Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for RSA SecurID skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SecurID over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRSA SecurID
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank514604
Rank change on same period last yearUp+90
Matching contract IT job ads521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.023 %
As % of the category below0.038 %0.111 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£338£275
Average daily rate£343£275
% change on same period last year+24.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£275
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1325918984
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.88 %20.34 %
Daily rates quoted48956778
Average minimum daily rate£413£465
Average daily rate£445£497
% change on same period last year-10.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£477£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted11391507
Average minimum hourly rate£23.45£23.39
Average hourly rate£25.23£25.35
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.01£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
SecurID UKSecurID
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.

SecurID
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SecurID across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England SecurID Demand Trend

SecurID
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SecurID Daily Rate Trend

SecurID
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England SecurID Daily Rate Histogram

SecurID
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SecurID Hourly Rate Trend

SecurID
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SecurID 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.

LocationRank 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
South WestNew entry-3£340-
South EastUp+411--
LondonUp+761£350-
SecurID UKSecurID
UK

SecurID
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SecurID 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 SecurID.

131 (77.50 %)Firewall
225 (62.50 %)CheckPoint
321 (52.50 %)Active Directory
417 (42.50 %)Microsoft
516 (40.00 %)VPN
615 (37.50 %)Windows
615 (37.50 %)Solaris
615 (37.50 %)Cisco
712 (30.00 %)Validation
811 (27.50 %)Reuters
811 (27.50 %)Bloomberg
910 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
109 (22.50 %)AIX
109 (22.50 %)VBScript
109 (22.50 %)Red Hat
118 (20.00 %)UNIX
118 (20.00 %)LAN
127 (17.50 %)Windows 2000
127 (17.50 %)TCP/IP
136 (15.00 %)WAN
136 (15.00 %)Linux
136 (15.00 %)ISA Server
136 (15.00 %)Government
136 (15.00 %)Cisco ASA
145 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
145 (12.50 %)Banking
145 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
145 (12.50 %)VMware
145 (12.50 %)Symantec
145 (12.50 %)DNS

SecurID
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SecurID 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 SecurID. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
14 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
14 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (10.00 %)MS Office
23 (7.500 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (77.50 %)Firewall
216 (40.00 %)VPN
38 (20.00 %)LAN
47 (17.50 %)TCP/IP
56 (15.00 %)Cisco ASA
56 (15.00 %)WAN
65 (12.50 %)DNS
65 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
73 (7.500 %)Network Security
73 (7.500 %)VLAN
73 (7.500 %)SSH
73 (7.500 %)Intrusion Detection
73 (7.500 %)FTP
73 (7.500 %)Extranet
82 (5.000 %)802.11
82 (5.000 %)IntruShield
82 (5.000 %)Wireless
82 (5.000 %)IP Telephony
82 (5.000 %)SSL
82 (5.000 %)WLAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (15.00 %)Government
25 (12.50 %)Banking
25 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
34 (10.00 %)Health
34 (10.00 %)Finance
42 (5.000 %)Legal
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (37.50 %)Administrator
214 (35.00 %)Security Administrator
311 (27.50 %)IT Security Administrator
311 (27.50 %)IT Administrator
48 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
55 (12.50 %)Analyst
55 (12.50 %)Consultant
55 (12.50 %)Security Consultant
64 (10.00 %)Rollout Engineer
73 (7.500 %)Cisco Network Engineer
73 (7.500 %)Cisco Engineer
82 (5.000 %)Security Engineer
82 (5.000 %)Security Analyst
82 (5.000 %)Helpdesk Analyst
82 (5.000 %)Network Security Engineer
91 (2.500 %)Support Analyst
91 (2.500 %)Systems Administrator
91 (2.500 %)Support Technician
91 (2.500 %)IT Support Analyst
91 (2.500 %)Network Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (10.00 %)NHS
22 (5.000 %)Mainframe
31 (2.500 %)CESG
31 (2.500 %)Cryptography
31 (2.500 %)French Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (37.50 %)Windows
115 (37.50 %)Solaris
210 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (22.50 %)AIX
48 (20.00 %)UNIX
57 (17.50 %)Windows 2000
66 (15.00 %)Linux
71 (2.500 %)NetWare
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (30.00 %)Validation
23 (7.500 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (5.000 %)ITIL
32 (5.000 %)Migration
41 (2.500 %)Information Security
41 (2.500 %)Computer Security
41 (2.500 %)E-Commerce
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (22.50 %)VBScript
21 (2.500 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (7.500 %)CCNP
13 (7.500 %)CCNA
13 (7.500 %)CISSP
13 (7.500 %)Cisco Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.000 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (52.50 %)Active Directory
26 (15.00 %)ISA Server
31 (2.500 %)NetBackup
31 (2.500 %)Snort
31 (2.500 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (2.500 %)Terminal Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (5.000 %)CiscoWorks
21 (2.500 %)ZENworks
21 (2.500 %)MAILsweeper
21 (2.500 %)WSUS
21 (2.500 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (62.50 %)CheckPoint
217 (42.50 %)Microsoft
315 (37.50 %)Cisco
411 (27.50 %)Reuters
411 (27.50 %)Bloomberg
59 (22.50 %)Red Hat
65 (12.50 %)VMware
65 (12.50 %)Symantec
74 (10.00 %)Nokia
83 (7.500 %)Blue Coat
83 (7.500 %)McAfee Security
92 (5.000 %)Remedy
101 (2.500 %)Novell
101 (2.500 %)VERITAS
101 (2.500 %)Citrix
101 (2.500 %)Juniper
101 (2.500 %)Crossbeam
101 (2.500 %)IronPort