The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Assurance over the 3 months to 22 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 Bristol 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 49 59 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.381% 0.469% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.643% 0.698% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £350 £650 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £575 £500
% change year-on-year
-26.08% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
311 573 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 59.24% 67.17% 67.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 387 238
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £237 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 24 22
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £16.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Information Assurance
South West

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Information Assurance Daily Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance.

1 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
1 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 4 (66.67%) Service Management
1 4 (66.67%) Change Management
1 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Budget Control
1 4 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Sentinel
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL V3
2 2 (33.33%) Avionics
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Migration

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Sentinel
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 2 (33.33%) Avionics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Data Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Information Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 4 (66.67%) Service Management
1 4 (66.67%) Change Management
1 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 4 (66.67%) Budget Control
1 4 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL V3
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
Bristol, Avon
The Senior Consultant - Information Assurance will be expected to support and deliver Information Assurance and IT Security services directly to our clients... He/she will have at least...
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013