The first table below looks at the demand for Security Testing 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 Security Testing 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank - 58 -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 0 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.994% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.623% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £308 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +64.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
549 493 670
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 74.69% 61.24% 68.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 250 374
Average daily rate £375 £353 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.30% +8.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £271 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +17.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Security Testing
North West

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Security Testing Daily Rate Trend

Security Testing
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Security Testing 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 Security Testing.

1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) Hyperion
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) NFC
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) NFC
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Hyperion