The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 17 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 60 - 64
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 4 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.582% - 0.555%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.469% - 1.905%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
Average salary £48,000 - £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
162 211 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 23.58% 24.09% 29.13%
Number of salaries quoted 133 190 181
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% +7.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CISSP
England

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Tyne and Wear - 4 £48,000 -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 16 (76.19%) CISM
2 14 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 10 (47.62%) Information Security
3 10 (47.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (42.86%) CCSA
5 7 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (28.57%) CISA
6 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 5 (23.81%) SaaS
7 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (23.81%) ITIL
7 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
7 5 (23.81%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (19.05%) ISO 9001
8 4 (19.05%) ISO 9002
9 3 (14.29%) Project Management
9 3 (14.29%) Finance
10 2 (9.524%) PCI DSS
11 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 1 (4.762%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (4.762%) Problem Management
11 1 (4.762%) Performance Management
11 1 (4.762%) Data Protection
11 1 (4.762%) Degree
11 1 (4.762%) COBIT
11 1 (4.762%) Risk Assessment
11 1 (4.762%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (4.762%) Law
11 1 (4.762%) Legal
11 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Law
2 1 (4.762%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Security Specialist
2 6 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 6 (28.57%) IT Architect
2 6 (28.57%) Architect
2 6 (28.57%) IT Security Architect
3 5 (23.81%) Information Security Specialist
3 5 (23.81%) Information Specialist
3 5 (23.81%) IT Security Specialist
3 5 (23.81%) Consultant
3 5 (23.81%) Security Consultant
4 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) IT Consultant
4 4 (19.05%) IT Security Consultant
5 3 (14.29%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) SaaS
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 10 (47.62%) Information Security
3 7 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
5 5 (23.81%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (23.81%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) Project Management
7 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.762%) Change Management
7 1 (4.762%) Problem Management
7 1 (4.762%) Performance Management
7 1 (4.762%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.762%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) CISM
2 9 (42.86%) CCSA
3 6 (28.57%) CISA
4 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) ISO 9001
2 4 (19.05%) ISO 9002
3 2 (9.524%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.762%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (4.762%) COBIT