The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security 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 Chester 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
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 12 18 23
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +5
Contract jobs citing Information Security 13 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 9.353% 2.564% 0.613%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.71% 3.659% 0.893%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £175 £369 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.54% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £380
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £47.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-62.71% +57.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 82 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 79.86% 70.09% 68.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 34 36
Average daily rate £381 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £50.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Information Security
Cheshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the Chester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Chester Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 16 (59.26%) ITIL
2 15 (55.56%) CISSP
3 13 (48.15%) Risk Assessment
3 13 (48.15%) Risk Analysis
4 12 (44.44%) Service Management
5 9 (33.33%) Legal
6 8 (29.63%) Cisco
7 7 (25.93%) Firewall
7 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 6 (22.22%) TCP/IP
8 6 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (22.22%) UNIX
9 5 (18.52%) Banking
10 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
10 4 (14.81%) Finance
10 4 (14.81%) Investment Banking
10 4 (14.81%) Security Management
10 4 (14.81%) VMware
10 4 (14.81%) VPN
10 4 (14.81%) SAN
10 4 (14.81%) Citrix
10 4 (14.81%) BS7799
10 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (14.81%) Degree
10 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
11 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
11 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
11 3 (11.11%) Local Government
12 2 (7.407%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Firewall
2 6 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 4 (14.81%) VPN
3 4 (14.81%) SAN
4 2 (7.407%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (7.407%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.704%) GIS
General
1 9 (33.33%) Legal
2 5 (18.52%) Banking
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Investment Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Consultant
1 15 (55.56%) Security Consultant
2 9 (33.33%) Risk Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Information Security Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Information Security Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Information Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Graduate
4 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.407%) Configuration Management Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Configuration Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Junior Information Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Junior
6 1 (3.704%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.407%) CMDB
4 1 (3.704%) PMI
4 1 (3.704%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) UNIX
2 2 (7.407%) AIX
3 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) ITIL
2 13 (48.15%) Risk Assessment
2 13 (48.15%) Risk Analysis
3 12 (44.44%) Service Management
4 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
5 4 (14.81%) Security Management
6 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.407%) Change Management
6 2 (7.407%) Configuration Management
6 2 (7.407%) Computer Security
6 2 (7.407%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.704%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.704%) Six Sigma
7 1 (3.704%) Project Management
7 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.704%) Data Security
7 1 (3.704%) Ethical Hacking
7 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
4 1 (3.704%) EnCE
4 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.704%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) BS7799
1 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Cisco
2 4 (14.81%) VMware
2 4 (14.81%) Citrix
3 2 (7.407%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.407%) Remedy
3 2 (7.407%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.704%) ArcSight
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