The first table below looks at the demand for ISMS 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 ISMS 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 Security Management System (ISMS)
Rank 199 206 245
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +39
Contract jobs citing ISMS 2 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.032% 0.090% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.126% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
Average daily rate £450 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -11.39%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £408 £175
% change year-on-year
-1.84% +132.85%
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
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%
ISMS
London

ISMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London ISMS Jobs Demand Trend

ISMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London ISMS Daily Rate Trend

ISMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Legal
3 4 (57.14%) Publishing
3 4 (57.14%) CISSP
3 4 (57.14%) Law
4 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
4 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
4 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (42.86%) Intranet
4 3 (42.86%) CISM
4 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
5 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
5 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (28.57%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (14.29%) CESG
6 1 (14.29%) CESG CLAS
6 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (14.29%) CITP
6 1 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) Local Government
6 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 1 (14.29%) IIS
6 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery

ISMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Intranet
General
1 5 (71.43%) Legal
2 4 (57.14%) Publishing
2 4 (57.14%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) IT Security Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Information Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (14.29%) CESG
3 1 (14.29%) CESG CLAS
3 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) CITP
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) ISACA
3 1 (14.29%) CISA
3 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Symantec
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy