The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Vulnerability Assessment
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 4.651% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £325 £251
% change year-on-year
-4.61% +29.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £60.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
100 81 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 77.52% 71.68% 68.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 25
Average daily rate £375 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £14.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+203.57% -70.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Vulnerability Assessment
Cheshire

Vulnerability Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Vulnerability Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment.

1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
1 8 (100.00%) Service Management
1 8 (100.00%) Legal
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (87.50%) Risk Analysis
2 7 (87.50%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) .NET
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle
3 4 (50.00%) SAP
4 3 (37.50%) Java
4 3 (37.50%) PHP
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Web 2.0
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Security
5 2 (25.00%) Firewall
5 2 (25.00%) UNIX
5 2 (25.00%) AIX
5 2 (25.00%) Linux
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (12.50%) ArcSight

Vulnerability Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 8 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Consultant
1 8 (100.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
1 2 (25.00%) AIX
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) Service Management
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (87.50%) Risk Analysis
2 7 (87.50%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) ArcSight