The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
Rank 199 209 240
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +31
Contract jobs citing CESG 4 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.063% 0.114% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.198% 0.350% 0.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 2
Average daily rate £365 £555 £546
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.23% +1.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £374 £509
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £623 £583
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £575 £375
% change year-on-year
-17.39% +53.33%
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
2018 2574 3936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.64% 32.73% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1496 1987 3043
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 67 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.38 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
CESG
London

CESG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London CESG Jobs Demand Trend

CESG
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London CESG Daily Rate Trend

CESG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CESG 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.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (25.00%) Local Government
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (25.00%) CITP
4 1 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (25.00%) ISACA
4 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (25.00%) IIS

CESG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CESG 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) ISMS
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) CITP
3 1 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (25.00%) ISACA
3 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
City, London
Our Customer is looking for a Consultant Accreditor to support the Security Accreditation team in various activities as part of the formal process of risk assessment and accreditation...
LA International
Rate: £600 - £670 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013