England CESG Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CESG over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cirencester City of London Corsham Croydon Darlington Devon Durham Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Hampshire Lancashire London Lytham St Annes Milton Keynes North East North West Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South Coast South East South West Southampton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford UK Wales West Midlands West Wales Wiltshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	447	598
Rank change on same period last year	+151
Matching contract IT job ads	66	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.107 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	0.505 %	0.129 %
Daily rates quoted	26	11
Average minimum daily rate	£499	£486
Average daily rate	£523	£519
% change on same period last year	+0.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£546	£551
UK excluding London average daily rate	£520	£383
% change on same period last year	+35.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.00	£28.52
Average hourly rate	£31.50	£28.52
% change on same period last year	+10.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.00	£28.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.50	£28.52
% change on same period last year	-28.12 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	13060	18539
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	21.09 %	20.22 %
Daily rates quoted	4749	6599
Average minimum daily rate	£409	£460
Average daily rate	£441	£493
% change on same period last year	-10.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£473	£525
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£345
% change on same period last year	-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	1120	1441
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.53	£23.38
Average hourly rate	£25.35	£25.41
% change on same period last year	-0.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.17	£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.44	£25.60
% change on same period last year	-0.62 %
CESG UK

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 CESG across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous 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 CESG across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CESG across the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 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 CESG across the England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CESG within the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 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
London	+89	27	£587	+10.17 %
South East	+68	22	£482	+25.95 %
South West	+14	6	£520	-
South Coast	-	2	£525	-
North East	-	2	-	-
West Midlands	-	2	£550	-
North West	-	1	£613	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CESG 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 CESG.

1 74 (72.55 %) Government 2 57 (55.88 %) Security Cleared 3 42 (41.18 %) CESG CLAS 4 36 (35.29 %) SC Cleared 5 26 (25.49 %) Information Security 6 21 (20.59 %) RMADS 7 18 (17.65 %) HMG Infosec 8 17 (16.67 %) Information Assurance 9 16 (15.69 %) ISO27001 10 15 (14.71 %) Risk Assessment 11 14 (13.73 %) Project Management 12 13 (12.75 %) Firewall 12 13 (12.75 %) Risk Management 12 13 (12.75 %) Cisco 13 12 (11.76 %) ITIL

14 11 (10.78 %) Windows 14 11 (10.78 %) Stakeholder Management 14 11 (10.78 %) CESG Infosec 15 10 (9.804 %) DV Cleared 15 10 (9.804 %) PRINCE2 15 10 (9.804 %) Oracle 15 10 (9.804 %) WAN 16 9 (8.824 %) Windows Server 2003 16 9 (8.824 %) Data Protection 17 8 (7.843 %) Data Protection Act 17 8 (7.843 %) Freedom of Information 17 8 (7.843 %) Service Management 17 8 (7.843 %) HP 18 7 (6.863 %) Finance 18 7 (6.863 %) Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CESG 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 CESG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (2.941 %) HTML 1 3 (2.941 %) JSP 1 3 (2.941 %) XML 2 2 (1.961 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 3 (2.941 %) SharePoint 1 3 (2.941 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 2 2 (1.961 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 2 (1.961 %) ESB 2 2 (1.961 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 2 (1.961 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (1.961 %) Documentum 2 2 (1.961 %) WebLogic 2 2 (1.961 %) IIS 3 1 (0.980 %) Apache
Applications 1 2 (1.961 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 13 (12.75 %) Firewall 2 10 (9.804 %) WAN 3 6 (5.882 %) VPN 3 6 (5.882 %) Network Security 4 5 (4.902 %) ATM 4 5 (4.902 %) Internet 5 4 (3.922 %) TCP/IP 5 4 (3.922 %) SAN 5 4 (3.922 %) LAN 5 4 (3.922 %) VLAN 6 3 (2.941 %) HTTP 6 3 (2.941 %) Ethernet 6 3 (2.941 %) HTTPS 6 3 (2.941 %) MPLS 7 2 (1.961 %) Cisco PIX 7 2 (1.961 %) Intrusion Detection 7 2 (1.961 %) Wireless 7 2 (1.961 %) IPsec 8 1 (0.980 %) SSH 8 1 (0.980 %) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (1.961 %) SQL Server 1 2 (1.961 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 2 (1.961 %) Oracle 10g	General 1 74 (72.55 %) Government 2 7 (6.863 %) Health 2 7 (6.863 %) Finance 3 4 (3.922 %) Financial Institution 4 3 (2.941 %) Military 4 3 (2.941 %) Auditing 5 2 (1.961 %) Legal 5 2 (1.961 %) Criminal Justice 6 1 (0.980 %) Home Office 6 1 (0.980 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 40 (39.22 %) Consultant 2 23 (22.55 %) CLAS Consultant 3 16 (15.69 %) Architect 4 9 (8.824 %) Security Architect 5 7 (6.863 %) Technical Architect 5 7 (6.863 %) Security Consultant 6 6 (5.882 %) Analyst 7 4 (3.922 %) Project Manager 7 4 (3.922 %) Technical Consultant 7 4 (3.922 %) Risk Analyst 8 3 (2.941 %) Data Manager 8 3 (2.941 %) Network Specialist 8 3 (2.941 %) Security Manager 9 2 (1.961 %) Project Controller 9 2 (1.961 %) Blackberry Consultant 9 2 (1.961 %) Security Officer 9 2 (1.961 %) Applications Architect 9 2 (1.961 %) Senior Manager 9 2 (1.961 %) Information Manager 9 2 (1.961 %) Information Security Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 42 (41.18 %) CESG CLAS 2 21 (20.59 %) RMADS 3 8 (7.843 %) Data Protection Act 3 8 (7.843 %) Freedom of Information 4 4 (3.922 %) Cryptography 4 4 (3.922 %) Thin Client 4 4 (3.922 %) Fat Client 4 4 (3.922 %) PKI 5 3 (2.941 %) Blackberry 5 3 (2.941 %) Management Information System 6 1 (0.980 %) Clustering 6 1 (0.980 %) SecurID 6 1 (0.980 %) CCTV 6 1 (0.980 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 11 (10.78 %) Windows 2 9 (8.824 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (4.902 %) Windows Vista 4 4 (3.922 %) Windows Server 2008 4 4 (3.922 %) Windows 2000 4 4 (3.922 %) Windows XP 5 3 (2.941 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 57 (55.88 %) Security Cleared 2 36 (35.29 %) SC Cleared 3 26 (25.49 %) Information Security 4 17 (16.67 %) Information Assurance 5 15 (14.71 %) Risk Assessment 6 14 (13.73 %) Project Management 7 13 (12.75 %) Risk Management 8 12 (11.76 %) ITIL 9 11 (10.78 %) Stakeholder Management 10 10 (9.804 %) PRINCE2 10 10 (9.804 %) DV Cleared 11 9 (8.824 %) Data Protection 12 8 (7.843 %) Service Management 13 7 (6.863 %) CTC Cleared 14 5 (4.902 %) CRAMM 14 5 (4.902 %) Technical Architecture 15 4 (3.922 %) Security Testing 15 4 (3.922 %) ITSM 16 3 (2.941 %) Information Security Management 16 3 (2.941 %) Programme Management
Programming Languages 1 4 (3.922 %) SQL 2 2 (1.961 %) C	Qualifications 1 5 (4.902 %) CISSP 2 4 (3.922 %) Degree 2 4 (3.922 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 3 (2.941 %) Cisco Certification 3 3 (2.941 %) CCNA 4 2 (1.961 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (1.961 %) SSCP 4 2 (1.961 %) CISA 4 2 (1.961 %) CISM 4 2 (1.961 %) Chartered Engineer 4 2 (1.961 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.980 %) CCIE 5 1 (0.980 %) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (17.65 %) HMG Infosec 2 16 (15.69 %) ISO27001 3 11 (10.78 %) CESG Infosec 4 4 (3.922 %) JSP 440 5 2 (1.961 %) ISO17799 5 2 (1.961 %) BS7799	System Software 1 4 (3.922 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.961 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.980 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 3 (2.941 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.980 %) NNM	Vendors 1 13 (12.75 %) Cisco 2 10 (9.804 %) Oracle 3 8 (7.843 %) HP 4 5 (4.902 %) Microsoft 5 4 (3.922 %) CheckPoint 6 3 (2.941 %) VMware 6 3 (2.941 %) Blue Coat 7 2 (1.961 %) TIBCO 7 2 (1.961 %) SAP 7 2 (1.961 %) Citrix 7 2 (1.961 %) BEA 8 1 (0.980 %) Nokia 8 1 (0.980 %) Juniper 8 1 (0.980 %) McAfee Security