West Midlands CISSP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in IT contracts within the West Midlands 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Durham East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes 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 Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	105	127
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	17	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	5.199 %	0.659 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£495
% change on same period last year	-25.18 %
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	£29.30	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	327	455
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.436 %	0.460 %
Daily rates quoted	102	137
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£320
Average daily rate	£312	£337
% change on same period last year	-7.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£327	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	70
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.32	£29.25
Average hourly rate	£24.49	£32.11
% change on same period last year	-23.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.67	£34.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.98	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
CISSP 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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

CISSP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Birmingham	-	17	-	-

CISSP England

CISSP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 20 (95.24 %) Information Security 2 17 (80.95 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 17 (80.95 %) PCI DSS 3 9 (42.86 %) Financial Institution 3 9 (42.86 %) Data Security 3 9 (42.86 %) Finance 4 4 (19.05 %) BS7799 5 3 (14.29 %) CISMP 6 2 (9.524 %) ISO27001 7 1 (4.762 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (4.762 %) ISO9000 7 1 (4.762 %) Penetration Testing 7 1 (4.762 %) Network Security

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (4.762 %) Network Security	General 1 9 (42.86 %) Financial Institution 1 9 (42.86 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 12 (57.14 %) Consultant 1 12 (57.14 %) Security Consultant 2 6 (28.57 %) Security Specialist 2 6 (28.57 %) Information Security Specialist 3 3 (14.29 %) Author 4 2 (9.524 %) Analyst 4 2 (9.524 %) Security Analyst 4 2 (9.524 %) Information Analyst 4 2 (9.524 %) Information Security Consultant 4 2 (9.524 %) Information Security Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) Network Security Consultant 5 1 (4.762 %) Project Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) IT Security Consultant 5 1 (4.762 %) Network Consultant 5 1 (4.762 %) IT Consultant 5 1 (4.762 %) Technical Author	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (95.24 %) Information Security 2 9 (42.86 %) Data Security 3 1 (4.762 %) Service Delivery 3 1 (4.762 %) Penetration Testing
Qualifications 1 3 (14.29 %) CISMP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 17 (80.95 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 17 (80.95 %) PCI DSS 2 4 (19.05 %) BS7799 3 2 (9.524 %) ISO27001 4 1 (4.762 %) ISO9000