7.080%) Information Security Management
14 14 (6.195%) Reverse Engineering
15 12 (5.310%) Waterfall
15 12 (5.310%) TOGAF
16 11 (4.867%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.18%) SQL
2 21 (9.292%) Java
3 12 (5.310%) Perl
4 8 (3.540%) VBScript
5 7 (3.097%) VB
6 5 (2.212%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.770%) Python
8 3 (1.327%) C
9 1 (0.442%) C#
9 1 (0.442%) C++
9 1 (0.442%) Ruby
9 1 (0.442%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 75 (33.19%) CISM
2 48 (21.24%) CISA
3 28 (12.39%) CEH
4 26 (11.50%) Security Cleared
5 21 (9.292%) Degree
6 20 (8.850%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (6.637%) SC Cleared
8 12 (5.310%) GIAC
9 11 (4.867%) CCIE
10 10 (4.425%) CCNA
10 10 (4.425%) Security+ Certification
11 9 (3.982%) MCSE
11 9 (3.982%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.540%) DV Cleared
13 7 (3.097%) MCSA
14 6 (2.655%) MCP
14 6 (2.655%) CCNP
14 6 (2.655%) ISACA
15 5 (2.212%) CRISC
16 4 (1.770%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (22.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (20.80%) PCI DSS
3 20 (8.850%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 14 (6.195%) COBIT
5 3 (1.327%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.885%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.885%) SLA
7 1 (0.442%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 1 (0.442%) QA
System Software
1 22 (9.735%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.212%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.327%) Nmap
4 2 (0.885%) Snort
5 1 (0.442%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.442%) XenApp
5 1 (0.442%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.442%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.752%) McAfee ePO
2 6 (2.655%) WSUS
3 5 (2.212%) SCCM
4 3 (1.327%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 3 (1.327%) Splunk
4 3 (1.327%) Tivoli
4 3 (1.327%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (0.885%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.442%) Nessus
6 1 (0.442%) OpenView
Vendors
1 29 (12.83%) Cisco
2 27 (11.95%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.965%) Juniper
4 15 (6.637%) McAfee
5 14 (6.195%) CheckPoint
6 9 (3.982%) Oracle
6 9 (3.982%) VMware
7 8 (3.540%) HP
8 7 (3.097%) Symantec
9 6 (2.655%) Nokia
9 6 (2.655%) IBM
10 5 (2.212%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.770%) F5
11 4 (1.770%) Qualys
12 3 (1.327%) SAP
12 3 (1.327%) Remedy
12 3 (1.327%) Citrix
13 2 (0.885%) NetApp
13 2 (0.885%) Lotus
13 2 (0.885%) Red Hat
City, London
We urgently require an Information Security Risk Advisor to work in London... These could be upgrades on certain systems, new applications, Websites going live or software as a...
LA International
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Produce regular reports on the effective use of technical and procedural security controlsThe key responsibilities for this area are as follows: * Work with Technology support teams to create...
Mint
Rate: £351 - £500 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Knowledge of ISO27001, PCI-DSS - Strong knowledge of Firewalls LAN/WAN technologies and Encryption - CISSP Certified - Cyber-Ark - Quest Reporter - Quest Active Role Server - RSA EnVision - Strong stakeholder...
Montash
Rate: £500 - £550 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
They will use their technical knowledge of the technology requirements resulting from data privacy regulation are understood and applied by Engineering teams and other key teams. They will...
Volt
Rate: £280.00 - £320.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
West London
Our client, an online gaming company, is currently recruiting for a Security Monitoring Analyst, to join their team in West London, initially on a 3 month contract. The...
Experis IT
Posted: 12 June 2013
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