The first table below looks at the demand for CISM in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISM over the 3 months to 21 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 South 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Rank 113 127 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs citing CISM 4 15 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.192% 0.459% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.647% 1.446% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 0
Average daily rate £450 £450 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year
-10.52% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
618 1037 684
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.65% 31.76% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 557 311
Average daily rate £380 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £220 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 72 52
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -21.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.55 £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £50.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CISM
England

CISM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West CISM Daily 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Wiltshire +4 2 £450 -14.28%
Dorset -2 2 - -
CISM
England

CISM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 8 (88.89%) CISSP
2 7 (77.78%) CISA
2 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) Information Security
4 4 (44.44%) Security Management
4 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
5 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
5 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
5 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 3 (33.33%) Legal
6 2 (22.22%) Data Security
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Project Management
6 2 (22.22%) IIS
6 2 (22.22%) MS Office
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (22.22%) PCI QSA
6 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
6 2 (22.22%) ISACA
6 2 (22.22%) ISMS
7 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
7 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
7 1 (11.11%) Smart Meter
7 1 (11.11%) Degree

CISM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (11.11%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) IIS
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) IT Risk Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) CLAS Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) IT Risk Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Smart Meter
2 1 (11.11%) CESG
2 1 (11.11%) CESG CLAS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Security Management
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Security
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
4 2 (22.22%) ISMS
5 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) ERP
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CISSP
2 7 (77.78%) CISA
3 2 (22.22%) PCI QSA
3 2 (22.22%) ISACA
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft