The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG CLAS in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CESG CLAS over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CESG Listed Adviser Scheme
Rank 199 207 243
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +36
Contract jobs citing CESG CLAS 2 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.032% 0.077% 0.030%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.100% 0.233% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £450 £593 £593
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year
-8.69% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1991 2580 3971
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.63% 33.16% 40.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1475 1982 3065
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 69 51
Average hourly rate £25.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
CESG CLAS
London

CESG CLAS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CESG CLAS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London CESG CLAS Jobs Demand Trend

CESG CLAS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CESG CLAS across the City of London region.

City of London CESG CLAS Daily Rate Trend

CESG CLAS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CESG CLAS 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 CESG CLAS.

1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) CESG
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) ISACA
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (50.00%) CITP
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment

CESG CLAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CESG CLAS 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 CESG CLAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CESG
2 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ISACA
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS