The first table below looks at the demand for Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection 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 Communications & Networking 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intrusion Detection
Rank - - 42
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - 0.204%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 1.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £281 £338
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 - £40.00
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
46 62 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 10.22% 9.968% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 29 34
Average daily rate £400 £313 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% +20.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 9
Average hourly rate £13.00 £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.66% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Intrusion Detection
West Midlands

Intrusion Detection
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Intrusion Detection across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham Intrusion Detection Jobs Demand Trend

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Intrusion Detection Daily Rate Trend

Intrusion Detection
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Intrusion Detection Hourly Rate Trend

Intrusion Detection
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Intrusion Detection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight