The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS 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
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 99 124 123
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -1
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 26 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.053% 0.353% 0.171%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.95% 3.943% 2.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
Average daily rate £450 £450 £433
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £450 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £450 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%
PCI DSS
South East

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire PCI DSS Jobs Demand Trend

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PCI DSS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire PCI DSS Daily Rate Histogram

PCI DSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS 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 +21 20 £475 -
Slough - 4 £450 -
Windsor - 1 £400 -
PCI DSS
South East

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS.

1 15 (57.69%) Information Security
2 12 (46.15%) CESG
2 12 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
3 11 (42.31%) Firewall
4 10 (38.46%) Network Security
5 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
5 9 (34.62%) TOGAF
5 9 (34.62%) Ethical Hacking
5 9 (34.62%) Oracle
5 9 (34.62%) CA
5 9 (34.62%) Tivoli
6 8 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
6 8 (30.77%) Service Delivery
7 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
7 7 (26.92%) Technical Architecture
7 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
7 7 (26.92%) ITIL
8 6 (23.08%) Finance
8 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
8 6 (23.08%) Security Architecture
9 5 (19.23%) Change Control
9 5 (19.23%) Qualys
9 5 (19.23%) Security Testing
9 5 (19.23%) CESG CLAS
9 5 (19.23%) CISA
9 5 (19.23%) CISM
9 5 (19.23%) Internet
9 5 (19.23%) CISSP
10 4 (15.38%) MS Excel

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
1 4 (15.38%) MS Project
1 4 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Firewall
2 10 (38.46%) Network Security
3 8 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (19.23%) Internet
5 1 (3.846%) FWSM
5 1 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.846%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (3.846%) VLAN
5 1 (3.846%) OSPF
5 1 (3.846%) BGP
5 1 (3.846%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) ClearCase
1 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.846%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Security Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Architect
2 6 (23.08%) Security Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Security Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Information Security Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Information Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Operations Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Security Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Information Security Architect
6 1 (3.846%) IP Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.846%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Information Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) CESG
2 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 5 (19.23%) CESG CLAS
4 3 (11.54%) RMADS
4 3 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) UNIX
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Information Security
2 9 (34.62%) TOGAF
2 9 (34.62%) Ethical Hacking
3 8 (30.77%) Service Delivery
4 7 (26.92%) Technical Architecture
4 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
4 7 (26.92%) ITIL
5 6 (23.08%) Security Architecture
6 5 (19.23%) Change Control
6 5 (19.23%) Security Testing
7 4 (15.38%) Project Management
7 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 4 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
7 4 (15.38%) Matrix Management
8 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
8 3 (11.54%) SIEM
8 3 (11.54%) Customer Engagement
9 2 (7.692%) Vulnerability Management
10 1 (3.846%) Analytics
10 1 (3.846%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) C++
1 1 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) CISA
3 5 (19.23%) CISM
3 5 (19.23%) CISSP
4 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.846%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (3.846%) CCIE
5 1 (3.846%) CCSP
5 1 (3.846%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Oracle
1 9 (34.62%) CA
2 5 (19.23%) Qualys
3 4 (15.38%) Siebel
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.846%) Redback
5 1 (3.846%) Cisco
Reading, Berkshire
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Posted: 15 May 2013