East of England Security Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Security Management 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 Security Management over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Cheltenham Chorley City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Midlands North Wales North West North Yorkshire Preston Reading Scotland Shrewsbury Shropshire South East South West Southend-on-Sea Surrey UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	129	160
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	9	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.419 %	0.042 %
Daily rates quoted	5	1
Average minimum daily rate	£410	£400
Average daily rate	£450	£415
% change on same period last year	+8.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£490	£430
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£392
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
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	£24.04	£19.80
% change on same period last year	+21.42 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2148	2401
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.835 %	2.391 %
Daily rates quoted	734	833
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£357
Average daily rate	£400	£377
% change on same period last year	+5.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	215	268
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.01	£30.49
Average hourly rate	£30.26	£31.93
% change on same period last year	-5.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.51	£33.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.30	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
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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 Security Management 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 Security Management across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Management across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Management 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 Security Management within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Essex	-	6	£443	-
Hertfordshire	+13	3	£460	+10.84 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Security Management 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 Management.

1 13 (56.52 %) Oracle 2 12 (52.17 %) Finance 3 11 (47.83 %) Information Security 3 11 (47.83 %) Information Security Management 4 9 (39.13 %) Management Information System 4 9 (39.13 %) Firewall 4 9 (39.13 %) Legal 5 8 (34.78 %) PCI DSS 6 5 (21.74 %) Change Management 7 4 (17.39 %) Six Sigma 7 4 (17.39 %) XML 7 4 (17.39 %) ITIL 7 4 (17.39 %) CA 7 4 (17.39 %) COBIT 7 4 (17.39 %) Retail

7 4 (17.39 %) Asset Management 8 3 (13.04 %) Government 8 3 (13.04 %) E-business 8 3 (13.04 %) PKI 8 3 (13.04 %) ISO27001 8 3 (13.04 %) Unicenter 8 3 (13.04 %) Oracle 9i 8 3 (13.04 %) SQL 8 3 (13.04 %) Solaris 9 2 (8.696 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (8.696 %) Oracle Financials 9 2 (8.696 %) PL/SQL 9 2 (8.696 %) EAI 9 2 (8.696 %) ETL 9 2 (8.696 %) Document Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Security Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (17.39 %) XML	Business Applications 1 2 (8.696 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 9 (39.13 %) Firewall 2 1 (4.348 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (4.348 %) DNS 2 1 (4.348 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (13.04 %) Oracle 9i 2 2 (8.696 %) ETL
General 1 12 (52.17 %) Finance 2 9 (39.13 %) Legal 3 4 (17.39 %) Retail 4 3 (13.04 %) Government	Job Titles 1 11 (47.83 %) Consultant 2 5 (21.74 %) Security Consultant 3 4 (17.39 %) DBA 3 4 (17.39 %) Architect 3 4 (17.39 %) Oracle DBA 4 3 (13.04 %) Analyst 4 3 (13.04 %) Technical Architect 5 2 (8.696 %) Solutions Architect 5 2 (8.696 %) Information Security Consultant 6 1 (4.348 %) Senior DBA 6 1 (4.348 %) Technical Analyst 6 1 (4.348 %) Senior Oracle DBA 6 1 (4.348 %) Oracle Consultant 6 1 (4.348 %) Security Analyst 6 1 (4.348 %) Technical Solutions Architect 6 1 (4.348 %) Security Manager 6 1 (4.348 %) Senior Oracle Consultant 6 1 (4.348 %) Infrastructure Analyst 6 1 (4.348 %) Senior Consultant 6 1 (4.348 %) Coordinator
Miscellaneous 1 9 (39.13 %) Management Information System 2 3 (13.04 %) PKI 3 1 (4.348 %) Cryptography 3 1 (4.348 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 3 (13.04 %) Solaris 2 1 (4.348 %) UNIX 2 1 (4.348 %) Windows 2 1 (4.348 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (47.83 %) Information Security 1 11 (47.83 %) Information Security Management 2 5 (21.74 %) Change Management 3 4 (17.39 %) Six Sigma 3 4 (17.39 %) ITIL 3 4 (17.39 %) Asset Management 4 3 (13.04 %) E-business 5 2 (8.696 %) EAI 5 2 (8.696 %) Document Management 6 1 (4.348 %) Risk Management 6 1 (4.348 %) Business Continuity 6 1 (4.348 %) ISMS 6 1 (4.348 %) PRINCE 6 1 (4.348 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (4.348 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (4.348 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 3 (13.04 %) SQL 2 2 (8.696 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 2 (8.696 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (4.348 %) CISSP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (34.78 %) PCI DSS 2 4 (17.39 %) COBIT 3 3 (13.04 %) ISO27001
Systems Management 1 3 (13.04 %) Unicenter	Vendors 1 13 (56.52 %) Oracle 2 4 (17.39 %) CA 3 1 (4.348 %) VMware 3 1 (4.348 %) Red Hat