The first table below looks at the demand for OWASP 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 OWASP 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Rank 491 527 573
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +46
Contract jobs citing OWASP 41 18 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.095% 0.034% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.132% 0.049% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 13 6
Average daily rate £400 £425 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +11.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.35% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30962 36467 38788
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.55% 68.86% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18973 21328 22498
Average daily rate £420 £408 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.06% -7.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £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 918 1180 1380
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.74 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.43% -9.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
OWASP
UK

OWASP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England OWASP Jobs Demand Trend

OWASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England OWASP Daily Rate Trend

OWASP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England OWASP Daily Rate Histogram

OWASP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP 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
London +50 32 £400 -21.95%
South East +27 5 £350 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £313 - 1
North West - 2 £500 -
East of England - - - -
South West - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
East Midlands - - - - 2
Midlands - - - -
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UK

OWASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing OWASP 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 OWASP.

1 48 (60.76%) Java
1 48 (60.76%) Penetration Testing
2 43 (54.43%) .NET
3 38 (48.10%) HP
3 38 (48.10%) CruiseControl
3 38 (48.10%) TeamCity
4 37 (46.84%) Internet
5 32 (40.51%) Security Testing
5 32 (40.51%) Continuous Integration
5 32 (40.51%) C#
6 31 (39.24%) Microsoft
7 30 (37.97%) Visual Studio
7 30 (37.97%) Fixed Income
8 27 (34.18%) Kerberos
9 26 (32.91%) CA
9 26 (32.91%) CA SiteMinder
9 26 (32.91%) SAML
9 26 (32.91%) Finance
10 23 (29.11%) Data Protection
11 14 (17.72%) MSBuild
12 11 (13.92%) MS Excel
13 10 (12.66%) JavaScript
13 10 (12.66%) PCI DSS
14 9 (11.39%) Risk Assessment
15 8 (10.13%) MVC
15 8 (10.13%) Spring
15 8 (10.13%) SQL
15 8 (10.13%) jQuery
15 8 (10.13%) HTML5
15 8 (10.13%) Mobile App

OWASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing OWASP 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 OWASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 43 (54.43%) .NET
2 26 (32.91%) SAML
3 8 (10.13%) Spring
3 8 (10.13%) jQuery
3 8 (10.13%) HTML5
4 6 (7.595%) Ajax
5 5 (6.329%) Spring MVC
5 5 (6.329%) REST
5 5 (6.329%) Apache CXF
5 5 (6.329%) RESTful
5 5 (6.329%) J2EE
5 5 (6.329%) ASP.NET
6 4 (5.063%) XSLT
6 4 (5.063%) Web Services
6 4 (5.063%) XML
6 4 (5.063%) JMS
6 4 (5.063%) JSON
6 4 (5.063%) WCF
7 3 (3.797%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 3 (3.797%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.329%) Apache
2 4 (5.063%) CMS
2 4 (5.063%) IIS
3 3 (3.797%) Umbraco
3 3 (3.797%) Commerce Server
4 1 (1.266%) Jetty
4 1 (1.266%) Adobe CQ
4 1 (1.266%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (13.92%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.266%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.266%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (1.266%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (46.84%) Internet
2 27 (34.18%) Kerberos
3 6 (7.595%) SSL
4 3 (3.797%) LDAP
5 2 (2.532%) NFC
5 2 (2.532%) Network Security
6 1 (1.266%) HTTP
6 1 (1.266%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.797%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.266%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 38 (48.10%) CruiseControl
1 38 (48.10%) TeamCity
2 30 (37.97%) Visual Studio
3 14 (17.72%) MSBuild
4 5 (6.329%) AppScan
5 4 (5.063%) GitHub
5 4 (5.063%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (3.797%) Selenium
6 3 (3.797%) QuickTest Pro
6 3 (3.797%) LoadRunner
7 2 (2.532%) Appcelerator Titanium
8 1 (1.266%) ReSharper
8 1 (1.266%) Rhino Mocks
8 1 (1.266%) FxCop
8 1 (1.266%) Eclipse
8 1 (1.266%) ClearCase
8 1 (1.266%) Ant
8 1 (1.266%) JUnit
8 1 (1.266%) Xcode
General
1 26 (32.91%) Finance
2 7 (8.861%) Banking
3 5 (6.329%) Retail
3 5 (6.329%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.797%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.266%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 37 (46.84%) Analyst
2 36 (45.57%) Security Analyst
3 35 (44.30%) Application Security Analyst
4 24 (30.38%) Developer
5 12 (15.19%) Applications Developer
5 12 (15.19%) Security Specialist
5 12 (15.19%) Consultant
6 11 (13.92%) Analyst Developer
7 10 (12.66%) Security Consultant
7 10 (12.66%) Applications Specialist
8 4 (5.063%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.063%) Architect
8 4 (5.063%) Risk Consultant
9 3 (3.797%) Senior Software Developer
9 3 (3.797%) Software Developer
10 2 (2.532%) Applications Consultant
10 2 (2.532%) Junior Developer
10 2 (2.532%) Applications Architect
10 2 (2.532%) Security Architect
10 2 (2.532%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 30 (37.97%) Fixed Income
2 8 (10.13%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.329%) RIA
3 5 (6.329%) Visualisation
3 5 (6.329%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.797%) W3C
4 3 (3.797%) Clustering
5 2 (2.532%) Open Source
5 2 (2.532%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.266%) FMCG
6 1 (1.266%) iPhone
6 1 (1.266%) iPad
6 1 (1.266%) SaaS
6 1 (1.266%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.595%) Apple iOS
1 6 (7.595%) Android
2 5 (6.329%) Windows
3 4 (5.063%) Linux
4 3 (3.797%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.797%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (60.76%) Penetration Testing
2 32 (40.51%) Security Testing
2 32 (40.51%) Continuous Integration
3 23 (29.11%) Data Protection
4 9 (11.39%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (10.13%) MVC
6 7 (8.861%) Information Security
7 6 (7.595%) OO
7 6 (7.595%) ITIL
8 5 (6.329%) PRINCE
8 5 (6.329%) Risk Management
9 4 (5.063%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (5.063%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (5.063%) E-Commerce
9 4 (5.063%) Unit Testing
9 4 (5.063%) Multithreading
10 3 (3.797%) OOP
10 3 (3.797%) Business Development
10 3 (3.797%) Quality Management
11 2 (2.532%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (60.76%) Java
2 32 (40.51%) C#
3 10 (12.66%) JavaScript
4 8 (10.13%) SQL
5 7 (8.861%) Objective-C
6 5 (6.329%) C++
7 1 (1.266%) Groovy
7 1 (1.266%) Scala
7 1 (1.266%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.266%) ActionScript 3.0
7 1 (1.266%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.266%) Python
7 1 (1.266%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.266%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.595%) CISSP
2 3 (3.797%) Degree
3 2 (2.532%) CISA
3 2 (2.532%) CISM
3 2 (2.532%) CEH
4 1 (1.266%) SCJA
4 1 (1.266%) CRISC
4 1 (1.266%) CSSLP
4 1 (1.266%) SCJP
4 1 (1.266%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) PCI DSS
2 6 (7.595%) COBIT
3 5 (6.329%) COSO
3 5 (6.329%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 26 (32.91%) CA SiteMinder
2 5 (6.329%) WebInspect
3 3 (3.797%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 38 (48.10%) HP
2 31 (39.24%) Microsoft
3 26 (32.91%) CA
4 6 (7.595%) IBM
5 2 (2.532%) Oracle
5 2 (2.532%) Apple
6 1 (1.266%) Appcelerator
6 1 (1.266%) Demandware
6 1 (1.266%) Interwoven
6 1 (1.266%) Adobe
6 1 (1.266%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.266%) Omniture
6 1 (1.266%) Google
6 1 (1.266%) ATG
Guildford, Surrey
Great opportunity for an experienced System Administrator to work in Guildford on a 3 month contract.
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £280 - £295 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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