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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 78 58 65
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +7
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 3 5 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.296% 0.779% 1.126%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.968% 2.732% 4.639%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Qualifications
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
310 183 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 30.57% 28.50% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 257 158 169
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CISSP
Oxfordshire

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (62.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 5 (62.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (62.50%) Network Security
2 5 (62.50%) Network Management
2 5 (62.50%) SIEM
3 4 (50.00%) Ubuntu
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (50.00%) Debian
3 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (50.00%) UNIX
3 4 (50.00%) AIX
3 4 (50.00%) Solaris
3 4 (50.00%) Linux
4 3 (37.50%) CISA
4 3 (37.50%) CISM
4 3 (37.50%) Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (37.50%) GCIH
4 3 (37.50%) CEH
4 3 (37.50%) Network Design
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Assessment

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 1 (12.50%) Regular Expression
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (62.50%) Network Security
2 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (37.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2000
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Sales Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Security Tester
2 3 (37.50%) Tester
2 3 (37.50%) Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) AIX
2 4 (50.00%) Solaris
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Debian
2 4 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 4 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
1 5 (62.50%) Network Management
1 5 (62.50%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (37.50%) Network Design
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Security Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Reverse Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISA
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) GCIH
1 3 (37.50%) CEH
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) GWAPT
1 3 (37.50%) GPEN
1 3 (37.50%) OSCP
1 3 (37.50%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat