Information Assurance Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance 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
Information Assurance
Rank 161 192 234
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +42
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 40 21 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.635% 0.270% 0.122%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.866% 0.378% 0.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 6
Average daily rate £450 £550 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +91.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £508 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £637 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £575 £483
% change year-on-year
-26.08% +19.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% +42.85%
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%
Information Assurance
London

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Information Assurance Daily Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Assurance across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Information Assurance Daily Rate Histogram

Information Assurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 40 (86.96%) Security Cleared
2 30 (65.22%) SC Cleared
2 30 (65.22%) ITIL
3 27 (58.70%) Information Security
4 23 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (34.78%) Management Information System
6 15 (32.61%) Risk Assessment
7 14 (30.43%) Finance
8 11 (23.91%) MS Office
9 10 (21.74%) MS Visio
9 10 (21.74%) Banking
10 9 (19.57%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (19.57%) PRINCE2
10 9 (19.57%) Change Management
10 9 (19.57%) Data Protection
11 8 (17.39%) DV Cleared
11 8 (17.39%) Service Management
11 8 (17.39%) Legal
11 8 (17.39%) Service Delivery
11 8 (17.39%) IBM
12 7 (15.22%) Windows
12 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (15.22%) Penetration Testing
12 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (15.22%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (15.22%) BC Cleared
13 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (13.04%) Data Management
13 6 (13.04%) Risk Analysis
13 6 (13.04%) Statistics

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.348%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (23.91%) MS Office
2 10 (21.74%) MS Visio
3 5 (10.87%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.174%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.174%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.348%) SAN
2 1 (2.174%) Firewall
General
1 14 (30.43%) Finance
2 10 (21.74%) Banking
3 8 (17.39%) Legal
4 4 (8.696%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.174%) Retail
5 1 (2.174%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Analyst
2 6 (13.04%) Architect
2 6 (13.04%) Consultant
3 5 (10.87%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.87%) Business Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Security Consultant
3 5 (10.87%) Security Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Change Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Business Change Analyst
4 4 (8.696%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 4 (8.696%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.348%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (4.348%) IT Security Consultant
5 2 (4.348%) IT Architect
5 2 (4.348%) Senior Security Consultant
5 2 (4.348%) Technical Manager
5 2 (4.348%) Security Specialist
5 2 (4.348%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.348%) Change Manager
5 2 (4.348%) Business Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 9 (19.57%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (13.04%) Statistics
4 4 (8.696%) SWIFT
5 3 (6.522%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (6.522%) Freedom of Information Act
6 2 (4.348%) Replication
6 2 (4.348%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (2.174%) CESG
7 1 (2.174%) CESG CLAS
7 1 (2.174%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.174%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Windows
2 6 (13.04%) HPUX
2 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (8.696%) Mac OS X
4 2 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (4.348%) Linux
5 1 (2.174%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.174%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (65.22%) ITIL
2 27 (58.70%) Information Security
3 15 (32.61%) Risk Assessment
4 9 (19.57%) Change Management
4 9 (19.57%) PRINCE2
4 9 (19.57%) Data Protection
5 8 (17.39%) Service Management
5 8 (17.39%) Service Delivery
6 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (15.22%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (15.22%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (13.04%) Risk Management
7 6 (13.04%) Risk Analysis
7 6 (13.04%) Data Management
8 5 (10.87%) TOGAF
8 5 (10.87%) Customer Engagement
9 4 (8.696%) Project Management
10 3 (6.522%) GAP Analysis
10 3 (6.522%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) C
Qualifications
1 40 (86.96%) Security Cleared
2 30 (65.22%) SC Cleared
3 8 (17.39%) DV Cleared
4 7 (15.22%) BC Cleared
5 6 (13.04%) CISSP
6 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (10.87%) MCP
6 5 (10.87%) MCSE
6 5 (10.87%) MCITP
6 5 (10.87%) Degree
7 4 (8.696%) MCSA
7 4 (8.696%) CISA
7 4 (8.696%) CISM
7 4 (8.696%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (4.348%) Postgraduate
8 2 (4.348%) CITP
9 1 (2.174%) PCI QSA
9 1 (2.174%) MBCS
9 1 (2.174%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (2.174%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.87%) PCI DSS
3 4 (8.696%) COBIT
4 1 (2.174%) QA
4 1 (2.174%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (8.696%) Hyper-V
1 4 (8.696%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (4.348%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) IBM
2 6 (13.04%) HP
3 4 (8.696%) Citrix
3 4 (8.696%) Apple
3 4 (8.696%) VMware
3 4 (8.696%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.348%) Brocade
4 2 (4.348%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.348%) Veeam
4 2 (4.348%) Juniper
4 2 (4.348%) Red Hat
Security Architect
City, London
The successful candidate will demonstrate: - Degree level education... - Strong proven security architecture background... Prince2 Financial Services experience, particularly Asset or Wealth Management experience will be required for this...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Information Assurance Risk Analyst
City, London
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Risk Analyst to join an information assurance project with our prestigious media and broadcasting client... It may well be that you...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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