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The table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer 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 Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Engineer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank199188
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.042 %0.138 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£320
Average daily rate£325£320
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£386
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£26.67
% change on same period last year+40.62 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71556541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.17 %6.606 %
Daily rates quoted38782689
Average minimum daily rate£408£443
Average daily rate£444£471
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£499
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted310235
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£23.09
Average hourly rate£24.30£24.42
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.14£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Security Engineer LondonSecurity Engineer
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.

Security Engineer
Demand Trend

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

City of London Security Engineer Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Security Engineer 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 Security Engineer in their job title.

130 (81.08 %)Firewall
219 (51.35 %)Network Security
219 (51.35 %)UNIX
317 (45.95 %)CheckPoint
414 (37.84 %)Juniper
414 (37.84 %)DNS
512 (32.43 %)Windows
611 (29.73 %)Cisco
611 (29.73 %)Blue Coat
710 (27.03 %)Load Balancing
710 (27.03 %)Internet
710 (27.03 %)Finance
88 (21.62 %)FTP
88 (21.62 %)VPN
88 (21.62 %)Solaris
97 (18.92 %)Cryptography
97 (18.92 %)Banking
106 (16.22 %)Investment Banking
106 (16.22 %)TCP/IP
106 (16.22 %)CISSP
115 (13.51 %)Active Directory
115 (13.51 %)Linux
115 (13.51 %)WAN
124 (10.81 %)Intrusion Detection
124 (10.81 %)CCNP
124 (10.81 %)SSL
124 (10.81 %)Cisco Certification
124 (10.81 %)Check Point Certification
124 (10.81 %)OSPF
124 (10.81 %)BGP

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Security Engineer 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 Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.703 %).NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.405 %)SharePoint
12 (5.405 %)MS Exchange
12 (5.405 %)Exchange Server 2003
12 (5.405 %)Office Communications Server
12 (5.405 %)WebLogic
21 (2.703 %)Lotus Notes
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.405 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (81.08 %)Firewall
219 (51.35 %)Network Security
314 (37.84 %)DNS
410 (27.03 %)Internet
58 (21.62 %)VPN
58 (21.62 %)FTP
66 (16.22 %)TCP/IP
75 (13.51 %)WAN
84 (10.81 %)NetScreen
84 (10.81 %)OSPF
84 (10.81 %)BGP
84 (10.81 %)SSL
84 (10.81 %)Intrusion Detection
93 (8.108 %)Cisco PIX
93 (8.108 %)Intranet
93 (8.108 %)Extranet
93 (8.108 %)DHCP
93 (8.108 %)LAN
102 (5.405 %)IPX
102 (5.405 %)RIP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (27.03 %)Finance
27 (18.92 %)Banking
36 (16.22 %)Investment Banking
43 (8.108 %)Financial Institution
52 (5.405 %)Telecoms
52 (5.405 %)Government
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (18.92 %)Cryptography
21 (2.703 %)Computer Science
21 (2.703 %)Data Integration
21 (2.703 %)Biometrics
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (51.35 %)UNIX
212 (32.43 %)Windows
38 (21.62 %)Solaris
45 (13.51 %)Linux
53 (8.108 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (5.405 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (2.703 %)Windows 2000
71 (2.703 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (27.03 %)Load Balancing
23 (8.108 %)Investment Management
32 (5.405 %)SC Cleared
32 (5.405 %)Security Cleared
32 (5.405 %)Change Management
32 (5.405 %)Validation
32 (5.405 %)Asset Management
41 (2.703 %)Network Design
41 (2.703 %)Incident Management
41 (2.703 %)Wealth Management
41 (2.703 %)PRINCE2
41 (2.703 %)E-Commerce
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (5.405 %)Java
21 (2.703 %)VB.NET
21 (2.703 %)C
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (16.22 %)CISSP
24 (10.81 %)Cisco Certification
24 (10.81 %)Check Point Certification
24 (10.81 %)CCNP
33 (8.108 %)CCNA
42 (5.405 %)CCSA
42 (5.405 %)CCSE
51 (2.703 %)Degree
51 (2.703 %)CISA
51 (2.703 %)CISM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.405 %)ISO9001
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (13.51 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (8.108 %)CiscoWorks
22 (5.405 %)Tivoli NetView
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (45.95 %)CheckPoint
214 (37.84 %)Juniper
311 (29.73 %)Cisco
311 (29.73 %)Blue Coat
43 (8.108 %)Microsoft
43 (8.108 %)Nokia
52 (5.405 %)Oracle
52 (5.405 %)Red Hat
61 (2.703 %)Lotus
61 (2.703 %)HP
61 (2.703 %)Citrix
61 (2.703 %)Reuters
61 (2.703 %)Bloomberg