The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 109 126 123
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -3
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 13 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.720% 0.198% 0.183%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.912% 0.436% 0.427%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 2
Average salary £50,000 £51,250 £62,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% -17.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,300 £50,250 £54,450
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £52,250 £70,050
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Qualifications
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
680 917 937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.67% 45.40% 42.98%
Number of salaries quoted 577 756 860
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £56,600 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CISSP
Cambridgeshire

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CISSP across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge CISSP Salary Histogram

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 14 (73.68%) Information Security
2 11 (57.89%) CISM
3 10 (52.63%) Management Information System
4 9 (47.37%) Firewall
4 9 (47.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (42.11%) PCI DSS
5 8 (42.11%) Information Security Management
5 8 (42.11%) Security Management
6 7 (36.84%) ITIL
7 6 (31.58%) CISA
7 6 (31.58%) COBIT
7 6 (31.58%) ISMS
8 5 (26.32%) Information Management
9 4 (21.05%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (21.05%) SSCP
9 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (21.05%) Juniper
9 4 (21.05%) LAN
9 4 (21.05%) WAN
9 4 (21.05%) VPN
10 3 (15.79%) Cisco
10 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
10 3 (15.79%) Wireless
11 2 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (10.53%) Cyber Security
11 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (10.53%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (10.53%) tcpdump
11 2 (10.53%) F5
11 2 (10.53%) ITIL V3

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) XMPP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) LAN
2 4 (21.05%) WAN
2 4 (21.05%) VPN
3 3 (15.79%) Wireless
4 2 (10.53%) tcpdump
4 2 (10.53%) Wireshark
4 2 (10.53%) SNMP
4 2 (10.53%) WLAN
5 1 (5.263%) Network Security
General
1 1 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) IT Consultant
1 6 (31.58%) Consultant
1 6 (31.58%) Security Consultant
1 6 (31.58%) Team Leader
1 6 (31.58%) IT Security Consultant
2 3 (15.79%) Security Specialist
2 3 (15.79%) Information Security Specialist
2 3 (15.79%) Information Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Information Security
2 8 (42.11%) Information Security Management
2 8 (42.11%) Security Management
3 7 (36.84%) ITIL
4 6 (31.58%) ISMS
5 5 (26.32%) Information Management
6 4 (21.05%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Cyber Security
7 2 (10.53%) ITIL V3
7 2 (10.53%) SIEM
7 2 (10.53%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (10.53%) Data Security
7 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
8 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) CISM
2 6 (31.58%) CISA
3 4 (21.05%) SSCP
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (10.53%) CCSP
4 2 (10.53%) CCNP
5 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (42.11%) PCI DSS
3 6 (31.58%) COBIT
4 2 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Juniper
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
3 2 (10.53%) F5
3 2 (10.53%) ArcSight
3 2 (10.53%) LogLogic
3 2 (10.53%) SonicWALL
3 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
3 2 (10.53%) Sourcefire
3 2 (10.53%) Symantec
3 2 (10.53%) McAfee
Cambridge, East Anglia
Qualifications: CISSP, CISA or CISM -Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related fields OR equivalent in experience. -Strong Knowledge of Windows, Linux, SQL, Networking, TCP/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A global end-user organisation is searching for an Information Security Director to join their growing Information Systems team. As the Information Security Director you will own the...
EU Solutions
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + gym, bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Employer: International Pharmaceutical Company Location: Cambridge Rate: £70,000 to £80,000 and relocation allowance Information Security Director A world leading, end user organisation in Pharmaceuticals seeks an...
EU Solutions
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + relocation allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
IT SECURITY: ISO STANDARDS (27001) / AUDIT / CISSP / CISA / ISO20000 / ISO9001 / IEC 27001 I am looking for a talented and sophisticated individual who has good experience in IT Security...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + + holiday
Posted: 21 May 2013