The first table below looks at the demand for Risk Analysis 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 Risk Analysis 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Analysis
Rank 55 57 65
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 8 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.105% 0.751% 0.722%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.452% 1.220% 1.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 6
Average daily rate - £388 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £450 £413
% change year-on-year
-27.77% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £49.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +78.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
551 492 664
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.10% 61.58% 68.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 249 364
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £250 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Risk Analysis
North West

Risk Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Risk Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Risk Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Risk Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Risk Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the Cheshire 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
Chester +1 6 - -
Warrington - 1 - -
Risk Analysis
North West

Risk Analysis
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Risk Analysis 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 Risk Analysis.

1 14 (73.68%) CISSP
1 14 (73.68%) ITIL
1 14 (73.68%) Risk Assessment
1 14 (73.68%) Information Security
2 10 (52.63%) Service Management
3 7 (36.84%) Legal
3 7 (36.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (26.32%) SAP GRC
4 5 (26.32%) SAP
4 5 (26.32%) UNIX
5 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (21.05%) Cisco
5 4 (21.05%) BS7799
6 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 2 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (10.53%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
7 2 (10.53%) Business Objects
7 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
7 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
7 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
8 1 (5.263%) MS Access
8 1 (5.263%) VBScript
8 1 (5.263%) AIX
8 1 (5.263%) SAP Security
8 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.263%) Firewall
8 1 (5.263%) Workflow

Risk Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
1 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.263%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.263%) MS Access
General
1 7 (36.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Consultant
2 14 (73.68%) Security Consultant
3 9 (47.37%) Risk Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Information Security Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Business Objects Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) IT Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Process Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) SAP GRC Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) IT Security Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) IT Risk Consultant
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) UNIX
2 1 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) ITIL
1 14 (73.68%) Risk Assessment
1 14 (73.68%) Information Security
2 10 (52.63%) Service Management
3 7 (36.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (5.263%) SAP Security
4 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.263%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) CISSP
2 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) BS7799
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
4 2 (10.53%) Business Objects