England Information Security Officer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Officer role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Security Officer
Location City of London England Lancashire London North West South East UK West Midlands Worcestershire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	498	620
Rank change on same period last year	+122
Matching contract IT job ads	21	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.033 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.040 %	0.006 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£383	£160
Average daily rate	£483	£255
% change on same period last year	+89.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£583	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£400	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	8	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.28	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£19.40	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-3.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.53	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.20	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	52250	79626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.30 %	85.32 %
Daily rates quoted	16864	24512
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£390
Average daily rate	£392	£414
% change on same period last year	-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£417	£438
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	5137	7273
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.14	£23.57
Average hourly rate	£23.59	£25.15
% change on same period last year	-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.04	£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Information Security Officer 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.

Information Security Officer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security Officer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Information Security Officer across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security Officer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 Information Security Officer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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	+100	13	£525	+105.88 %
South East	-	6	-	-
North West	-	1	-	-
West Midlands	-	1	£400	-

Information Security Officer UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Information Security Officer 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 Officer in their job title.

1 30 (100.00 %) Information Security 2 6 (20.00 %) ITIL 2 6 (20.00 %) PRINCE2 2 6 (20.00 %) ISEB 3 5 (16.67 %) Information Security Management 3 5 (16.67 %) Security Management 3 5 (16.67 %) Incident Management 3 5 (16.67 %) PCI DSS 4 4 (13.33 %) ISO27001 4 4 (13.33 %) MS Project 5 3 (10.00 %) Active Directory 5 3 (10.00 %) NHS 5 3 (10.00 %) Windows 5 3 (10.00 %) Risk Management 6 2 (6.667 %) Finance

6 2 (6.667 %) Government 6 2 (6.667 %) Health 6 2 (6.667 %) Firewall 6 2 (6.667 %) Management Information System 6 2 (6.667 %) Business Continuity 6 2 (6.667 %) Risk Assessment 6 2 (6.667 %) Investment Banking 6 2 (6.667 %) ISO17799 6 2 (6.667 %) Data Protection 6 2 (6.667 %) Banking 7 1 (3.333 %) Auditing 7 1 (3.333 %) COBIT 7 1 (3.333 %) Data Protection Act 7 1 (3.333 %) Risk Analysis 7 1 (3.333 %) Investment Management

Information Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Information Security Officer 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 Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (13.33 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 2 (6.667 %) Firewall 2 1 (3.333 %) SAN 2 1 (3.333 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (3.333 %) Oracle Reports	General 1 2 (6.667 %) Finance 1 2 (6.667 %) Government 1 2 (6.667 %) Health 1 2 (6.667 %) Banking 1 2 (6.667 %) Investment Banking 2 1 (3.333 %) Local Government 2 1 (3.333 %) Auditing 2 1 (3.333 %) Legal
Miscellaneous 1 3 (10.00 %) NHS 2 2 (6.667 %) Management Information System 3 1 (3.333 %) Data Protection Act	Operating Systems 1 3 (10.00 %) Windows 2 1 (3.333 %) HPUX 2 1 (3.333 %) Solaris 2 1 (3.333 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (100.00 %) Information Security 2 6 (20.00 %) ITIL 2 6 (20.00 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (16.67 %) Information Security Management 3 5 (16.67 %) Security Management 3 5 (16.67 %) Incident Management 4 3 (10.00 %) Risk Management 5 2 (6.667 %) Business Continuity 5 2 (6.667 %) Risk Assessment 5 2 (6.667 %) Data Protection 6 1 (3.333 %) Risk Analysis 6 1 (3.333 %) Investment Management 6 1 (3.333 %) Computer Security 6 1 (3.333 %) CRAMM 6 1 (3.333 %) ISMS 6 1 (3.333 %) PRINCE 6 1 (3.333 %) BCP 6 1 (3.333 %) Project Management 6 1 (3.333 %) GAP Analysis	Programming Languages 1 1 (3.333 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 6 (20.00 %) ISEB 2 1 (3.333 %) CISSP 2 1 (3.333 %) CISA 2 1 (3.333 %) CISM	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (16.67 %) PCI DSS 2 4 (13.33 %) ISO27001 3 2 (6.667 %) ISO17799 4 1 (3.333 %) COBIT 4 1 (3.333 %) BS25999
System Software 1 3 (10.00 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 1 (3.333 %) Oracle 1 1 (3.333 %) Sybase 1 1 (3.333 %) Microsoft