The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CISSP 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 66 95 80
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -15
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 52 5 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.059% 0.337% 0.818%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.848% 1.272% 2.340%
Number of salaries quoted 43 5 11
Average salary £40,000 £55,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.27% +29.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £41,700 £42,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £64,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
528 393 470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.06% 26.52% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 419 340 389
Average salary £43,250 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £31,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CISSP
West Midlands

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham CISSP Jobs Demand Trend

CISSP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CISSP across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CISSP across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham CISSP Salary Histogram

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CISSP.

1 69 (74.19%) Cisco Certification
2 61 (65.59%) Firewall
3 53 (56.99%) CCNA
4 51 (54.84%) SIEM
5 45 (48.39%) ACSA
6 38 (40.86%) Java
6 38 (40.86%) JavaScript
7 37 (39.78%) Sentinel
8 29 (31.18%) Risk Management
9 28 (30.11%) Internet
10 26 (27.96%) Intrusion Detection
10 26 (27.96%) Security Cleared
11 25 (26.88%) SC Cleared
11 25 (26.88%) Computer Forensics
12 23 (24.73%) Information Security
12 23 (24.73%) CISM
13 22 (23.66%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 21 (22.58%) CISA
14 21 (22.58%) Management Information System
15 16 (17.20%) CCSP
15 16 (17.20%) CEH
15 16 (17.20%) Network Security
16 15 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 13 (13.98%) Vulnerability Management
18 9 (9.677%) SQL
18 9 (9.677%) Windows
18 9 (9.677%) Information Security Management
18 9 (9.677%) Security Management
19 8 (8.602%) Law
20 7 (7.527%) SLA

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CISSP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 37 (39.78%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 61 (65.59%) Firewall
2 28 (30.11%) Internet
3 26 (27.96%) Intrusion Detection
4 16 (17.20%) Network Security
5 5 (5.376%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.226%) Cisco ASA
General
1 8 (8.602%) Law
2 5 (5.376%) Legal
3 3 (3.226%) Local Government
4 1 (1.075%) Banking
4 1 (1.075%) Finance
Job Titles
1 59 (63.44%) Security Specialist
2 13 (13.98%) Security Engineer
3 9 (9.677%) Network Specialist
3 9 (9.677%) Network Security Specialist
4 8 (8.602%) Security Manager
4 8 (8.602%) Information Manager
4 8 (8.602%) Information Security Manager
5 6 (6.452%) Analyst
5 6 (6.452%) Security Analyst
6 4 (4.301%) IT Security Engineer
6 4 (4.301%) Security Officer
6 4 (4.301%) Information Security Officer
6 4 (4.301%) Consultant
6 4 (4.301%) IT Security Analyst
6 4 (4.301%) Information Analyst
6 4 (4.301%) Information Security Analyst
7 3 (3.226%) Network Support
7 3 (3.226%) Information Security Engineer
7 3 (3.226%) CLAS Consultant
8 2 (2.151%) IT Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.58%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.376%) Cryptography
2 5 (5.376%) Computer Science
3 3 (3.226%) CESG
3 3 (3.226%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.677%) Windows
2 5 (5.376%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (54.84%) SIEM
2 29 (31.18%) Risk Management
3 25 (26.88%) Computer Forensics
4 23 (24.73%) Information Security
5 22 (23.66%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 13 (13.98%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (9.677%) Information Security Management
7 9 (9.677%) Security Management
8 6 (6.452%) Project Management
8 6 (6.452%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (5.376%) Systems Analysis
9 5 (5.376%) Migration
9 5 (5.376%) Business Continuity
9 5 (5.376%) E-Discovery
10 4 (4.301%) ITIL
11 3 (3.226%) Ethical Hacking
11 3 (3.226%) Service Delivery
12 2 (2.151%) Resource Management
12 2 (2.151%) BCP
13 1 (1.075%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 38 (40.86%) Java
1 38 (40.86%) JavaScript
2 9 (9.677%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (74.19%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (56.99%) CCNA
3 45 (48.39%) ACSA
4 26 (27.96%) Security Cleared
5 25 (26.88%) SC Cleared
6 23 (24.73%) CISM
7 21 (22.58%) CISA
8 16 (17.20%) CCSP
8 16 (17.20%) CEH
9 6 (6.452%) SCSA
10 5 (5.376%) Degree
11 3 (3.226%) CCSE
11 3 (3.226%) PCI QSA
12 1 (1.075%) CCNP
12 1 (1.075%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.527%) SLA
3 2 (2.151%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (3.226%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (3.226%) CheckPoint
1 3 (3.226%) Cisco
2 2 (2.151%) Imperva
2 2 (2.151%) McAfee
2 2 (2.151%) Sourcefire
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Posted: 21 May 2013