The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CESG 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
Rank 457 467 551
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +84
Contract jobs citing CESG 53 91 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.128% 0.171% 0.037%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.476% 0.675% 0.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 39 8
Average daily rate £500 £575 £565
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +1.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £423 £463
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £643 £618
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £575 £463
% change year-on-year
-17.39% +24.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11144 13491 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.81% 25.29% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6882 8110 9959
Average daily rate £443 £430 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -18.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 619 691
Average hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
CESG
UK

CESG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CESG across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England CESG Jobs Demand Trend

CESG
Daily Rate Trend

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

England CESG Daily Rate Trend

CESG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CESG across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England CESG Daily Rate Histogram

CESG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England CESG Hourly Rate Trend

CESG
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 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
South East +35 23 £525 +1.54%
London -5 13 £408 -18.50%
South West +13 8 £413 -28.26%
East Midlands - 5 - -
Yorkshire 0 2 £500 -
North West +6 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £600 -
CESG
UK

CESG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 62 (76.54%) Security Cleared
2 51 (62.96%) SC Cleared
3 38 (46.91%) Information Security
4 28 (34.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (27.16%) CESG CLAS
5 22 (27.16%) Information Assurance
6 21 (25.93%) Firewall
7 20 (24.69%) RMADS
8 19 (23.46%) CISSP
9 17 (20.99%) Service Delivery
10 16 (19.75%) Management Information System
10 16 (19.75%) Oracle
10 16 (19.75%) DV Cleared
11 15 (18.52%) Network Security
11 15 (18.52%) TOGAF
11 15 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
12 14 (17.28%) Risk Management
12 14 (17.28%) Microsoft
12 14 (17.28%) PCI DSS
13 12 (14.81%) Security Architecture
14 10 (12.35%) Ethical Hacking
15 9 (11.11%) CISA
15 9 (11.11%) CISM
15 9 (11.11%) Finance
15 9 (11.11%) CA
15 9 (11.11%) Tivoli
15 9 (11.11%) Windows
16 8 (9.877%) IIS
16 8 (9.877%) ITIL
16 8 (9.877%) CCSP

CESG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 (3.704%) JSP
2 1 (1.235%) Middleware
2 1 (1.235%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.877%) IIS
2 6 (7.407%) MS Exchange
3 5 (6.173%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (6.173%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (6.173%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.469%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.704%) Windchill
2 2 (2.469%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.235%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (25.93%) Firewall
2 15 (18.52%) Network Security
3 7 (8.642%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (7.407%) Internet
4 6 (7.407%) WAN
5 4 (4.938%) ICMP
6 3 (3.704%) LAN
7 2 (2.469%) IPsec
7 2 (2.469%) NGN
8 1 (1.235%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.235%) NAS
8 1 (1.235%) DMVPN
8 1 (1.235%) VoIP
8 1 (1.235%) ATM
8 1 (1.235%) ISDN
8 1 (1.235%) SMTP
8 1 (1.235%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.235%) FTP
8 1 (1.235%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.235%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.704%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.235%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 9 (11.11%) Finance
2 5 (6.173%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.704%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.235%) Legal
4 1 (1.235%) Local Government
4 1 (1.235%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.235%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 23 (28.40%) Architect
2 14 (17.28%) Consultant
3 13 (16.05%) Security Architect
4 12 (14.81%) Security Analyst
4 12 (14.81%) Analyst
5 10 (12.35%) CLAS Consultant
6 8 (9.877%) Security Officer
7 6 (7.407%) IT Security Officer
7 6 (7.407%) Information Architect
7 6 (7.407%) Security Specialist
8 5 (6.173%) Build Engineer
9 4 (4.938%) Security Consultant
10 3 (3.704%) Information Manager
10 3 (3.704%) Systems Manager
10 3 (3.704%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (3.704%) Information Analyst
10 3 (3.704%) Systems Architect
10 3 (3.704%) Information Systems Manager
10 3 (3.704%) ICT Manager
10 3 (3.704%) Technical Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 22 (27.16%) CESG CLAS
2 20 (24.69%) RMADS
3 16 (19.75%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.642%) Cryptography
5 5 (6.173%) PKI
6 4 (4.938%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.704%) Computer Science
8 2 (2.469%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.235%) Thin Client
9 1 (1.235%) Clustering
9 1 (1.235%) IVR
9 1 (1.235%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (1.235%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (1.235%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.11%) Windows
2 6 (7.407%) Linux
2 6 (7.407%) Windows 7
3 5 (6.173%) Windows XP
4 3 (3.704%) UNIX
5 1 (1.235%) MVS
5 1 (1.235%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.235%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.91%) Information Security
2 22 (27.16%) Information Assurance
3 17 (20.99%) Service Delivery
4 15 (18.52%) TOGAF
4 15 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
5 14 (17.28%) Risk Management
6 12 (14.81%) Security Architecture
7 10 (12.35%) Ethical Hacking
8 8 (9.877%) Technical Architecture
8 8 (9.877%) Security Management
8 8 (9.877%) ITIL
9 7 (8.642%) ISMS
10 6 (7.407%) Data Protection
10 6 (7.407%) Performance Management
10 6 (7.407%) PRINCE2
10 6 (7.407%) Information Security Management
10 6 (7.407%) Change Management
10 6 (7.407%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (7.407%) Incident Management
11 5 (6.173%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.407%) SQL
2 5 (6.173%) VBScript
2 5 (6.173%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.235%) VB
Qualifications
1 62 (76.54%) Security Cleared
2 51 (62.96%) SC Cleared
3 19 (23.46%) CISSP
4 16 (19.75%) DV Cleared
5 9 (11.11%) CISA
5 9 (11.11%) CISM
6 8 (9.877%) CCSP
6 8 (9.877%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (4.938%) Degree
7 4 (4.938%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (2.469%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.469%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.469%) MCP
8 2 (2.469%) MBA
9 1 (1.235%) GIAC
9 1 (1.235%) GCIA
9 1 (1.235%) ISSAP
9 1 (1.235%) MCTS
9 1 (1.235%) Postgraduate
9 1 (1.235%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (34.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (17.28%) PCI DSS
3 4 (4.938%) JSP 440
4 2 (2.469%) HMG Infosec
System Software
1 5 (6.173%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.235%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.235%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (11.11%) Tivoli
2 5 (6.173%) SCCM
2 5 (6.173%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (19.75%) Oracle
2 14 (17.28%) Microsoft
3 9 (11.11%) CA
4 5 (6.173%) Cisco
4 5 (6.173%) Citrix
5 3 (3.704%) VMware
5 3 (3.704%) Riverbed
5 3 (3.704%) Epicor
5 3 (3.704%) SAP
6 1 (1.235%) HP
6 1 (1.235%) EMC
6 1 (1.235%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.235%) McAfee
6 1 (1.235%) Crossbeam
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