The first table below looks at the demand for CISA in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISA over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Rank 105 121 124
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +3
Contract jobs citing CISA 13 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.558% 0.354% 0.066%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.845% 1.690% 0.433%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
Average daily rate £250 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.17% +6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £27.32 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-28.61% -29.96%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
457 651 462
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.61% 20.93% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 324 203
Average daily rate £350 £370 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +34.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £523 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 42
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £24.81
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -19.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £13.75 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £29.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CISA
England

CISA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West CISA Jobs Demand Trend

CISA
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West CISA Daily Rate Trend

CISA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CISA across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West CISA Daily Rate Histogram

CISA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West CISA Hourly Rate Trend

CISA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISA within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire - 7 £250 -
Manchester +3 1 - -
CISA
England

CISA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CISA 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 CISA.

1 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
2 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 8 (57.14%) CRISC
3 7 (50.00%) CISM
4 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (42.86%) CGEIT
4 6 (42.86%) Banking
5 5 (35.71%) CISSP
6 4 (28.57%) Information Security
7 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
7 3 (21.43%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 3 (21.43%) Tivoli
7 3 (21.43%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 3 (21.43%) Project Management
7 3 (21.43%) LDAP
7 3 (21.43%) SQL
7 3 (21.43%) Oracle
7 3 (21.43%) ITIL
7 3 (21.43%) UNIX
7 3 (21.43%) Windows
7 3 (21.43%) Mainframe
7 3 (21.43%) GIAC
7 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
7 3 (21.43%) Identity Management
8 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
8 2 (14.29%) QiCA
8 2 (14.29%) UML
8 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
8 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint

CISA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CISA 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 CISA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) LDAP
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) French Language
3 1 (7.143%) German Language
3 1 (7.143%) Italian Language
3 1 (7.143%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (7.143%) Spanish Language
3 1 (7.143%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Risk Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Programme Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Business Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Governance Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) UNIX
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) AIX
2 1 (7.143%) HPUX
2 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Identity Management
5 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
5 2 (14.29%) UML
6 1 (7.143%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CRISC
2 7 (50.00%) CISM
3 6 (42.86%) CGEIT
4 5 (35.71%) CISSP
5 3 (21.43%) GIAC
6 2 (14.29%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 3 (21.43%) Tivoli
1 3 (21.43%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle