The first table below looks at the demand for BS25999 skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BS25999 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the England 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BS 25999
Rank 530 545 576
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +31
Contract jobs citing BS25999 5 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.011% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.161% 0.100% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
Average daily rate £340 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.25% -3.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £300 £400
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3099 3984 4135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.079% 7.515% 7.232%
Number of daily rates quoted 1879 2070 2343
Average daily rate £420 £419 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.29% -6.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £563 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 214 262
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -36.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £11.00 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.35 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
BS25999
UK

BS25999
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BS25999 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England BS25999 Jobs Demand Trend

BS25999
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BS25999 across the England region.

England BS25999 Daily Rate Trend

BS25999
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BS25999 within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
North West - 2 £338 - 1
London +21 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - - - - 3
Midlands - - - -
South East - - - - 1
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - - 2
BS25999
UK

BS25999
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BS25999 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 BS25999.

1 13 (72.22%) ITIL
2 11 (61.11%) Business Continuity
3 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
3 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 9 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 9 (50.00%) Windows
4 9 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (38.89%) ServiceCenter
5 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
5 7 (38.89%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (38.89%) MCDST
5 7 (38.89%) MCITP
5 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
5 7 (38.89%) IBM Notes
5 7 (38.89%) MCSE
5 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
5 7 (38.89%) MCP
5 7 (38.89%) MS Project
5 7 (38.89%) MS Office
5 7 (38.89%) MS Visio
5 7 (38.89%) ISO 9000
5 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
5 7 (38.89%) OpenView
5 7 (38.89%) HP
5 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (38.89%) Lotus
6 5 (27.78%) Project Management
6 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
7 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery

BS25999
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BS25999 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 BS25999. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) IBM Notes
2 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (22.22%) LiveLink
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Project
1 7 (38.89%) MS Office
1 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
1 7 (38.89%) MS Visio
1 7 (38.89%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) 3G
General
1 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 3 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (5.556%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Support Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Administrator
4 3 (16.67%) Business Continuity Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) SharePoint Administrator
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity Specialist
5 2 (11.11%) Compliance Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Business Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Service Continuity Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
1 9 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 9 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) ITIL
2 11 (61.11%) Business Continuity
3 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
4 5 (27.78%) Project Management
5 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 3 (16.67%) Problem Management
7 2 (11.11%) IT Governance
7 2 (11.11%) Service Management
8 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
8 1 (5.556%) BCP
8 1 (5.556%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (5.556%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) MCP
2 7 (38.89%) MCSE
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (38.89%) MCDST
2 7 (38.89%) MCITP
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) BC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (5.556%) CISA
4 1 (5.556%) CISM
4 1 (5.556%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) ISO 9000
1 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.11%) COBIT
2 2 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (11.11%) COSO
3 1 (5.556%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.556%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) OpenView
1 7 (38.89%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) HP
2 7 (38.89%) Lotus
3 2 (11.11%) Citrix
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