The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO/IEC 27001
Rank 110 123 118
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 15 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.607% 0.385% 0.341%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.202% 4.301% 4.484%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 2
Average daily rate £475 £550 £662
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -16.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £393 £392
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £600 £932
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.00 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
163 279 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.599% 8.942% 7.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 91 68
Average daily rate £359 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.42% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £148 £125 £162
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 18
Average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -53.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.54 £10.60 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.10 £38.00 £45.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
ISO/IEC 27001
South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Berkshire ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Histogram

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +15 14 £475 -17.39%
Slough - 1 £280 -
ISO/IEC 27001
South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISO/IEC 27001.

1 17 (80.95%) Information Security
2 12 (57.14%) CESG
2 12 (57.14%) PCI DSS
2 12 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 11 (52.38%) CISSP
4 10 (47.62%) Firewall
4 10 (47.62%) CISA
5 9 (42.86%) CISM
5 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
5 9 (42.86%) Ethical Hacking
5 9 (42.86%) CA
5 9 (42.86%) Oracle
5 9 (42.86%) Tivoli
5 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
5 9 (42.86%) Network Security
6 7 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
7 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
7 6 (28.57%) Security Architecture
8 5 (23.81%) CESG CLAS
8 5 (23.81%) ITIL
9 4 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (19.05%) Incident Management
9 4 (19.05%) Internet
9 4 (19.05%) Finance
9 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
9 4 (19.05%) Security Testing
9 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
9 4 (19.05%) Change Control
10 3 (14.29%) RMADS
10 3 (14.29%) Customer Engagement

ISO/IEC 27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ISO/IEC 27001 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISO/IEC 27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.524%) J2EE
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) Firewall
2 9 (42.86%) Network Security
3 4 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (19.05%) Internet
4 1 (4.762%) LAN
4 1 (4.762%) VoIP
4 1 (4.762%) WAN
4 1 (4.762%) DHCP
4 1 (4.762%) VPN
4 1 (4.762%) DNS
4 1 (4.762%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.762%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Security Architect
3 5 (23.81%) Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Information Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Security Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Business Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Designer
6 1 (4.762%) Information Security Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Risk Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Information Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) QA Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) CESG
2 5 (23.81%) CESG CLAS
3 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
4 3 (14.29%) RMADS
4 3 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.762%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Information Security
2 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
2 9 (42.86%) Ethical Hacking
3 7 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 6 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 5 (23.81%) ITIL
6 4 (19.05%) Incident Management
6 4 (19.05%) Security Testing
6 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
6 4 (19.05%) Change Control
7 3 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
8 2 (9.524%) V-Model
8 2 (9.524%) Data Architecture
8 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
9 1 (4.762%) ISMS
9 1 (4.762%) QMS
9 1 (4.762%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 11 (52.38%) CISSP
3 10 (47.62%) CISA
4 9 (42.86%) CISM
4 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
5 2 (9.524%) ISEB
6 1 (4.762%) SSCP
6 1 (4.762%) GIAC
6 1 (4.762%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (57.14%) PCI DSS
2 2 (9.524%) QA
3 1 (4.762%) GAMP
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Tivoli
2 1 (4.762%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) CA
1 9 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (4.762%) ProCurve
2 1 (4.762%) Sophos
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) HP
2 1 (4.762%) SonicWALL