The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security Management 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 Security Management over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Management
Rank 202 205 235
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +30
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 1 12 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.153% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.213% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 1
Average daily rate £450 £350 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -26.31%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £256
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +64.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4714 5628 6972
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.36% 71.58% 72.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3547 4064 5163
Average daily rate £450 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £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 78 97 96
Average hourly rate £41.50 £24.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.91% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £15.00 £14.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Information Security Management
London

Information Security Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Information Security Management Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Information Security Management Daily Rate Trend

Information Security Management
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Information Security Management 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 Security Management.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Management
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) CISM
4 2 (40.00%) Juniper
4 2 (40.00%) CISA
4 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Security
4 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (40.00%) IBM
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) ISMS
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Retail
5 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Law
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management

Information Security Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Information Security Management 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 Security Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Security Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) IT Security Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Management
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Security
2 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) ISMS
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) CISA
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
1 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (40.00%) IBM