Berkshire Security Testing Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Security Testing skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bracknell City of London Edinburgh England London Manchester Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Scotland South East South Wales South West Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	158
Rank change on same period last year	+32
Matching contract IT job ads	3	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.148 %	0.300 %
Daily rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£285
Average daily rate	£400	£285
% change on same period last year	+40.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£500	£285
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£330
% change on same period last year	-4.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2032	2666
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.682 %	2.655 %
Daily rates quoted	518	945
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£360
Average daily rate	£385	£382
% change on same period last year	+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£405
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	98	196
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.75	£31.38
Average hourly rate	£30.44	£32.96
% change on same period last year	-7.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.13	£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.34	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Security Testing 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 Testing
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing 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.

Location	Rank 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
Bracknell	-	1	£400	-

Security Testing South East

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Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Security Testing 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 Testing.

1 4 (50.00 %) Information Security 2 3 (37.50 %) Automated Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) Web Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) PCI DSS 2 3 (37.50 %) Regression Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) ISEB 2 3 (37.50 %) QuickTest Pro 2 3 (37.50 %) Java 2 3 (37.50 %) VBScript 2 3 (37.50 %) VB 2 3 (37.50 %) E-Commerce 3 2 (25.00 %) Retail 4 1 (12.50 %) Penetration Testing 4 1 (12.50 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (12.50 %) Network Security

4 1 (12.50 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (12.50 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (12.50 %) CCNP 4 1 (12.50 %) CCNA 4 1 (12.50 %) HP 4 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 4 1 (12.50 %) ITIL 4 1 (12.50 %) CISSP 4 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Security Testing 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 Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) Network Security 1 1 (12.50 %) TCP/IP	Development Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) QuickTest Pro
General 1 2 (25.00 %) Retail	Job Titles 1 4 (50.00 %) Consultant 1 4 (50.00 %) Security Consultant 2 3 (37.50 %) Analyst 2 3 (37.50 %) Test Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Penetration Tester 3 1 (12.50 %) Tester
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (50.00 %) Information Security 2 3 (37.50 %) Automated Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) Web Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) Regression Testing 2 3 (37.50 %) E-Commerce 3 1 (12.50 %) Penetration Testing 3 1 (12.50 %) Test Scripting 3 1 (12.50 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (12.50 %) ITIL	Programming Languages 1 3 (37.50 %) Java 1 3 (37.50 %) VBScript 1 3 (37.50 %) VB
Qualifications 1 3 (37.50 %) ISEB 2 1 (12.50 %) CCNP 2 1 (12.50 %) CCNA 2 1 (12.50 %) CISSP 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (37.50 %) PCI DSS
Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) HP 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle