OWASP Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for OWASP 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 OWASP over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Rank 198 215 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing OWASP 5 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.078% 0.038% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.107% 0.053% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £438 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £385
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
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		 4690 5642 7035
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.52% 71.74% 71.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3529 4083 5194
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 £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 98 100
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 £17.20 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
OWASP
London

OWASP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London OWASP Jobs Demand Trend

OWASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London OWASP Daily Rate Trend

OWASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OWASP 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 OWASP.

1 8 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 7 (50.00%) CruiseControl
2 7 (50.00%) TeamCity
2 7 (50.00%) HP
3 6 (42.86%) Internet
3 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 6 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
4 3 (21.43%) SIEM
4 3 (21.43%) Java
4 3 (21.43%) Firewall
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) CISSP
4 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (21.43%) VPN
4 3 (21.43%) Windows
4 3 (21.43%) Linux
4 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) .NET
5 2 (14.29%) CISA
5 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 1 (7.143%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (7.143%) CEH
6 1 (7.143%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (7.143%) WebInspect
6 1 (7.143%) AppScan

OWASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OWASP 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 OWASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) Spring
2 1 (7.143%) Ajax
2 1 (7.143%) J2EE
2 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.143%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Internet
2 3 (21.43%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (21.43%) VPN
3 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) CruiseControl
1 7 (50.00%) TeamCity
2 1 (7.143%) AppScan
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
2 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 7 (50.00%) Applications Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Security Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Information Security Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Information Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.143%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Fixed Income
1 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
4 3 (21.43%) SIEM
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 1 (7.143%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (7.143%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (7.143%) Validation
6 1 (7.143%) Web Development
6 1 (7.143%) Security Management
6 1 (7.143%) ITIL
6 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) Apex Code
3 1 (7.143%) C#
3 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) CISA
3 1 (7.143%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.143%) COSO
2 1 (7.143%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (7.143%) IBM
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Salesforce.com
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