The first table below looks at the demand for BS7799 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 BS7799 over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BS 7799
Rank 505 527 555
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +28
Contract jobs citing BS7799 5 31 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.058% 0.030%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.171% 0.769% 0.417%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 1
Average daily rate - £496 £1,000
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -50.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £423 £632
% change year-on-year
-12.42% -33.20%
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
2931 4031 4075
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.051% 7.555% 7.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 1784 2135 2241
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £610
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 221 223
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.72 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.61% -38.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £116.25 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
BS7799
UK

BS7799
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BS7799 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

England BS7799 Jobs Demand Trend

BS7799
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BS7799 across the England region.

England BS7799 Daily Rate Trend

BS7799
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BS7799 across the England region.

England BS7799 Hourly Rate Trend

BS7799
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BS7799 within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
North West +11 3 - -
London +6 2 - -
BS7799
UK

BS7799
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BS7799 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 BS7799.

1 5 (55.56%) Risk Assessment
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) UNIX
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CISSP
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 2 (22.22%) SCCM
4 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) DMZ
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
4 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) MIMEsweeper
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) McAfee
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (11.11%) Management Information System

BS7799
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BS7799 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 BS7799. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) DMZ
1 2 (22.22%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) Intranet
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Security Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Security Officer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Officer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Risk Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) UNIX
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Risk Assessment
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CISSP
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) MIMEsweeper
1 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) McAfee