The first table below looks at the demand for CISSP in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CISSP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Rank 126 183 157
Rank change year-on-year
+57 -26
Permanent jobs citing CISSP 77 11 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.460% 0.230% 0.300%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.203% 0.894% 1.038%
Number of salaries quoted 65 11 12
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 £43,625
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% +26.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,100 £50,000 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £57,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+4.76% +10.52%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1480 1230 1253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.06% 25.73% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1226 1039 1016
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CISSP
England

CISSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands CISSP Salary Trend

CISSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CISSP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Birmingham +28 45 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Coventry - 10 £53,500 -
Warwickshire - 8 £65,000 -
Solihull - 1 £32,000 -
CISSP
England

CISSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 67 (49.26%) Firewall
2 65 (47.79%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (44.85%) Information Security
4 59 (43.38%) CISM
5 49 (36.03%) CCNA
6 48 (35.29%) SIEM
7 42 (30.88%) ACSA
8 39 (28.68%) JavaScript
9 38 (27.94%) Risk Management
10 36 (26.47%) CISA
10 36 (26.47%) Java
11 35 (25.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 35 (25.74%) Sentinel
12 31 (22.79%) CEH
12 31 (22.79%) Security Cleared
13 26 (19.12%) SC Cleared
14 25 (18.38%) Windows
14 25 (18.38%) Internet
15 24 (17.65%) Management Information System
15 24 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
16 23 (16.91%) Computer Forensics
17 21 (15.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 20 (14.71%) Network Security
19 17 (12.50%) Active Directory
20 16 (11.76%) CCSP
21 15 (11.03%) Security Management
22 14 (10.29%) Risk Assessment
22 14 (10.29%) Project Management
23 13 (9.559%) Enterprise Architecture
24 12 (8.824%) Penetration Testing

CISSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (2.941%) HTML
2 1 (0.735%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.471%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.941%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 35 (25.74%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 67 (49.26%) Firewall
2 25 (18.38%) Internet
3 24 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
4 20 (14.71%) Network Security
5 11 (8.088%) DHCP
5 11 (8.088%) DNS
5 11 (8.088%) Wireless
6 3 (2.206%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.471%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.471%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.941%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (8.088%) Finance
2 8 (5.882%) Law
3 6 (4.412%) Legal
4 5 (3.676%) Retail
5 3 (2.206%) Local Government
6 1 (0.735%) Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (47.06%) Security Specialist
2 26 (19.12%) Security Manager
3 16 (11.76%) Analyst
4 15 (11.03%) Security Analyst
5 13 (9.559%) Security Engineer
6 10 (7.353%) Information Security Manager
6 10 (7.353%) Information Manager
7 9 (6.618%) Network Specialist
7 9 (6.618%) Information Security Analyst
7 9 (6.618%) Information Analyst
7 9 (6.618%) Network Security Specialist
7 9 (6.618%) Consultant
8 6 (4.412%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (4.412%) Information Security Specialist
8 6 (4.412%) IT Security Specialist
8 6 (4.412%) Senior Security Analyst
8 6 (4.412%) Senior Information Analyst
8 6 (4.412%) Information Specialist
8 6 (4.412%) Senior Information Security Analyst
9 5 (3.676%) IT Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.088%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.147%) Computer Science
4 4 (2.941%) CESG
4 4 (2.941%) CESG CLAS
4 4 (2.941%) Biometrics
4 4 (2.941%) Smartcard
4 4 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.206%) Cryptography
6 1 (0.735%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.38%) Windows
2 12 (8.824%) UNIX
3 8 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (44.85%) Information Security
2 48 (35.29%) SIEM
3 38 (27.94%) Risk Management
4 23 (16.91%) Computer Forensics
5 21 (15.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 15 (11.03%) Security Management
7 14 (10.29%) Risk Assessment
7 14 (10.29%) Project Management
8 13 (9.559%) Enterprise Architecture
9 12 (8.824%) Penetration Testing
10 11 (8.088%) ITIL
10 11 (8.088%) Data Protection
11 10 (7.353%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (6.618%) Risk Analysis
13 8 (5.882%) Information Security Management
14 5 (3.676%) Cyber Security
14 5 (3.676%) Business Continuity
14 5 (3.676%) Ethical Hacking
15 4 (2.941%) Security Testing
15 4 (2.941%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (28.68%) JavaScript
2 36 (26.47%) Java
3 12 (8.824%) SQL
4 2 (1.471%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 65 (47.79%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (43.38%) CISM
3 49 (36.03%) CCNA
4 42 (30.88%) ACSA
5 36 (26.47%) CISA
6 31 (22.79%) CEH
6 31 (22.79%) Security Cleared
7 26 (19.12%) SC Cleared
8 16 (11.76%) CCSP
9 8 (5.882%) Degree
10 6 (4.412%) SCSA
11 3 (2.206%) PCI QSA
11 3 (2.206%) CCSE
12 2 (1.471%) CISMP
12 2 (1.471%) MCTS
12 2 (1.471%) MCSE
12 2 (1.471%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.735%) CRISC
13 1 (0.735%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (25.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.882%) COBIT
2 8 (5.882%) PCI DSS
3 7 (5.147%) SLA
4 3 (2.206%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.735%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 17 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.471%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (2.206%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.471%) Nessus
2 2 (1.471%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 7 (5.147%) Cisco
1 7 (5.147%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.941%) VMware
3 3 (2.206%) McAfee
3 3 (2.206%) CheckPoint
4 2 (1.471%) Tripwire
4 2 (1.471%) Citrix
4 2 (1.471%) GFI Software
5 1 (0.735%) Imperva
5 1 (0.735%) Sourcefire
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
As the ideal candidate you will be CISSP/CISM certified and have experience of working in a large complex organisation with a strong exposure to core InfoSec principles...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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