The first table below looks at the demand for Data Security 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 Data Security over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Security
Rank 414 454 502
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Security 100 117 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.237% 0.216% 0.112%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.332% 0.315% 0.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 77 35
Average daily rate £425 £423 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.59% -15.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £239 £385
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £625 £571
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £425
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 8
Average hourly rate £17.00 £21.50 £20.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.93% +6.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £12.61 £16.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.20 £25.40 £33.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £34.19
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -56.12%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30120 37095 37693
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.35% 68.38% 68.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18414 21766 21830
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 930 1218 1380
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.30 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Data Security Jobs Demand Trend

Data Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Data Security Daily Rate Trend

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Security across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Data Security Daily Rate Histogram

Data Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Data Security Hourly Rate Trend

Data Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Security across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Data Security Hourly Rate Histogram

Data Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +12 50 £450 -5.26%
South East +31 26 £388 -6.06%
South West +26 11 £350 +4.47%
North West +4 5 £388 -8.28%
East of England +9 3 £538 +53.57%
North East +15 2 £425 +6.25%
East Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data 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 Data Security.

1 45 (23.81%) Finance
2 43 (22.75%) SQL
3 40 (21.16%) Data Protection
4 39 (20.63%) Information Security
5 38 (20.11%) Oracle
5 38 (20.11%) Microsoft
6 33 (17.46%) Data Modelling
7 31 (16.40%) Project Management
8 30 (15.87%) Legal
9 28 (14.81%) SQL Server
9 28 (14.81%) PCI DSS
10 27 (14.29%) .NET
11 26 (13.76%) Linux
11 26 (13.76%) UML
11 26 (13.76%) Degree
12 25 (13.23%) E-Commerce
12 25 (13.23%) ASP.NET
13 24 (12.70%) Data Management
14 23 (12.17%) Windows
15 21 (11.11%) PRINCE2
16 20 (10.58%) UNIX
16 20 (10.58%) C#
17 18 (9.524%) MVC
18 16 (8.466%) SharePoint
18 16 (8.466%) SQL Server 2005
18 16 (8.466%) Data Architecture
19 15 (7.937%) Financial Institution
19 15 (7.937%) Management Information System
19 15 (7.937%) Agile Software Development
20 14 (7.407%) Law

Data Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data 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 Data Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (14.29%) .NET
2 25 (13.23%) ASP.NET
3 14 (7.407%) .NET Framework
4 11 (5.820%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (5.291%) HTML
6 9 (4.762%) Ajax
6 9 (4.762%) jQuery
6 9 (4.762%) CSS
7 7 (3.704%) Highcharts JS
7 7 (3.704%) Web Services
7 7 (3.704%) XML
8 6 (3.175%) Struts
9 5 (2.646%) JSON
9 5 (2.646%) Spring MVC
9 5 (2.646%) Spring
9 5 (2.646%) RESTful
9 5 (2.646%) Apache CXF
9 5 (2.646%) JAX-RS
9 5 (2.646%) Hibernate
10 4 (2.116%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 16 (8.466%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.762%) IIS
3 8 (4.233%) Apache
4 4 (2.116%) WebLogic
4 4 (2.116%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (1.058%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.058%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.058%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.529%) Oracle 10gAS
6 1 (0.529%) ESB
6 1 (0.529%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.529%) Apache Pig
6 1 (0.529%) CMS
6 1 (0.529%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.529%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.529%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (6.878%) MS Excel
2 8 (4.233%) MS Office
3 4 (2.116%) MS Project
3 4 (2.116%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.529%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (5.291%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.587%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.587%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.058%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.175%) HTTP
2 5 (2.646%) Firewall
3 3 (1.587%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.587%) Internet
4 2 (1.058%) DMZ
5 1 (0.529%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.529%) NFC
5 1 (0.529%) Intranet
5 1 (0.529%) VPN
5 1 (0.529%) ATM
5 1 (0.529%) LAN
5 1 (0.529%) VoIP
5 1 (0.529%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.466%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (6.349%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.762%) MySQL
5 8 (4.233%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (4.233%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (3.175%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.646%) OLTP
7 5 (2.646%) Data Mining
8 4 (2.116%) Oracle 10g
8 4 (2.116%) OLAP
8 4 (2.116%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (2.116%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (1.587%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (1.587%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.587%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (1.058%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (1.058%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.058%) Oracle OLAP
10 2 (1.058%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (5.291%) Visual Studio
2 8 (4.233%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 8 (4.233%) Subversion
3 7 (3.704%) JSUnit
3 7 (3.704%) NUnit
4 5 (2.646%) JIRA
4 5 (2.646%) Maven
4 5 (2.646%) Selenium
4 5 (2.646%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 5 (2.646%) Mockito
4 5 (2.646%) JUnit
4 5 (2.646%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.058%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.529%) ERwin
6 1 (0.529%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.529%) Rational Rose
General
1 45 (23.81%) Finance
2 30 (15.87%) Legal
3 15 (7.937%) Financial Institution
4 14 (7.407%) Law
5 13 (6.878%) Banking
6 6 (3.175%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.587%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.587%) Advertising
7 3 (1.587%) Retail
8 2 (1.058%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.058%) Marketing
8 2 (1.058%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.529%) Danish Language
9 1 (0.529%) French Language
9 1 (0.529%) Swedish Language
9 1 (0.529%) Local Government
9 1 (0.529%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 35 (18.52%) Developer
2 29 (15.34%) Analyst
3 28 (14.81%) Project Manager
4 21 (11.11%) Architect
5 15 (7.937%) DBA
6 13 (6.878%) Business Analyst
7 12 (6.349%) Consultant
8 11 (5.820%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (5.820%) Administrator
8 11 (5.820%) .NET Developer
9 10 (5.291%) Security Consultant
9 10 (5.291%) Security Analyst
10 8 (4.233%) Data Architect
10 8 (4.233%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.175%) Senior DBA
11 6 (3.175%) Data Manager
11 6 (3.175%) Information Manager
11 6 (3.175%) Information Security Consultant
11 6 (3.175%) Infrastructure Manager
11 6 (3.175%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.937%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.407%) Digital Media
3 13 (6.878%) Data Integration
4 10 (5.291%) N-Tier
4 10 (5.291%) Client/Server
5 8 (4.233%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.646%) Statistics
6 5 (2.646%) Open Source
7 4 (2.116%) NHS
7 4 (2.116%) Kindle
7 4 (2.116%) Data Extraction
8 3 (1.587%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.058%) Replication
9 2 (1.058%) SaaS
9 2 (1.058%) FMCG
9 2 (1.058%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (1.058%) Computer Science
10 1 (0.529%) Online Banking
10 1 (0.529%) Ontologies
10 1 (0.529%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.76%) Linux
2 23 (12.17%) Windows
3 20 (10.58%) UNIX
4 5 (2.646%) Solaris
4 5 (2.646%) Windows XP
5 3 (1.587%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.058%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.529%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.529%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.16%) Data Protection
2 39 (20.63%) Information Security
3 33 (17.46%) Data Modelling
4 31 (16.40%) Project Management
5 26 (13.76%) UML
6 25 (13.23%) E-Commerce
7 24 (12.70%) Data Management
8 21 (11.11%) PRINCE2
9 18 (9.524%) MVC
10 16 (8.466%) Data Architecture
11 15 (7.937%) Agile Software Development
12 14 (7.407%) ETL
13 12 (6.349%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (6.349%) Master Data Management
14 11 (5.820%) Unit Testing
14 11 (5.820%) Business Analysis
15 10 (5.291%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (5.291%) OO
16 9 (4.762%) OOD
17 8 (4.233%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 43 (22.75%) SQL
2 20 (10.58%) C#
3 13 (6.878%) T-SQL
4 12 (6.349%) VB
5 10 (5.291%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.762%) VB.NET
7 7 (3.704%) Java
8 4 (2.116%) VBScript
8 4 (2.116%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.116%) VBA
9 2 (1.058%) C
9 2 (1.058%) Perl
9 2 (1.058%) Bash shell
9 2 (1.058%) Korn
10 1 (0.529%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.529%) R
10 1 (0.529%) Python
10 1 (0.529%) PHP
10 1 (0.529%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.529%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 26 (13.76%) Degree
2 7 (3.704%) CISSP
3 6 (3.175%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.587%) PCI QSA
4 3 (1.587%) CISA
4 3 (1.587%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (1.587%) RHCE
5 2 (1.058%) Sun Certification
5 2 (1.058%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.058%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.058%) MCSE
5 2 (1.058%) SCSA
5 2 (1.058%) CISM
5 2 (1.058%) CCAB
5 2 (1.058%) ISACA
5 2 (1.058%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.529%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.529%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.529%) CRISC
6 1 (0.529%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.81%) PCI DSS
2 9 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.704%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.116%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.058%) GMP
5 2 (1.058%) QA
6 1 (0.529%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.529%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.175%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.587%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.058%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (1.058%) Xen
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.529%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.587%) Splunk
2 2 (1.058%) Nagios
2 2 (1.058%) Puppet
2 2 (1.058%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.529%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 38 (20.11%) Oracle
1 38 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.233%) Informatica
3 7 (3.704%) Aquila
3 7 (3.704%) Telerik
4 6 (3.175%) Novell
4 6 (3.175%) Business Objects
5 5 (2.646%) JBoss
6 4 (2.116%) Teradata
7 3 (1.587%) VMware
7 3 (1.587%) NCR
7 3 (1.587%) Sybase
7 3 (1.587%) Citrix
8 2 (1.058%) Cisco
8 2 (1.058%) Sun
8 2 (1.058%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.058%) EMC
8 2 (1.058%) NetApp
8 2 (1.058%) F5
9 1 (0.529%) Capita
West Sussex
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