The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cryptography in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cryptography over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Buckinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cryptography (Cryptology)
Rank 65 73 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.370% 0.205% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.055% 0.840% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £393 £500
% change year-on-year
-5.73% -21.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +43.83%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
146 238 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 18.02% 24.39% 20.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 85 70
Average daily rate £350 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £250 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 25
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £10.53 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Cryptography
South East

Cryptography
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cryptography across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Buckinghamshire Cryptography Jobs Demand Trend

Cryptography
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Cryptography Daily Rate Trend

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Cryptography Hourly Rate Trend

Cryptography
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +8 3 £425 -
Cryptography
South East

Cryptography
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Cryptography 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 Cryptography.

1 17 (100.00%) Firewall
2 14 (82.35%) SC Cleared
2 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
3 11 (64.71%) Citrix
4 9 (52.94%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (52.94%) CCSP
5 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 8 (47.06%) Oracle
5 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
5 8 (47.06%) Windows
5 8 (47.06%) VMware
5 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (47.06%) DV Cleared
6 7 (41.18%) CESG
6 7 (41.18%) HP
6 7 (41.18%) SAN
6 7 (41.18%) NAS
6 7 (41.18%) Information Assurance
7 6 (35.29%) StorageTek
7 6 (35.29%) CISSP
7 6 (35.29%) OpenView
7 6 (35.29%) Sun
7 6 (35.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (29.41%) PKI
8 5 (29.41%) Linux
8 5 (29.41%) UNIX
9 4 (23.53%) Client/Server
9 4 (23.53%) MS Exchange
9 4 (23.53%) SMTP

Cryptography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Cryptography 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 Cryptography. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) JMS
1 3 (17.65%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) MS Exchange
2 3 (17.65%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (41.18%) SAN
2 7 (41.18%) NAS
3 4 (23.53%) SMTP
3 4 (23.53%) Internet
4 3 (17.65%) iSCSI
5 2 (11.76%) LAN
5 2 (11.76%) WAN
5 2 (11.76%) ICMP
6 1 (5.882%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.882%) Network Security
6 1 (5.882%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Architect
2 7 (41.18%) Technical Architect
3 6 (35.29%) Security Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Network Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) CESG
2 5 (29.41%) PKI
3 4 (23.53%) Client/Server
4 3 (17.65%) Clustering
5 2 (11.76%) Thin Client
5 2 (11.76%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Linux
2 5 (29.41%) UNIX
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (17.65%) Windows NT
3 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Information Assurance
2 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (17.65%) TOGAF
3 3 (17.65%) Ethical Hacking
3 3 (17.65%) Security Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Network Design
4 1 (5.882%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) SC Cleared
1 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 9 (52.94%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (52.94%) CCSP
3 8 (47.06%) DV Cleared
4 6 (35.29%) CISSP
5 4 (23.53%) CCNA
5 4 (23.53%) MCTS
6 3 (17.65%) ISEB
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (17.65%) MCSE
6 3 (17.65%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 1 (5.882%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
2 3 (17.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) OpenView
1 6 (35.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (5.882%) SCCM
2 1 (5.882%) SCOM
2 1 (5.882%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Citrix
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) Oracle
2 8 (47.06%) VMware
3 7 (41.18%) HP
4 6 (35.29%) StorageTek
4 6 (35.29%) Sun
5 1 (5.882%) ProCurve
5 1 (5.882%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.882%) Juniper
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco