The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank - 54 43
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.161% 0.204%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.262% 0.357%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
301 381 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.49% 61.35% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 209 174
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £228 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £525 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 10
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £119.80 £34.40 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Penetration Testing
West Midlands

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Penetration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Penetration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Penetration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Penetration Testing
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

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%) Intrusion Detection
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

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
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%) 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