The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Job Titles advertised 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Analyst
Rank 494 517 573
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +56
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 38 28 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.088% 0.053% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.057% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 3
Average daily rate £350 £413 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% -2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £230 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £643 £437
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £325 £425
% change year-on-year
-6.15% -23.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40014 49001 53004
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.47% 92.53% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23687 27821 29587
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1959 2399 2806
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.68 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -6.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Information Security Analyst
UK

Information Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Information Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Information Security Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Information Security Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Information Security Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 19 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
South East +42 16 £300 - 2
London +15 13 £450 +9.09% 1
North West +20 4 £325 -56.66% 1
South West - 3 £350 -
East Midlands -1 1 £338 +3.84%
Yorkshire - - - - 4
West Midlands - - - -
Information Security Analyst
UK

Information Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Information Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Information Security Analyst in their job title.

1 54 (84.38%) Information Security
2 24 (37.50%) CISSP
3 17 (26.56%) Management Information System
4 16 (25.00%) Finance
4 16 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (21.88%) CISM
6 12 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
7 11 (17.19%) Risk Management
7 11 (17.19%) Security Cleared
8 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
8 10 (15.63%) Data Protection
9 9 (14.06%) Degree
9 9 (14.06%) Legal
10 8 (12.50%) CISA
10 8 (12.50%) Security Management
10 8 (12.50%) Banking
11 6 (9.375%) Information Management
11 6 (9.375%) Document Management
11 6 (9.375%) Information Assurance
11 6 (9.375%) Information Security Management
11 6 (9.375%) LiveLink
12 5 (7.813%) ITIL
12 5 (7.813%) Windows
12 5 (7.813%) Firewall
12 5 (7.813%) Investment Banking
13 4 (6.250%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 4 (6.250%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (6.250%) PCI DSS
13 4 (6.250%) Security Architecture
13 4 (6.250%) CESG

Information Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Information Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Information Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.125%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.563%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.375%) LiveLink
2 1 (1.563%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.563%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.563%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.125%) Sentinel
2 1 (1.563%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.813%) Firewall
2 3 (4.688%) VPN
3 2 (3.125%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.125%) Internet
4 1 (1.563%) Network Security
4 1 (1.563%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.563%) GIS
General
1 16 (25.00%) Finance
2 9 (14.06%) Legal
3 8 (12.50%) Banking
4 5 (7.813%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.688%) Local Government
5 3 (4.688%) Retail
6 2 (3.125%) Retail Banking
6 2 (3.125%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (3.125%) Avionics
6 2 (3.125%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.563%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.563%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.56%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.250%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (6.250%) CESG
3 3 (4.688%) Computer Science
4 2 (3.125%) RMADS
4 2 (3.125%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.563%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.813%) Windows
2 1 (1.563%) UNIX
2 1 (1.563%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (84.38%) Information Security
2 12 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
3 11 (17.19%) Risk Management
4 10 (15.63%) Data Protection
5 8 (12.50%) Security Management
6 6 (9.375%) Information Management
6 6 (9.375%) Document Management
6 6 (9.375%) Information Assurance
6 6 (9.375%) Information Security Management
7 5 (7.813%) ITIL
8 4 (6.250%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (6.250%) Security Architecture
8 4 (6.250%) Business Continuity
8 4 (6.250%) Project Management
9 3 (4.688%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (4.688%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (4.688%) ISMS
9 3 (4.688%) Customer Engagement
9 3 (4.688%) Risk Analysis
9 3 (4.688%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.125%) C
1 2 (3.125%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (37.50%) CISSP
2 14 (21.88%) CISM
3 11 (17.19%) Security Cleared
4 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
5 9 (14.06%) Degree
6 8 (12.50%) CISA
7 2 (3.125%) GIAC
7 2 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.563%) GCIA
8 1 (1.563%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.563%) CGEIT
8 1 (1.563%) EnCE
8 1 (1.563%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.250%) PCI DSS
3 3 (4.688%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.125%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.563%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (3.125%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.563%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (3.125%) SCCM
1 2 (3.125%) WSUS
1 2 (3.125%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 3 (4.688%) McAfee
1 3 (4.688%) Microsoft
1 3 (4.688%) SAP
2 2 (3.125%) Citrix
2 2 (3.125%) Oracle
3 1 (1.563%) Symantec
3 1 (1.563%) EMC
3 1 (1.563%) ArcSight
Reading, Berkshire
Your experience could be complimented by some of the following certifications: CISA, CIA, CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or CPA and being familiar with data protection laws in the EU...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £480 - £520 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013