The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Cheshire 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
ISO/IEC 27001
Rank 61 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.272% 0.497% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.667% 6.667% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £140 £110 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.00 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
30 60 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.082% 7.453% 5.653%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 37 29
Average daily rate £240 £300 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +16.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £104 £165 £84
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £403 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
Average hourly rate £10.58 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.42% +7.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
ISO/IEC 27001
North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cheshire ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire ISO/IEC 27001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001.

1 23 (88.46%) Active Directory
2 20 (76.92%) MS Excel
2 20 (76.92%) Windows
2 20 (76.92%) ISO 9000
2 20 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 20 (76.92%) Incident Management
2 20 (76.92%) SC Cleared
2 20 (76.92%) Security Cleared
3 17 (65.38%) Citrix
3 17 (65.38%) VPN
4 13 (50.00%) SLA
4 13 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 13 (50.00%) Windows NT
4 13 (50.00%) C
4 13 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 13 (50.00%) Statistics
5 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
5 7 (26.92%) OpenView
5 7 (26.92%) HP
5 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (26.92%) Lotus
5 7 (26.92%) MS Project
5 7 (26.92%) MS Office
5 7 (26.92%) ITIL
5 7 (26.92%) MCP
5 7 (26.92%) Windows XP
5 7 (26.92%) MS Visio
5 7 (26.92%) Lotus Notes
5 7 (26.92%) MCSE
5 7 (26.92%) ServiceCenter

ISO/IEC 27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 7 (26.92%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (15.38%) LiveLink
Applications
1 20 (76.92%) MS Excel
2 7 (26.92%) MS Project
2 7 (26.92%) MS Office
2 7 (26.92%) MS Visio
2 7 (26.92%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 17 (65.38%) VPN
2 4 (15.38%) Firewall
2 4 (15.38%) SAN
2 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (11.54%) Local Government
1 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.692%) Finance
3 1 (3.846%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Analyst
2 13 (50.00%) Help Desk Support
3 10 (38.46%) Help Desk Analyst
3 10 (38.46%) IT Support
4 7 (26.92%) Support Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Information Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Security Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Information Security Architect
7 2 (7.692%) Information Security Consultant
7 2 (7.692%) Consultant
7 2 (7.692%) Security Consultant
8 1 (3.846%) Information Security Manager
8 1 (3.846%) Data Analyst
8 1 (3.846%) Information Manager
8 1 (3.846%) Security Manager
8 1 (3.846%) Lead Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 20 (76.92%) Windows
2 13 (50.00%) Windows NT
3 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
3 7 (26.92%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Incident Management
2 7 (26.92%) ITIL
3 5 (19.23%) Information Security
4 4 (15.38%) Security Management
4 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.846%) Identity Management
5 1 (3.846%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (76.92%) SC Cleared
1 20 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 13 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (26.92%) MCP
3 7 (26.92%) MCSE
3 7 (26.92%) MCDST
3 7 (26.92%) MCITP
4 1 (3.846%) CISM
4 1 (3.846%) CISSP
4 1 (3.846%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (76.92%) ISO 9000
2 13 (50.00%) SLA
3 7 (26.92%) BS25999
4 1 (3.846%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (3.846%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.846%) COBIT
4 1 (3.846%) QA
System Software
1 23 (88.46%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) OpenView
1 7 (26.92%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 17 (65.38%) Citrix
3 7 (26.92%) HP
3 7 (26.92%) Lotus
4 4 (15.38%) VMware
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco