The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Security skills 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 Computer Security 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Security 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £188 - £293
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-76.47% -
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4620 5558 7076
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.39% 71.44% 71.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3487 4000 5250
Average daily rate £450 £462 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.59% -7.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 99 97
Average hourly rate £42.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Computer Security
London

Computer Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Computer Security Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Computer Security Daily Rate Trend

Computer Security
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (33.33%) DameWare
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP

Computer Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) IT Security Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Deskside Support
2 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000 Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (33.33%) DameWare
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Dell