East of England Penetration Testing Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hertfordshire Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Rickmansworth Scotland South East Staines Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge West Yorkshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	130	142
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	9	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.426 %	0.452 %
Daily rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum daily rate	£625	£369
Average daily rate	£626	£371
% change on same period last year	+68.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£626	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£420	£393
% change on same period last year	+6.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.50	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-29.33 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2115	2432
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.819 %	2.426 %
Daily rates quoted	712	836
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£354
Average daily rate	£402	£374
% change on same period last year	+7.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£427	£395
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	217	282
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.59	£30.76
Average hourly rate	£29.90	£32.13
% change on same period last year	-6.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.22	£33.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Penetration Testing England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Penetration Testing across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Testing across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	-	6	£626	-
Cambridgeshire	-	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing.

1 11 (84.62 %) Firewall 2 7 (53.85 %) VPN 2 7 (53.85 %) SSL 2 7 (53.85 %) Cisco 2 7 (53.85 %) CheckPoint 2 7 (53.85 %) Cisco PIX 3 6 (46.15 %) Finance 4 5 (38.46 %) Banking 5 4 (30.77 %) Blue Coat 5 4 (30.77 %) Stakeholder Management 5 4 (30.77 %) IPsec 5 4 (30.77 %) Internet 5 4 (30.77 %) Nokia 5 4 (30.77 %) Project Management 5 4 (30.77 %) NetScreen

5 4 (30.77 %) IBM 5 4 (30.77 %) PRINCE2 5 4 (30.77 %) Crossbeam 5 4 (30.77 %) Problem Management 6 3 (23.08 %) Supplier Management 6 3 (23.08 %) Wireless Security 6 3 (23.08 %) VoIP 6 3 (23.08 %) TCP/IP 6 3 (23.08 %) Juniper 6 3 (23.08 %) MPLS 6 3 (23.08 %) OSPF 6 3 (23.08 %) BGP 6 3 (23.08 %) Wireless 7 2 (15.38 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (15.38 %) ISO17799

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Penetration 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 11 (84.62 %) Firewall 2 7 (53.85 %) VPN 2 7 (53.85 %) SSL 2 7 (53.85 %) Cisco PIX 3 4 (30.77 %) NetScreen 3 4 (30.77 %) IPsec 3 4 (30.77 %) Internet 4 3 (23.08 %) MPLS 4 3 (23.08 %) OSPF 4 3 (23.08 %) BGP 4 3 (23.08 %) Wireless 4 3 (23.08 %) VoIP 4 3 (23.08 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (23.08 %) Wireless Security 5 2 (15.38 %) Network Security	General 1 6 (46.15 %) Finance 2 5 (38.46 %) Banking 3 2 (15.38 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 6 (46.15 %) Programme Manager 2 4 (30.77 %) Analyst 2 4 (30.77 %) Security Analyst 2 4 (30.77 %) Firewall Analyst 3 3 (23.08 %) Security Engineer 4 2 (15.38 %) Senior Security Analyst 4 2 (15.38 %) Communications Engineer 4 2 (15.38 %) Project Manager 4 2 (15.38 %) Senior Analyst 5 1 (7.692 %) Senior Manager 5 1 (7.692 %) Senior Project Manager 5 1 (7.692 %) Cisco Engineer 5 1 (7.692 %) Infrastructure Manager 5 1 (7.692 %) Senior Programme Manager 5 1 (7.692 %) Security Manager 5 1 (7.692 %) Infrastructure Programme Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (30.77 %) PRINCE2 1 4 (30.77 %) Project Management 1 4 (30.77 %) Stakeholder Management 1 4 (30.77 %) Problem Management 2 3 (23.08 %) Supplier Management 3 1 (7.692 %) ITIL
Qualifications 1 2 (15.38 %) CCSP 1 2 (15.38 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (15.38 %) ISO17799 1 2 (15.38 %) ISO27001
Vendors 1 7 (53.85 %) Cisco 1 7 (53.85 %) CheckPoint 2 4 (30.77 %) Blue Coat 2 4 (30.77 %) Crossbeam 2 4 (30.77 %) IBM 2 4 (30.77 %) Nokia 3 3 (23.08 %) Juniper