The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank - 58 66
Contract jobs citing Information Security 0 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.460% 0.154%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.688% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £380
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £47.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-62.71% +57.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
571 727 857
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 68.55% 66.88% 66.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 362 465
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £246 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.88 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.45 £39.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Information Security
Scotland

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 17 (89.47%) Firewall
1 17 (89.47%) Intrusion Detection
2 16 (84.21%) SIEM
3 14 (73.68%) Incident Management
4 10 (52.63%) ArcSight
5 8 (42.11%) CISSP
6 6 (31.58%) PMP
6 6 (31.58%) PMI Certification
6 6 (31.58%) UNIX
6 6 (31.58%) Windows
6 6 (31.58%) Linux
6 6 (31.58%) Project Management
6 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
6 6 (31.58%) GIAC
7 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
8 3 (15.79%) Service Management
8 3 (15.79%) Banking
8 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (10.53%) Network Security
10 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (5.263%) Star Schema
10 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
10 1 (5.263%) ETL
10 1 (5.263%) SAS
10 1 (5.263%) Informatica
10 1 (5.263%) Teradata
10 1 (5.263%) Finance
10 1 (5.263%) Splunk
10 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (5.263%) Metadata Management

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (89.47%) Firewall
1 17 (89.47%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Star Schema
General
1 3 (15.79%) Banking
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Information Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Security Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Security Administrator
4 1 (5.263%) Network Administrator
4 1 (5.263%) Information Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.263%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) UNIX
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
1 6 (31.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) SIEM
2 14 (73.68%) Incident Management
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
4 3 (15.79%) Service Management
4 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.263%) ETL
5 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.263%) Metadata Management
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) CISSP
2 6 (31.58%) PMP
2 6 (31.58%) PMI Certification
2 6 (31.58%) GIAC
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Splunk
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) ArcSight
2 1 (5.263%) Informatica
2 1 (5.263%) Teradata