The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Security Manager
Rank 61 56 71
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 2 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.276% 0.876% 0.103%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.303% 0.960% 0.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £338 £453 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.41% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £410 £445 £405
% change year-on-year
-7.86% +9.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £34.44 -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
660 729 882
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.16% 91.24% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 482
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 21 35
Average hourly rate £39.00 £22.41 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.02% +44.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Manager
North West

Security Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Manager across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Security Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Security Manager Daily Rate Trend

Security Manager
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Security Manager in their job title 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 with Security Manager in their job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 11 (78.57%) Information Security
3 9 (64.29%) Business Continuity
3 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
4 8 (57.14%) Change Management
5 7 (50.00%) PRINCE2
6 6 (42.86%) Project Management
7 4 (28.57%) Banking
8 3 (21.43%) Supplier Management
8 3 (21.43%) QA
8 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (14.29%) Workflow
9 2 (14.29%) ITIL
9 2 (14.29%) Firewall
9 2 (14.29%) PMI
9 2 (14.29%) PMP
9 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
9 2 (14.29%) Time Management
9 2 (14.29%) Resource Management
10 1 (7.143%) CEH
10 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
10 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS
10 1 (7.143%) CISSP
10 1 (7.143%) CISM
10 1 (7.143%) Security Architecture
10 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis

Security Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Security Manager in their job title 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 with Security Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) Business Continuity
2 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
3 8 (57.14%) Change Management
4 7 (50.00%) PRINCE2
5 6 (42.86%) Project Management
6 3 (21.43%) Supplier Management
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Workflow
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL
7 2 (14.29%) Time Management
7 2 (14.29%) Resource Management
8 1 (7.143%) Security Architecture
8 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) PMP
1 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.143%) CEH
2 1 (7.143%) CISSP
2 1 (7.143%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS