The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Birmingham 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 45 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.415% 0.311% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.643% 0.463% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £515 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £440 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 £38.88 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-55.18% +23.41%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
311 432 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 64.52% 67.08% 54.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 230 159
Average daily rate £375 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +1.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £484 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 12
Average hourly rate £32.50 £16.48 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+97.26% -48.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.98 £12.00 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £40.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Information Security
West Midlands

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Information Security across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Flash
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) NPfIT
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) assyst
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Flash
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) assyst
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Project Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
1 1 (25.00%) NPfIT
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS