The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 53 74 66
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -8
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 6 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.330% 0.746% 0.421%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.405% 2.262% 1.538%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 2
Average salary £38,000 £44,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% -37.14%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Qualifications
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
111 221 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 24.61% 32.99% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 88 182 107
Average salary £37,500 £40,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.83% +7.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £29,500 £27,600
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CISSP
North West

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Liverpool +23 3 £38,000 -13.63%
CISSP
North West

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 6 (85.71%) CISM
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) ISSAP
2 5 (71.43%) UNIX
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
3 4 (57.14%) COBIT
4 3 (42.86%) ISSMP
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Retail
4 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
4 3 (42.86%) Firewall
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (28.57%) CISA
6 1 (14.29%) F5
6 1 (14.29%) SIEM
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (14.29%) Network Security
6 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) WAN
6 1 (14.29%) CCIE
6 1 (14.29%) CCNP

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Security Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Information Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Support
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) UNIX
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Management
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISM
2 5 (71.43%) ISSAP
3 3 (42.86%) ISSMP
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) CISA
5 1 (14.29%) CCIE
5 1 (14.29%) CCNP
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) F5