The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the East Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 84 84 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.158% 0.143% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.174% 0.153% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £318
% change year-on-year
-4.10% +14.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £9.11 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £21.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+86.04% +48.27%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1151 1308 1266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.20% 93.56% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 661 504
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 99 128
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.85 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Engineer across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Midlands Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Engineer across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Engineer across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derbyshire +16 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 19 (79.17%) Security Cleared
2 12 (50.00%) Windows
3 7 (29.17%) CheckPoint
3 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
4 6 (25.00%) Network Security
4 6 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 6 (25.00%) Juniper
4 6 (25.00%) Cisco
4 6 (25.00%) Firewall
5 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
5 5 (20.83%) Blue Coat
6 4 (16.67%) Red Hat
6 4 (16.67%) Clearswift
6 4 (16.67%) IBM
6 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) CCNP
6 4 (16.67%) UNIX
6 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (16.67%) HTTP
6 4 (16.67%) F5
6 4 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
6 4 (16.67%) FWSM
7 3 (12.50%) SCCM
7 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 3 (12.50%) DNS
7 3 (12.50%) Solaris
7 3 (12.50%) SAN
7 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
7 3 (12.50%) OpenView

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Network Security
1 6 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.67%) HTTP
2 4 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
2 4 (16.67%) FWSM
3 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.50%) DNS
3 3 (12.50%) SAN
4 2 (8.333%) BIG-IP
4 2 (8.333%) BGP
4 2 (8.333%) Internet
4 2 (8.333%) SSL
4 2 (8.333%) PBX
4 2 (8.333%) SMTP
5 1 (4.167%) DHCP
5 1 (4.167%) WAN
5 1 (4.167%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MSI
General
1 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (16.67%) UNIX
4 3 (12.50%) Solaris
5 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) Migration
2 2 (8.333%) Information Security
2 2 (8.333%) Network Security Management
2 2 (8.333%) Security Management
3 1 (4.167%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.167%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (79.17%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) CCNP
3 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.333%) CCSE
4 2 (8.333%) CCSA
4 2 (8.333%) CCSP
4 2 (8.333%) CCNA
4 2 (8.333%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.167%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.50%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) SCCM
1 3 (12.50%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) CheckPoint
2 6 (25.00%) Juniper
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco
3 5 (20.83%) Blue Coat
4 4 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 4 (16.67%) Clearswift
4 4 (16.67%) IBM
4 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (16.67%) F5
5 3 (12.50%) HP
5 3 (12.50%) EMC
5 3 (12.50%) McAfee
6 2 (8.333%) Sourcefire
6 2 (8.333%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.333%) Crossbeam
6 2 (8.333%) VMware