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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 208 212 257
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +45
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 262 259 176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 1.190% 1.090% 0.774%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.652% 3.251% 2.794%
Number of salaries quoted 224 214 150
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £69,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7175 7966 6300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.59% 33.52% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5783 6964 5399
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South 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 South East region.

South East CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CISSP across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East CISSP Salary Histogram

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 South 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
Berkshire +43 133 £48,500 +7.77%
Hampshire +26 70 £60,000 +33.33%
Surrey -6 49 £60,000 +9.09%
Kent -13 14 £57,500 +38.55%
M4 Corridor +1 13 £40,000 -
Middlesex +9 6 £72,500 -15.94%
Oxfordshire -20 3 £45,000 -14.28%
Buckinghamshire -22 3 £60,000 +2.12%
West Sussex -22 2 £73,750 +22.91%
CISSP
England

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 254 (48.57%) Windows
2 216 (41.30%) UNIX
3 187 (35.76%) TCP/IP
4 179 (34.23%) Information Security
5 166 (31.74%) Firewall
6 153 (29.25%) Cisco
7 144 (27.53%) CISM
8 140 (26.77%) Juniper
9 136 (26.00%) CheckPoint
10 133 (25.43%) Blue Coat
11 126 (24.09%) Network Security
12 122 (23.33%) Linux
13 120 (22.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 120 (22.94%) F5
14 109 (20.84%) Degree
15 108 (20.65%) CCSE
16 107 (20.46%) CCSA
17 104 (19.89%) JNCIA
18 99 (18.93%) Project Management
19 97 (18.55%) Management Information System
20 84 (16.06%) McAfee
21 83 (15.87%) CISA
21 83 (15.87%) Security Cleared
22 82 (15.68%) Finance
23 81 (15.49%) CEH
24 78 (14.91%) Sourcefire
25 76 (14.53%) Vulnerability Management
26 74 (14.15%) IBM
27 73 (13.96%) Intrusion Detection
28 69 (13.19%) Business Continuity

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 22 (4.207%) Web Services
2 8 (1.530%) Regular Expression
3 7 (1.338%) Middleware
4 6 (1.147%) ODBC
5 3 (0.574%) JSP
6 2 (0.382%) CGI
6 2 (0.382%) .NET
7 1 (0.191%) COM
7 1 (0.191%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 24 (4.589%) IIS
2 23 (4.398%) Apache
3 1 (0.191%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.191%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.191%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 24 (4.589%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.382%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 187 (35.76%) TCP/IP
2 166 (31.74%) Firewall
3 126 (24.09%) Network Security
4 73 (13.96%) Intrusion Detection
5 62 (11.85%) Internet
6 38 (7.266%) LAN
7 35 (6.692%) WAN
8 30 (5.736%) Wireless
9 18 (3.442%) VPN
10 11 (2.103%) MPLS
11 10 (1.912%) TACACS
12 8 (1.530%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.147%) SSH
13 6 (1.147%) SNMP
13 6 (1.147%) SSL
13 6 (1.147%) SAN
13 6 (1.147%) VoIP
14 5 (0.956%) WLAN
14 5 (0.956%) BGP
14 5 (0.956%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.987%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.721%) SQL Server 2000
2 9 (1.721%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (1.530%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.574%) DB2
5 1 (0.191%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 7 (1.338%) AppScan
2 3 (0.574%) Rational DOORS
General
1 82 (15.68%) Finance
2 42 (8.031%) German Language
3 37 (7.075%) Telecoms
4 31 (5.927%) French Language
5 24 (4.589%) Legal
6 17 (3.250%) Retail
7 16 (3.059%) Law
8 15 (2.868%) Military
9 14 (2.677%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.294%) Electronics
11 11 (2.103%) Banking
12 9 (1.721%) Back Office
13 6 (1.147%) Advertising
14 4 (0.765%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.574%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.574%) International Banking
16 2 (0.382%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.382%) Local Government
17 1 (0.191%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.191%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 105 (20.08%) Analyst
2 101 (19.31%) Security Analyst
3 90 (17.21%) Security Engineer
4 82 (15.68%) Consultant
5 80 (15.30%) Support Engineer
6 64 (12.24%) Security Consultant
7 50 (9.560%) Security Manager
8 49 (9.369%) Security Specialist
9 43 (8.222%) Security Support Engineer
10 35 (6.692%) Senior Security Analyst
10 35 (6.692%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (6.119%) Architect
12 30 (5.736%) Information Security Consultant
13 23 (4.398%) IT Security Manager
14 22 (4.207%) Information Manager
15 21 (4.015%) Information Security Manager
15 21 (4.015%) Security Architect
15 21 (4.015%) Technical Engineer
15 21 (4.015%) Technical Support Engineer
15 21 (4.015%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 97 (18.55%) Management Information System
2 45 (8.604%) Computer Science
3 23 (4.398%) SaaS
4 20 (3.824%) RMADS
5 17 (3.250%) CESG
6 15 (2.868%) CESG CLAS
7 9 (1.721%) Mathematics
8 8 (1.530%) PKI
8 8 (1.530%) Open Source
9 6 (1.147%) Kindle
10 3 (0.574%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.574%) Chip and PIN
10 3 (0.574%) Cryptography
11 2 (0.382%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.382%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.191%) Mobile Payment
12 1 (0.191%) FMCG
12 1 (0.191%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.191%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 254 (48.57%) Windows
2 216 (41.30%) UNIX
3 122 (23.33%) Linux
4 27 (5.163%) Windows Server 2003
5 26 (4.971%) Windows Server 2008
6 22 (4.207%) Solaris
7 16 (3.059%) AIX
7 16 (3.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.338%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.956%) Windows XP
9 5 (0.956%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.765%) Debian
10 4 (0.765%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.574%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.382%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (34.23%) Information Security
2 99 (18.93%) Project Management
3 76 (14.53%) Vulnerability Management
4 69 (13.19%) Business Continuity
5 62 (11.85%) PRINCE2
6 55 (10.52%) Risk Management
7 54 (10.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 53 (10.13%) Information Assurance
9 52 (9.943%) Security Management
10 51 (9.751%) Penetration Testing
11 50 (9.560%) Disaster Recovery
12 47 (8.987%) SIEM
13 45 (8.604%) ITIL
14 40 (7.648%) Security Architecture
15 34 (6.501%) ISMS
15 34 (6.501%) Ethical Hacking
16 33 (6.310%) Security Testing
17 25 (4.780%) Information Security Management
18 24 (4.589%) Data Protection
19 23 (4.398%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.457%) SQL
2 15 (2.868%) Java
3 14 (2.677%) Perl
3 14 (2.677%) PHP
3 14 (2.677%) VB
4 5 (0.956%) C
5 1 (0.191%) C++
Qualifications
1 144 (27.53%) CISM
2 109 (20.84%) Degree
3 108 (20.65%) CCSE
4 107 (20.46%) CCSA
5 104 (19.89%) JNCIA
6 83 (15.87%) CISA
6 83 (15.87%) Security Cleared
7 81 (15.49%) CEH
8 64 (12.24%) SC Cleared
9 61 (11.66%) JNCIE
10 48 (9.178%) Cisco Certification
11 37 (7.075%) Microsoft Certification
11 37 (7.075%) GIAC
12 35 (6.692%) MCSE
13 32 (6.119%) DV Cleared
14 19 (3.633%) CCNP
14 19 (3.633%) CCNA
15 14 (2.677%) Six Sigma Black Belt
16 10 (1.912%) CHFI
16 10 (1.912%) Security+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (22.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (12.81%) PCI DSS
3 19 (3.633%) COBIT
4 18 (3.442%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (2.868%) ISO 9001
6 14 (2.677%) QA
7 10 (1.912%) SLA
8 7 (1.338%) BS25999
9 5 (0.956%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.765%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.765%) ISO/IEC 17799
11 3 (0.574%) HMG Infosec
12 2 (0.382%) COSO
System Software
1 26 (4.971%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.398%) Nmap
3 9 (1.721%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.765%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.382%) ISA Server
5 2 (0.382%) vSphere
5 2 (0.382%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (0.382%) vCloud
6 1 (0.191%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (1.912%) Norton AntiVirus
2 5 (0.956%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (0.382%) SCCM
3 2 (0.382%) NetBackup
3 2 (0.382%) Nessus
4 1 (0.191%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 153 (29.25%) Cisco
2 140 (26.77%) Juniper
3 136 (26.00%) CheckPoint
4 133 (25.43%) Blue Coat
5 120 (22.94%) F5
6 84 (16.06%) McAfee
7 78 (14.91%) Sourcefire
8 74 (14.15%) IBM
9 61 (11.66%) Microsoft
10 42 (8.031%) Oracle
11 29 (5.545%) Websense
12 20 (3.824%) Red Hat
13 19 (3.633%) ArcSight
14 18 (3.442%) Tripwire
15 12 (2.294%) Qualys
15 12 (2.294%) Fortinet
15 12 (2.294%) Symantec
16 11 (2.103%) VMware
17 10 (1.912%) Citrix
18 9 (1.721%) NetApp
Woking, South East
Information Security, Cyber Security, Security Manager, IT Security, CISSP, CISM, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Information Security ManagerCornucopia is currently working with a leading company which is...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Information Security Advisor your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Minimum 3 years' experience in information security Information security risk management skills including (but not be...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Berkshire
They are seeking an experienced, extensively qualified Security Specialist (ideally CISSP) who's responsibility it will be to design and implement security aspects associated with their global infrastructure.....
TEKsystems
Salary: £80000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
The successful candidate will be part of a team helping to implement the security within the global datacentre that is being relocated into their Berkshire Office. The successful...
TEKsystems
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Surrey
Experience of or a strong understanding of ISO27001, PCI DSS, Data Protection and Business Continuity... Knowledge of Penetration Testing and Vulnerability assessments... Working towards IT Security qualifications such...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum depending on experience + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
South East
The individual will have a broad technical network security background with experience around managed security services and security consultancy (iso, pen testing, idam etc)... Typical opportunities can range...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £60k - 70k per year + £25,000 bonus + car allowance + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Surrey
Previous experience of working with ISO27001, Disaster Recovery, PCI DSS Compliance, Data Protection and Business Continuity (BS25999/ISO22301) is essential. Degree level, security qualification such as CISSP/CISM/...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus + £6K Car Allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey, South East
IT Security Skills/ Experience required: + CISSP certified or in progress. + Proven technical skills in the IT security area including networking, web application vulnerabilities, TCP/IP, VPN, network security...
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Pension/Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Egham, Surrey
An Information Security Architect is required by our client, a leading global corporation... IT Professional Security Certifications - CISSP or CISA / equivalent would be advantageous... Stakeholder management skills. Aside...
Canary Wharf and City
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Northern Home Counties, London
IS security budgeting and forecasting Skills/ Experience: - Undertaking formal compliance reviews - Implementing and managing security programmes to ISO17799 standards - Ability to translate complex technical security concepts for internal...
Creation Recruitment
Salary: UP TO £58K
Posted: 23 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Internet/Network Security skills - firewalls, proxies, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc. Solid Exposure of UNIX & Windows OS. Also, any Professional IT Accreditations (CISSP, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA) would be considered...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30000 - 40000
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
IT SECURITY /27001 CONSULTANTS OF THE WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU?! /PCI / 27001 £40-60k packages - Reading or home-based. Very interesting role for mid-level person! 27001 knowledge...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + CAR, inc OTE, training/certs
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Technical Background & Desirable Experience: * Strong and demonstrable experience in the design, implementation and operation of a Security Compliance Monitoring framework in a multi platform, enterprise class business.* Demonstrable...
Hudson
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Car Allowance, Bonus + Bens.
Posted: 11 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Cisco, Juniper, f5, IBM, Windows, UNIX... They will have a minimum of 7 years experience in a technical security engineering role and possess demonstrable experience of security management...
EarthStream Global
Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hook, South East
Detailed Design and Engineering of security aspects of architecture.Essential Knowledge:- 5 years experience within a technical service provider environment - Good knowledge of LANs/WANs - Microsoft & Unix/Linux...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £50000.00 - £70000.00 per annum + +15% Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hampshire
Security Compliance Analyst- IT Security Standards-CISSP- CIA- AAA. Security Compliance Analyst- IT Security Standards-CISSP-CIA- AAA- Compliance Monitoring Framework- ITIL- Patch Management- Networks, Cisco devices- Windows-...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + car allowance, many others
Posted: 17 May 2013
Epsom, Surrey
Must have SC clearance or the European equivalent... Desirable attributes: University degree of equivalent in related subjects (engineering/physical science/ mathematics) CISSP/PKI/SSL/SSH/AES Have experience...
Networking People
Posted: 16 May 2013