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This section looks at the demand for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCertified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank342432
Rank change on same period last yearUp+90
Matching permanent IT job ads907818
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.488 %0.341 %
As % of the category below2.359 %1.657 %
Salaries quoted716612
Average minimum salary£49,412£48,433
Average salary£53,721£53,448
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£58,030£58,463
UK excluding London average salary£51,379£51,573
% change on same period last year-0.37 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3844849362
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.70 %20.58 %
Salaries quoted3256639807
Average minimum salary£37,547£38,970
Average salary£40,926£42,438
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
Average maximum salary£44,305£45,907
UK excluding London average salary£37,833£38,491
% change on same period last year-1.70 %

CISSP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CISSP Demand Trend

CISSP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK.

CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CISSP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

CISSP Salary Histogram

CISSP
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+94871£53,437+0.37 %
LondonUp+108348£57,415+0.65 %
South EastUp+35257£51,340-2.54 %
BerkshireUp+32113£48,968-6.88 %
City of LondonUp+1585£57,228-12.10 %
East of EnglandUp+4258£58,610+45.17 %
South WestUp+1357£54,133+25.39 %
YorkshireUp+2256£40,170-10.88 %
ReadingUp+2852£53,529-8.88 %
HampshireUp+945£50,471+2.26 %
North WestUp+2543£50,022-1.27 %
SurreyDown-1242£49,500-6.63 %
GloucestershireUp+241£54,403+28.43 %
West YorkshireUp+3039£39,057-16.26 %
LeedsUp+3432£38,922-17.45 %
West MidlandsUp+1732£50,350-25.40 %
EssexUp+3828£54,031+46.03 %
ManchesterUp+3523£52,639+2.48 %
BasildonNew entry-22£41,875-
BirminghamDown-722£54,114-21.51 %
Docklands, LondonUp+4722£66,667+85.18 %
West SussexUp+3620£55,250+37.43 %
HertfordshireUp+1714£49,462+20.19 %
CambridgeshireDown-1513£70,577+69.14 %
ScotlandUp+1113£68,214+3.51 %
CamberleyUp+4412£51,750-26.07 %
CrawleyUp+2312£48,750+21.26 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2511£51,861-15.79 %
CheshireDown-1110£39,356-19.35 %
KentNo change010£44,071+15.21 %

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1775 (45.89 %)Information Security
2602 (35.64 %)CISM
3496 (29.37 %)Finance
4457 (27.06 %)ISO27001
5430 (25.46 %)CISA
6342 (20.25 %)Risk Management
7339 (20.07 %)Firewall
8270 (15.99 %)ITIL
9220 (13.03 %)Degree
10219 (12.97 %)Cisco
11195 (11.55 %)Cisco Certification
12194 (11.49 %)Banking
13191 (11.31 %)PCI DSS
14189 (11.19 %)BS7799
15187 (11.07 %)Government
16178 (10.54 %)Penetration Testing
17176 (10.42 %)UNIX
18170 (10.07 %)Risk Assessment
18170 (10.07 %)Windows
19147 (8.703 %)Network Security
20137 (8.111 %)Security Management
21131 (7.756 %)VPN
22121 (7.164 %)CheckPoint
22121 (7.164 %)Pensions
23119 (7.046 %)CCNA
24118 (6.986 %)Auditing
25116 (6.868 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
26104 (6.157 %)Project Management
2798 (5.802 %)Microsoft
2897 (5.743 %)Management Information System

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
137 (2.191 %).NET
224 (1.421 %)Middleware
323 (1.362 %)WebSphere
411 (0.651 %)JSP
58 (0.474 %)WebServices
67 (0.414 %)J2EE
76 (0.355 %)Servlets
83 (0.178 %)ASP.NET
92 (0.118 %)CGI
101 (0.059 %)HTML
101 (0.059 %)XML
101 (0.059 %)OLE
101 (0.059 %)Lucene
101 (0.059 %)AJAX
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
137 (2.191 %)IIS
217 (1.007 %)Lotus Notes
37 (0.414 %)Apache
43 (0.178 %)LiveLink
43 (0.178 %)MS Exchange
52 (0.118 %)WebSphere MQ
52 (0.118 %)Tomcat
52 (0.118 %)JBoss
52 (0.118 %)WebLogic
61 (0.059 %)WebSphere Application Server
61 (0.059 %)SharePoint
61 (0.059 %)Lotus Domino
61 (0.059 %)SAS
61 (0.059 %)Exchange Server 5.5
61 (0.059 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (0.059 %)ESB
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
156 (3.316 %)MS Excel
220 (1.184 %)MS Office
319 (1.125 %)MS Visio
41 (0.059 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.355 %)SAP Oil and Gas
23 (0.178 %)Remedy ITSM
23 (0.178 %)Remedy AR System
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1339 (20.07 %)Firewall
2147 (8.703 %)Network Security
3131 (7.756 %)VPN
483 (4.914 %)WAN
578 (4.618 %)Cisco PIX
677 (4.559 %)LAN
775 (4.440 %)TCP/IP
866 (3.908 %)Intrusion Detection
962 (3.671 %)NetScreen
962 (3.671 %)Internet
1058 (3.434 %)SSL
1154 (3.197 %)SAN
1240 (2.368 %)VoIP
1324 (1.421 %)IPsec
1423 (1.362 %)Wireless
1522 (1.303 %)DNS
1522 (1.303 %)BGP
1621 (1.243 %)HTTP
1621 (1.243 %)OSPF
1720 (1.184 %)MPLS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (0.829 %)SQL Server
213 (0.770 %)GIS
38 (0.474 %)OLTP
46 (0.355 %)DB2
51 (0.059 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.059 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.059 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (1.125 %)Paros
23 (0.178 %)Synon
31 (0.059 %)WinRunner
31 (0.059 %)TestDirector
31 (0.059 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1496 (29.37 %)Finance
2194 (11.49 %)Banking
3187 (11.07 %)Government
4121 (7.164 %)Pensions
5118 (6.986 %)Auditing
682 (4.855 %)Health
768 (4.026 %)Telecoms
859 (3.493 %)Legal
945 (2.664 %)Investment Banking
1039 (2.309 %)FMCG
1138 (2.250 %)Insurance
1235 (2.072 %)Education
1327 (1.599 %)Retail
1415 (0.888 %)Military
1510 (0.592 %)Manufacturing
169 (0.533 %)Financial Institution
177 (0.414 %)Law
186 (0.355 %)Construction
195 (0.296 %)Games
204 (0.237 %)Local Government
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1512 (30.31 %)Consultant
2403 (23.86 %)Security Consultant
3235 (13.91 %)Security Manager
4204 (12.08 %)Analyst
5172 (10.18 %)Security Analyst
6149 (8.822 %)Security Specialist
7115 (6.809 %)Information Security Consultant
8111 (6.572 %)Information Manager
9105 (6.217 %)Information Security Manager
1088 (5.210 %)IT Manager
1182 (4.855 %)Senior Consultant
1266 (3.908 %)IT Security Manager
1362 (3.671 %)IT Consultant
1455 (3.256 %)Senior Security Consultant
1554 (3.197 %)Security Engineer
1651 (3.020 %)Security Officer
1750 (2.960 %)IT Security Consultant
1847 (2.783 %)Architect
1939 (2.309 %)Auditor
2034 (2.013 %)Information Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
197 (5.743 %)Management Information System
273 (4.322 %)PKI
366 (3.908 %)RMADS
447 (2.783 %)Cryptography
538 (2.250 %)Data Protection Act
629 (1.717 %)Mainframe
720 (1.184 %)SecurID
720 (1.184 %)Computer Science
819 (1.125 %)Smartcard
917 (1.007 %)French Language
1016 (0.947 %)German Language
1016 (0.947 %)Client/Server
1115 (0.888 %)Spanish Language
1213 (0.770 %)CESG
1213 (0.770 %)AS400
1311 (0.651 %)CESG CLAS
149 (0.533 %)Biometrics
157 (0.414 %)Video Conferencing
157 (0.414 %)Russian Language
166 (0.355 %)Italian Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1176 (10.42 %)UNIX
2170 (10.07 %)Windows
379 (4.677 %)Linux
446 (2.724 %)Solaris
531 (1.835 %)Windows 2000
629 (1.717 %)Windows Server 2003
723 (1.362 %)AIX
810 (0.592 %)Windows Vista
96 (0.355 %)Windows NT
105 (0.296 %)Windows XP
105 (0.296 %)HPUX
111 (0.059 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1775 (45.89 %)Information Security
2342 (20.25 %)Risk Management
3270 (15.99 %)ITIL
4178 (10.54 %)Penetration Testing
5170 (10.07 %)Risk Assessment
6137 (8.111 %)Security Management
7104 (6.157 %)Project Management
883 (4.914 %)Data Protection
982 (4.855 %)Security Cleared
1080 (4.737 %)Data Security
1179 (4.677 %)Disaster Recovery
1276 (4.500 %)Risk Analysis
1373 (4.322 %)Business Continuity
1471 (4.204 %)PRINCE2
1551 (3.020 %)Vulnerability Assessment
1551 (3.020 %)ISMS
1647 (2.783 %)Information Security Management
1745 (2.664 %)Change Management
1843 (2.546 %)Six Sigma
1938 (2.250 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
166 (3.908 %)C
256 (3.316 %)Java
340 (2.368 %)C++
419 (1.125 %)Perl
419 (1.125 %)SQL
518 (1.066 %)JCL
610 (0.592 %)Python
610 (0.592 %)C#
76 (0.355 %)PHP
76 (0.355 %)PL/SQL
76 (0.355 %)VB.NET
85 (0.296 %)VB
94 (0.237 %)Shell Script
103 (0.178 %)JavaScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1602 (35.64 %)CISM
2430 (25.46 %)CISA
3220 (13.03 %)Degree
4195 (11.55 %)Cisco Certification
5119 (7.046 %)CCNA
685 (5.033 %)Microsoft Certification
783 (4.914 %)MCSE
874 (4.381 %)CEH
973 (4.322 %)CCNP
1062 (3.671 %)CCSP
1159 (3.493 %)CCSE
1249 (2.901 %)CCSA
1347 (2.783 %)QiCA
1443 (2.546 %)GIAC
1443 (2.546 %)ISEB
1542 (2.487 %)CISMP
1641 (2.427 %)CCIE
1736 (2.131 %)SSCP
1826 (1.539 %)CCDP
1826 (1.539 %)CCIP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1457 (27.06 %)ISO27001
2191 (11.31 %)PCI DSS
3189 (11.19 %)BS7799
4116 (6.868 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
588 (5.210 %)COBIT
670 (4.144 %)ISO17799
748 (2.842 %)PCI QSA
823 (1.362 %)BS25999
823 (1.362 %)QA
916 (0.947 %)JSP 440
1014 (0.829 %)SLA
1112 (0.710 %)HMG Infosec
127 (0.414 %)COSO
136 (0.355 %)Basel II
144 (0.237 %)CESG Infosec
153 (0.178 %)ISO9000
162 (0.118 %)PABP
171 (0.059 %)HIPAA
171 (0.059 %)BS15000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (1.539 %)Active Directory
220 (1.184 %)Nmap
317 (1.007 %)RACF
45 (0.296 %)Snort
45 (0.296 %)ISA Server
53 (0.178 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.059 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.059 %)MetaFrame
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
125 (1.480 %)Nessus
212 (0.710 %)MOM
37 (0.414 %)MIMEsweeper
46 (0.355 %)MAILsweeper
55 (0.296 %)WSUS
62 (0.118 %)Nagios
71 (0.059 %)CiscoWorks
71 (0.059 %)Legato
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1219 (12.97 %)Cisco
2121 (7.164 %)CheckPoint
398 (5.802 %)Microsoft
480 (4.737 %)Oracle
562 (3.671 %)Juniper
639 (2.309 %)Nokia
730 (1.776 %)SAP
828 (1.658 %)IBM
925 (1.480 %)HP
1023 (1.362 %)Blue Coat
1121 (1.243 %)Sun
1121 (1.243 %)Crossbeam
1218 (1.066 %)Symantec
1317 (1.007 %)Lotus
1412 (0.710 %)Siebel
1511 (0.651 %)McAfee Security
169 (0.533 %)Websense
178 (0.474 %)EMC
186 (0.355 %)Nortel
186 (0.355 %)Citrix