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This section looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank112161
Rank change on same period last yearUp+49
Matching contract IT job ads175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.535 %0.109 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£450£381
Average daily rate£450£408
% change on same period last year+10.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£355
% change on same period last year+3.24 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£22.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.91
% change on same period last year-
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads31754574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.190 %4.555 %
Daily rates quoted7841441
Average minimum daily rate£341£350
Average daily rate£360£367
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted233460
Average minimum hourly rate£23.29£28.17
Average hourly rate£24.91£29.53
% change on same period last year-15.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.53£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Security Engineer South EastSecurity Engineer
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Security Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Security Engineer Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Berkshire region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+310£450-
MaidenheadNew entry-3--
Security Engineer South EastSecurity Engineer
South East

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title.

111 (55.00 %)Firewall
29 (45.00 %)Cisco Certification
38 (40.00 %)CCSP
38 (40.00 %)Telecoms
47 (35.00 %)CheckPoint
56 (30.00 %)Cisco
56 (30.00 %)Network Security
65 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
65 (25.00 %)VoIP
74 (20.00 %)MPLS
74 (20.00 %)OSPF
74 (20.00 %)Windows
74 (20.00 %)BGP
83 (15.00 %)CCSA
83 (15.00 %)Load Balancing
83 (15.00 %)SC Cleared
83 (15.00 %)Security Cleared
83 (15.00 %)SNMP
83 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
83 (15.00 %)UNIX
92 (10.00 %)CISSP
92 (10.00 %)VPN
92 (10.00 %)IIS
92 (10.00 %)Blue Coat
92 (10.00 %)Government
92 (10.00 %)CEH
92 (10.00 %)3G
92 (10.00 %)CISM
101 (5.000 %)CISA
101 (5.000 %)Blackberry

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.000 %).NET Framework
11 (5.000 %).NET
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.00 %)IIS
21 (5.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)Shockwave
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (55.00 %)Firewall
26 (30.00 %)Network Security
35 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
35 (25.00 %)VoIP
44 (20.00 %)MPLS
44 (20.00 %)OSPF
44 (20.00 %)BGP
53 (15.00 %)SNMP
53 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
62 (10.00 %)VPN
62 (10.00 %)3G
71 (5.000 %)DNS
71 (5.000 %)DHCP
71 (5.000 %)Internet
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)Flash
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (40.00 %)Telecoms
22 (10.00 %)Government
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Blackberry
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (20.00 %)Windows
23 (15.00 %)UNIX
31 (5.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (5.000 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.00 %)Load Balancing
13 (15.00 %)SC Cleared
13 (15.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (5.000 %)Penetration Testing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.000 %)Java
11 (5.000 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (45.00 %)Cisco Certification
28 (40.00 %)CCSP
33 (15.00 %)CCSA
42 (10.00 %)CISSP
42 (10.00 %)CEH
42 (10.00 %)CISM
51 (5.000 %)CISA
51 (5.000 %)CCSE
51 (5.000 %)MCSD
51 (5.000 %)MCSE
51 (5.000 %)MCDBA
51 (5.000 %)CCNA
51 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.000 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (35.00 %)CheckPoint
26 (30.00 %)Cisco
32 (10.00 %)Blue Coat
41 (5.000 %)ICL
41 (5.000 %)IBM
41 (5.000 %)Adobe
41 (5.000 %)Sun
41 (5.000 %)Unisys
41 (5.000 %)HP
41 (5.000 %)McAfee Security
41 (5.000 %)Juniper
41 (5.000 %)Nokia
41 (5.000 %)VERITAS