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The table below looks at the demand for Security Testing skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Testing over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Testing
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank176-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.057 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£500-
Average daily rate£588-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£675-
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£352
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads34883176
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.494 %3.403 %
Daily rates quoted19451372
Average minimum daily rate£418£452
Average daily rate£455£477
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£493£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted8992
Average minimum hourly rate£22.98£24.05
Average hourly rate£24.97£26.39
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.96£28.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Security Testing LondonSecurity Testing
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 Testing
Demand Trend

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

City of London Security Testing Demand Trend

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Security Testing Daily Rate Trend

Security Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Security Testing 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 Security Testing.

13 (100.00 %)LoadRunner
13 (100.00 %)Finance
22 (66.67 %)Fixed Income
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)UNIX
22 (66.67 %)Solaris
22 (66.67 %)ClearCase
22 (66.67 %)Banking
22 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
22 (66.67 %)Load Testing
22 (66.67 %)Stress Testing
22 (66.67 %)Volume Testing
22 (66.67 %)Scalability Testing
22 (66.67 %)Derivative
31 (33.33 %)PKI
31 (33.33 %)Firewall
31 (33.33 %)FTP
31 (33.33 %)HTTP
31 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
31 (33.33 %)B2B
31 (33.33 %)SSL
31 (33.33 %)TestDirector
31 (33.33 %)SOAP
31 (33.33 %)DMZ

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Security Testing 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 Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)SOAP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)FTP
11 (33.33 %)HTTP
11 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
11 (33.33 %)SSL
11 (33.33 %)DMZ
11 (33.33 %)Firewall
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (100.00 %)LoadRunner
22 (66.67 %)ClearCase
31 (33.33 %)TestDirector
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Finance
22 (66.67 %)Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Tester
21 (33.33 %)Performance Tester
21 (33.33 %)Test Specialist
21 (33.33 %)Functional Tester
21 (33.33 %)Non-Functional Tester
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)Fixed Income
12 (66.67 %)Derivative
21 (33.33 %)PKI
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)UNIX
12 (66.67 %)Solaris
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
12 (66.67 %)Load Testing
12 (66.67 %)Stress Testing
12 (66.67 %)Volume Testing
12 (66.67 %)Scalability Testing
21 (33.33 %)B2B
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL