The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 123 133 109
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -24
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 25 9 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.974% 0.411% 0.548%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.566% 1.599% 2.551%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 10
Average salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £40,000 £43,750
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+4.76% +10.52%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
701 563 392
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 27.31% 25.68% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 523 468 335
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CISSP
West Yorkshire

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CISSP across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Leeds CISSP Salary Histogram

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 30 (78.95%) Information Security
2 28 (73.68%) CISM
3 16 (42.11%) GIAC
3 16 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (36.84%) PCI DSS
5 13 (34.21%) Business Development
5 13 (34.21%) Practice Management
5 13 (34.21%) Finance
5 13 (34.21%) IIS
6 11 (28.95%) C
6 11 (28.95%) CEH
7 10 (26.32%) Project Management
8 9 (23.68%) Cryptography
8 9 (23.68%) Knowledge Management
8 9 (23.68%) PKI
8 9 (23.68%) Management Information System
8 9 (23.68%) Degree
9 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
9 8 (21.05%) Security Cleared
9 8 (21.05%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (21.05%) CISA
9 8 (21.05%) ITIL
10 7 (18.42%) Cisco
10 7 (18.42%) CCSP
10 7 (18.42%) CCNP
10 7 (18.42%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (18.42%) Juniper
10 7 (18.42%) BS7799
10 7 (18.42%) CheckPoint
10 7 (18.42%) CRAMM

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 13 (34.21%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) Network Security
2 4 (10.53%) Firewall
2 4 (10.53%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (7.895%) DMVPN
3 3 (7.895%) HSRP
3 3 (7.895%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (7.895%) LAN
3 3 (7.895%) WAN
3 3 (7.895%) DHCP
3 3 (7.895%) SNMP
3 3 (7.895%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.895%) VPN
General
1 13 (34.21%) Finance
2 4 (10.53%) Law
2 4 (10.53%) Legal
3 2 (5.263%) Front Office
3 2 (5.263%) Back Office
4 1 (2.632%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Architect
2 9 (23.68%) Security Architect
3 8 (21.05%) Information Security Consultant
3 8 (21.05%) Consultant
3 8 (21.05%) Security Consultant
4 6 (15.79%) Network Architect
5 3 (7.895%) Information Security Architect
5 3 (7.895%) Network Security Architect
5 3 (7.895%) Security Manager
5 3 (7.895%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.895%) Information Architect
6 1 (2.632%) Head of Service Delivery
6 1 (2.632%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 1 (2.632%) Risk Manager
6 1 (2.632%) Information Manager
6 1 (2.632%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (2.632%) Senior Tester
6 1 (2.632%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (2.632%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Cryptography
1 9 (23.68%) PKI
1 9 (23.68%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.263%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.632%) Windows
1 1 (2.632%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (78.95%) Information Security
2 13 (34.21%) Business Development
2 13 (34.21%) Practice Management
3 10 (26.32%) Project Management
4 9 (23.68%) Knowledge Management
5 8 (21.05%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (21.05%) ITIL
6 7 (18.42%) CRAMM
7 5 (13.16%) E-Commerce
8 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (10.53%) Security Architecture
9 3 (7.895%) Business Continuity
9 3 (7.895%) Security Management
9 3 (7.895%) TOGAF
10 2 (5.263%) Information Security Management
10 2 (5.263%) BCP
10 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
10 2 (5.263%) ISMS
10 2 (5.263%) Data Protection
10 2 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (73.68%) CISM
2 16 (42.11%) GIAC
3 11 (28.95%) CEH
4 9 (23.68%) Degree
5 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
5 8 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 8 (21.05%) CISA
6 7 (18.42%) CCSP
6 7 (18.42%) CCNP
6 7 (18.42%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (10.53%) CCIE
7 4 (10.53%) GCWN
7 4 (10.53%) CWSP
8 3 (7.895%) CCSA
8 3 (7.895%) CCSE
9 1 (2.632%) GCED
9 1 (2.632%) GCIA
9 1 (2.632%) GCIH
9 1 (2.632%) GCFA
9 1 (2.632%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (36.84%) PCI DSS
3 7 (18.42%) BS7799
4 6 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 17799
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Cisco
1 7 (18.42%) Juniper
1 7 (18.42%) CheckPoint
2 4 (10.53%) F5
3 3 (7.895%) Fortinet
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The successful Information Security Architect will come from an extensive Security Architecture / Design background, with strong experience of working in an e-commerce and web applications environment, and...
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Posted: 18 June 2013