The first table below looks at the demand for Information 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 Information Security over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 194 210 327
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +117
Contract jobs citing Information Security 471 447 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.076% 0.843% 0.493%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.503% 1.226% 0.728%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 246 141
Average daily rate £455 £455 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +13.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £270 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £625 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £440 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 15
Average hourly rate £18.00 £48.25 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-62.69% +53.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.87 £37.75 £14.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.20 £62.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 £43.75 £30.74
% change year-on-year
-60.18% +42.34%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
31333 36462 38743
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.57% 68.77% 67.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 19221 21322 22496
Average daily rate £420 £405 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
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 £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 1194 1381
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.13 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.42 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Information Security Hourly Rate Histogram

Information Security
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 within the England region over the 3 months to 18 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
London +2 227 £490 +5.37% 52
South East +71 120 £444 -6.57% 40
North West +28 60 £350 -20.45% 18
South West +13 29 £410 -8.88% 9
East Midlands -4 10 £400 +23.07% 4
East of England +3 9 £475 +26.66% 7
Yorkshire +2 9 £500 +22.69% 10
West Midlands +4 4 £480 -24.11% 3
North East +12 2 £300 -45.45% 3
Midlands - 1 - -
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Information 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 Information Security.

1 238 (30.47%) Finance
2 205 (26.25%) CISSP
3 187 (23.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 158 (20.23%) Risk Management
5 151 (19.33%) Management Information System
6 142 (18.18%) ITIL
7 140 (17.93%) Security Cleared
8 113 (14.47%) CISM
9 110 (14.08%) Windows
10 108 (13.83%) SC Cleared
11 107 (13.70%) Banking
12 102 (13.06%) Risk Assessment
13 96 (12.29%) Data Protection
14 91 (11.65%) PCI DSS
15 88 (11.27%) CISA
16 85 (10.88%) Project Management
16 85 (10.88%) Security Management
17 83 (10.63%) Firewall
18 79 (10.12%) Microsoft
19 78 (9.987%) UNIX
20 76 (9.731%) Oracle
21 75 (9.603%) Legal
21 75 (9.603%) Information Assurance
22 69 (8.835%) Linux
23 63 (8.067%) Information Security Management
24 62 (7.939%) MS Excel
25 58 (7.426%) PRINCE2
26 57 (7.298%) Degree
27 56 (7.170%) Stakeholder Management
28 54 (6.914%) Penetration Testing

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Information 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (2.817%) .NET
2 18 (2.305%) Middleware
3 13 (1.665%) JSP
4 11 (1.408%) WebSphere
5 10 (1.280%) ASP.NET
6 7 (0.896%) Web Services
6 7 (0.896%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.640%) COM
7 5 (0.640%) Flash
7 5 (0.640%) HTML
8 4 (0.512%) SAML
8 4 (0.512%) LAMP
9 3 (0.384%) J2EE
9 3 (0.384%) JCE
9 3 (0.384%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.256%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 2 (0.256%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.256%) ASP
10 2 (0.256%) XML
11 1 (0.128%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 31 (3.969%) IIS
2 20 (2.561%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.921%) Apache
4 12 (1.536%) WebLogic
5 9 (1.152%) Tomcat
5 9 (1.152%) MS Exchange
6 7 (0.896%) IBM HTTP Server
6 7 (0.896%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.640%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (0.512%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.384%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 2 (0.256%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.128%) FileNet
11 1 (0.128%) CMS
11 1 (0.128%) SAP Web AS
11 1 (0.128%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.128%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 62 (7.939%) MS Excel
2 43 (5.506%) MS Office
3 36 (4.609%) MS Visio
4 31 (3.969%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (0.768%) MS Project
6 1 (0.128%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.128%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.128%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.512%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.256%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.256%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.128%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.128%) Summit
3 1 (0.128%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.128%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 83 (10.63%) Firewall
2 43 (5.506%) Network Security
2 43 (5.506%) LAN
3 39 (4.994%) WAN
4 32 (4.097%) Internet
5 26 (3.329%) TCP/IP
6 25 (3.201%) SAN
7 21 (2.689%) Wireless
8 20 (2.561%) Intrusion Detection
8 20 (2.561%) VPN
9 18 (2.305%) VoIP
10 17 (2.177%) LDAP
11 12 (1.536%) DNS
12 10 (1.280%) MPLS
12 10 (1.280%) NetScaler
13 9 (1.152%) 3G
13 9 (1.152%) HTTP
13 9 (1.152%) GPRS
13 9 (1.152%) PSTN
14 7 (0.896%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.225%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.665%) SQL Server 2005
2 13 (1.665%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (1.024%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (0.896%) DB2
4 7 (0.896%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.768%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.640%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (0.512%) MySQL
7 4 (0.512%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.384%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.384%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (0.384%) DTS
8 3 (0.384%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.256%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.256%) MS Access
9 2 (0.256%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.256%) GIS
9 2 (0.256%) QlikView
10 1 (0.128%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (1.152%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.512%) Subversion
3 2 (0.256%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.128%) Hudson
4 1 (0.128%) Maven
4 1 (0.128%) JIRA
4 1 (0.128%) TestNG
4 1 (0.128%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.128%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.128%) InstallShield
General
1 238 (30.47%) Finance
2 107 (13.70%) Banking
3 75 (9.603%) Legal
4 44 (5.634%) Telecoms
5 40 (5.122%) Investment Banking
6 33 (4.225%) Financial Institution
7 26 (3.329%) Law
7 26 (3.329%) Retail
8 22 (2.817%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.280%) Advertising
10 7 (0.896%) Front Office
11 6 (0.768%) Local Government
12 5 (0.640%) Military
13 4 (0.512%) Publishing
13 4 (0.512%) Marketing
14 3 (0.384%) Billing
14 3 (0.384%) Back Office
14 3 (0.384%) Electronics
14 3 (0.384%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.256%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 210 (26.89%) Analyst
2 185 (23.69%) Consultant
3 143 (18.31%) Security Consultant
4 113 (14.47%) Security Analyst
5 71 (9.091%) Architect
6 67 (8.579%) Information Security Consultant
7 65 (8.323%) Business Analyst
8 61 (7.810%) Security Manager
9 60 (7.682%) Project Manager
10 55 (7.042%) Information Analyst
11 54 (6.914%) Information Security Analyst
12 41 (5.250%) Security Architect
13 33 (4.225%) Risk Consultant
14 32 (4.097%) Security Officer
15 29 (3.713%) Information Manager
16 28 (3.585%) Security Specialist
16 28 (3.585%) Security Project Manager
17 26 (3.329%) Information Security Manager
18 23 (2.945%) IT Security Consultant
18 23 (2.945%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 151 (19.33%) Management Information System
2 47 (6.018%) CESG
3 37 (4.738%) Data Protection Act
4 35 (4.481%) RMADS
5 27 (3.457%) Computer Science
5 27 (3.457%) Mainframe
6 23 (2.945%) SaaS
7 18 (2.305%) IBM Mainframe
8 17 (2.177%) CESG CLAS
8 17 (2.177%) Freedom of Information
9 14 (1.793%) PKI
10 12 (1.536%) Open Source
10 12 (1.536%) Hedge funds
10 12 (1.536%) Digital Media
11 11 (1.408%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.024%) SWIFT
12 8 (1.024%) Tandem
12 8 (1.024%) Cryptography
12 8 (1.024%) Freedom of Information Act
13 7 (0.896%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.08%) Windows
2 78 (9.987%) UNIX
3 69 (8.835%) Linux
4 20 (2.561%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (2.049%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (1.921%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (1.536%) Oracle Linux
8 11 (1.408%) AIX
9 10 (1.280%) Windows 7
10 7 (0.896%) Windows XP
11 5 (0.640%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.512%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.384%) Windows 2000 Server
13 3 (0.384%) Solaris
14 2 (0.256%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.256%) Android
14 2 (0.256%) SUSE
14 2 (0.256%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.128%) Windows Mobile
15 1 (0.128%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (20.23%) Risk Management
2 142 (18.18%) ITIL
3 102 (13.06%) Risk Assessment
4 96 (12.29%) Data Protection
5 85 (10.88%) Project Management
5 85 (10.88%) Security Management
6 75 (9.603%) Information Assurance
7 63 (8.067%) Information Security Management
8 58 (7.426%) PRINCE2
9 56 (7.170%) Stakeholder Management
10 54 (6.914%) Penetration Testing
10 54 (6.914%) Change Management
11 43 (5.506%) Service Delivery
11 43 (5.506%) Business Continuity
12 39 (4.994%) Vulnerability Management
12 39 (4.994%) ISMS
13 36 (4.609%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 34 (4.353%) Data Security
15 33 (4.225%) Risk Analysis
15 33 (4.225%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.530%) SQL
2 24 (3.073%) C
3 17 (2.177%) Java
4 10 (1.280%) Perl
5 9 (1.152%) PHP
6 7 (0.896%) C#
7 6 (0.768%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.640%) Python
9 4 (0.512%) VB
9 4 (0.512%) Bash shell
9 4 (0.512%) C++
9 4 (0.512%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.384%) Ruby
10 3 (0.384%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.256%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.256%) VBScript
12 1 (0.128%) PowerHouse
12 1 (0.128%) Groovy
12 1 (0.128%) R
Qualifications
1 205 (26.25%) CISSP
2 140 (17.93%) Security Cleared
3 113 (14.47%) CISM
4 108 (13.83%) SC Cleared
5 88 (11.27%) CISA
6 57 (7.298%) Degree
7 27 (3.457%) DV Cleared
8 26 (3.329%) GIAC
9 14 (1.793%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.665%) CRISC
11 11 (1.408%) CEH
12 10 (1.280%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 8 (1.024%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (1.024%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.024%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.768%) ISEB
15 5 (0.640%) GCIA
15 5 (0.640%) CCNA
15 5 (0.640%) PMP
15 5 (0.640%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (23.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (11.65%) PCI DSS
3 31 (3.969%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 29 (3.713%) COBIT
5 20 (2.561%) ISO 9001
6 17 (2.177%) JSP 440
7 10 (1.280%) QA
8 8 (1.024%) SLA
9 5 (0.640%) BS7799
9 5 (0.640%) COSO
10 4 (0.512%) ISO/IEC 17799
11 2 (0.256%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.256%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.256%) HMG Infosec
12 1 (0.128%) WAI
12 1 (0.128%) ISO 9000
12 1 (0.128%) GxP
12 1 (0.128%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 51 (6.530%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.689%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.408%) XenApp
3 11 (1.408%) XenDesktop
4 9 (1.152%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.640%) ProxySG
5 5 (0.640%) Snort
6 4 (0.512%) Nmap
6 4 (0.512%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.512%) Forefront TMG
6 4 (0.512%) UAG
7 3 (0.384%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.384%) SRDF
7 3 (0.384%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.384%) Xen
7 3 (0.384%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.256%) VMware ESX
8 2 (0.256%) Shibboleth
8 2 (0.256%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.128%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 20 (2.561%) Tivoli
2 14 (1.793%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 11 (1.408%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 5 (0.640%) Control-M
4 5 (0.640%) SCCM
5 4 (0.512%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.256%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.256%) SCOM
6 2 (0.256%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.256%) WSUS
7 1 (0.128%) Splunk
7 1 (0.128%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.128%) Opalis
Vendors
1 79 (10.12%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.731%) Oracle
3 50 (6.402%) Cisco
4 33 (4.225%) IBM
5 31 (3.969%) Citrix
6 29 (3.713%) VMware
7 27 (3.457%) Red Hat
8 24 (3.073%) Symantec
8 24 (3.073%) SAP
9 20 (2.561%) Juniper
10 17 (2.177%) ArcSight
11 13 (1.665%) Remedy
12 10 (1.280%) Blue Coat
12 10 (1.280%) CA
13 9 (1.152%) BMC
14 7 (0.896%) McAfee
15 6 (0.768%) HP
16 5 (0.640%) EMC
16 5 (0.640%) Websense
16 5 (0.640%) Qualys
City, London
We urgently require an Information Security Risk Advisor to work in London... These could be upgrades on certain systems, new applications, Websites going live or software as a...
LA International
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Knowledge of ISO27001, PCI-DSS - Strong knowledge of Firewalls LAN/WAN technologies and Encryption - CISSP Certified - Cyber-Ark - Quest Reporter - Quest Active Role Server - RSA EnVision - Strong stakeholder...
Montash
Rate: £500 - £550 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cheshire
Senior Security Consultant/Information Security/Portfolio, PCI-DSS, - Cheshire... A broad knowledge of information security architectures, technologies and standards including ISO27001/2, PCI-DSS, DPA, contract definition, encryption,...
Spring Technology
Rate: £439.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Produce regular reports on the effective use of technical and procedural security controlsThe key responsibilities for this area are as follows: * Work with Technology support teams to create...
Mint
Rate: £351 - £500 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
North West England
Understands Oracle... BCS certificate in Information Security Management or a BSC in Computer Science, MSc in Information Systems Security or equivalent qualification or relevant experience. CESG Listed Advisor (...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 5 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Volt
Rate: £450.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £480 - £520 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Acumin
Rate: From £400 to £500 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Volt
Rate: £280.00 - £320.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Berkshire
Proactive Appointments
Rate: Unspecified Market Rate
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £300 - £450 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Experis IT
Posted: 14 June 2013
Dorset, South West
OPUS
Rate: GBP500 to GBP550 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
London
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Andover, South East
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 22 May 2013
Norfolk, East Anglia
Sand Resources
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Montash
Rate: £500 - £550 per day + Negotiable / Depending on Experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £500.00 - £550.00 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £30000 per annum + YES
Posted: 22 May 2013
London (Central)
Axica Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Annapurna HR
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Banbury, South East
People Source Consulting
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Hampshire
Colston Consulting
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £280 - £295 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013