City of London Information Security Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Consultant role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Security Consultant
Location Bedfordshire Birmingham Cheshire Chester City of London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Middlesex North West Scotland South East South West Staffordshire Staines Surrey UK West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 19 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	195	186
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	4	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.068 %	0.035 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£313	-
Average daily rate	£356	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£400	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£413
% change on same period last year	-8.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	5853	5792
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.142 %	6.301 %
Daily rates quoted	3079	2456
Average minimum daily rate	£399	£451
Average daily rate	£433	£477
% change on same period last year	-9.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£466	£503
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	267	229
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.76	£22.69
Average hourly rate	£24.69	£23.96
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.62	£25.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.35	£24.43
% change on same period last year	-4.45 %
Information Security Consultant London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Information Security Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security Consultant across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 November 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Information Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Information Security Consultant in their job title.

1 13 (92.86 %) Information Security 2 7 (50.00 %) ISO27001 3 6 (42.86 %) Investment Banking 3 6 (42.86 %) Banking 3 6 (42.86 %) CISSP 4 5 (35.71 %) Finance 4 5 (35.71 %) CISM 5 4 (28.57 %) Firewall 5 4 (28.57 %) VoIP 5 4 (28.57 %) Penetration Testing 5 4 (28.57 %) Network Security 5 4 (28.57 %) Incident Management 6 3 (21.43 %) PKI 6 3 (21.43 %) Java 6 3 (21.43 %) .NET

6 3 (21.43 %) WebServices 6 3 (21.43 %) XML 6 3 (21.43 %) Identity Management 7 2 (14.29 %) Information Assurance 7 2 (14.29 %) Risk Management 7 2 (14.29 %) Insurance 8 1 (7.143 %) Degree 8 1 (7.143 %) COBIT 8 1 (7.143 %) MiFID 8 1 (7.143 %) Auditing 8 1 (7.143 %) SC Cleared 8 1 (7.143 %) DV Cleared 8 1 (7.143 %) Security Cleared 8 1 (7.143 %) ISO17799 8 1 (7.143 %) HP

Information Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Information Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Information Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (21.43 %) .NET 1 3 (21.43 %) WebServices 1 3 (21.43 %) XML	Applications 1 1 (7.143 %) MS Office 1 1 (7.143 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 4 (28.57 %) VoIP 1 4 (28.57 %) Firewall 1 4 (28.57 %) Network Security 2 1 (7.143 %) Intrusion Detection 2 1 (7.143 %) Internet	General 1 6 (42.86 %) Banking 1 6 (42.86 %) Investment Banking 2 5 (35.71 %) Finance 3 2 (14.29 %) Insurance 4 1 (7.143 %) Auditing 4 1 (7.143 %) Government
Miscellaneous 1 3 (21.43 %) PKI	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (92.86 %) Information Security 2 4 (28.57 %) Penetration Testing 2 4 (28.57 %) Incident Management 3 3 (21.43 %) Identity Management 4 2 (14.29 %) Risk Management 4 2 (14.29 %) Information Assurance 5 1 (7.143 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (7.143 %) DV Cleared 5 1 (7.143 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (7.143 %) Stakeholder Management 5 1 (7.143 %) Risk Assessment 5 1 (7.143 %) Programme Management 5 1 (7.143 %) Security Management 5 1 (7.143 %) ITIL 5 1 (7.143 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 3 (21.43 %) Java 2 1 (7.143 %) VB	Qualifications 1 6 (42.86 %) CISSP 2 5 (35.71 %) CISM 3 1 (7.143 %) Degree 3 1 (7.143 %) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (50.00 %) ISO27001 2 1 (7.143 %) COBIT 2 1 (7.143 %) MiFID 2 1 (7.143 %) ISO17799 2 1 (7.143 %) BS7799 2 1 (7.143 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (7.143 %) Basel II	Vendors 1 1 (7.143 %) HP