The first table below looks at the demand for Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architecture
Rank 115 134 132
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 6 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.250% 0.127% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.379% 0.200% 0.158%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £475 £513 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.31% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £513 £425
% change year-on-year
-18.04% +20.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1584 1998 1900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.97% 63.41% 62.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 766 757
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 61 78
Average hourly rate £17.33 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.37% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.40 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Security Architecture
South East

Security Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Architecture across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Security Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Security Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Security Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 +18 6 £475 -17.39%
Security Architecture
South East

Security Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture.

1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) CESG
2 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 6 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 3 (33.33%) RMADS
4 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Legal
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Change Control
4 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) CA
4 3 (33.33%) Internet
4 3 (33.33%) Tivoli
4 3 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) CISSP

Security Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Internet
2 3 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (11.11%) RIP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Security Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Security Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Information Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) CESG
1 6 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (33.33%) RMADS
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Change Control
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Database Security
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
5 1 (11.11%) Security Management
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) CISA
3 2 (22.22%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (11.11%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
1 3 (33.33%) CA
2 2 (22.22%) Symantec