The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 106 111 91
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -20
Contract jobs citing CISSP 7 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.371% 0.130% 0.279%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.288% 0.867% 1.984%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
Average daily rate £500 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £335 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £401 £437
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £475 £410
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +15.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.38 -
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
306 346 252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.22% 15.04% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 192 98
Average daily rate £308 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £185 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £452 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 24
Average hourly rate £12.75 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CISSP
England

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire CISSP Daily Rate Trend

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Yorkshire +3 4 £500 +22.69%
West Yorkshire 0 3 - -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) CESG
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Security
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) MCP
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) CISA
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) BCP
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) CCSP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) CESG
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Security
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) BCP
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Network Design
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCP
2 2 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (12.50%) CCSP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CCSE
3 1 (12.50%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat