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The table below looks at the demand for the Security Consultant 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 Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Consultant
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank347431
Rank change on same period last yearUp+84
Matching contract IT job ads182199
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.287 %0.213 %
As % of the category below0.348 %0.250 %
Daily rates quoted6571
Average minimum daily rate£415£428
Average daily rate£442£455
% change on same period last year-2.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£470£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£436
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£43.00-
Average hourly rate£43.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£44.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.50-
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
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 quoted51377273
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 %
Security Consultant UKSecurity Consultant
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.

Security Consultant
Demand Trend

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

England Security Consultant Demand Trend

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Security Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Security Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Security Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Security Consultant Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant 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
LondonUp+6674£457-3.36 %
South EastUp+4933£495+11.17 %
West MidlandsUp+2029£440+8.30 %
South WestUp+3515£381-4.64 %
North WestUp+1814£374-20.51 %
East of EnglandUp+3610£380-7.87 %
YorkshireUp+223£400+2.56 %
North EastNew entry-1--
East MidlandsUp+71--
Security Consultant UKSecurity Consultant
UK

Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1145 (33.41 %)Information Security
2108 (24.88 %)CISSP
385 (19.59 %)Finance
483 (19.12 %)Firewall
578 (17.97 %)Government
673 (16.82 %)Security Cleared
770 (16.13 %)Risk Management
868 (15.67 %)ISO27001
962 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
1059 (13.59 %)SAP
1156 (12.90 %)Windows
1250 (11.52 %)Risk Assessment
1349 (11.29 %)Banking
1446 (10.60 %)Cisco
1545 (10.37 %)UNIX
1641 (9.447 %)CheckPoint
1641 (9.447 %)Network Security
1737 (8.525 %)RMADS
1836 (8.295 %)PCI DSS
1933 (7.604 %)BS7799
2030 (6.912 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
2030 (6.912 %)Microsoft
2030 (6.912 %)PKI
2127 (6.221 %)Investment Banking
2225 (5.760 %)Penetration Testing
2225 (5.760 %)Oracle
2324 (5.530 %)Project Management
2324 (5.530 %)Data Security
2423 (5.300 %)Security Management
2522 (5.069 %)Internet

Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (1.843 %).NET
26 (1.382 %)SAML
35 (1.152 %)WebServices
35 (1.152 %)XML
43 (0.691 %)SAP XI
52 (0.461 %)Middleware
61 (0.230 %)SAP Basis
61 (0.230 %)XSLT
61 (0.230 %)XHTML
61 (0.230 %)ADSI
61 (0.230 %)J2EE
61 (0.230 %)COM+
61 (0.230 %)JSP
61 (0.230 %)SOAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (2.995 %)Apache
211 (2.535 %)SAP Web AS
38 (1.843 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.461 %)SharePoint
51 (0.230 %)Office Communications Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (2.074 %)MS Excel
22 (0.461 %)MS Office
31 (0.230 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (2.074 %)SAP HR
28 (1.843 %)SAP R/3
34 (0.922 %)SAP GRC
42 (0.461 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.230 %)SAP Payroll
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
183 (19.12 %)Firewall
241 (9.447 %)Network Security
322 (5.069 %)Internet
421 (4.839 %)VPN
519 (4.378 %)TCP/IP
613 (2.995 %)Cisco PIX
79 (2.074 %)Intrusion Detection
79 (2.074 %)Wireless
87 (1.613 %)VLAN
87 (1.613 %)Cisco IOS
87 (1.613 %)HTTP
96 (1.382 %)WAN
96 (1.382 %)LAN
96 (1.382 %)DNS
105 (1.152 %)VoIP
105 (1.152 %)NetScreen
114 (0.922 %)FTP
114 (0.922 %)X.509
114 (0.922 %)Extranet
114 (0.922 %)MPLS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (5.069 %)SAP BW
218 (4.147 %)SQL Server
35 (1.152 %)RDBMS
44 (0.922 %)BusinessObjects
44 (0.922 %)SAP BI
53 (0.691 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (0.461 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.230 %)NonStop SQL
71 (0.230 %)BODI
71 (0.230 %)BusinessObjects XI
71 (0.230 %)Data Cleansing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.152 %)Paros
15 (1.152 %)Fiddler
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
185 (19.59 %)Finance
278 (17.97 %)Government
349 (11.29 %)Banking
427 (6.221 %)Investment Banking
517 (3.917 %)Legal
610 (2.304 %)Insurance
79 (2.074 %)Retail
79 (2.074 %)Telecoms
88 (1.843 %)Auditing
95 (1.152 %)Front Office
95 (1.152 %)Aerospace
104 (0.922 %)Electronics
104 (0.922 %)Financial Institution
113 (0.691 %)Health
122 (0.461 %)Marketing
122 (0.461 %)Retail Banking
131 (0.230 %)International Banking
131 (0.230 %)Local Government
131 (0.230 %)Criminal Justice
131 (0.230 %)Police
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (8.525 %)RMADS
230 (6.912 %)PKI
318 (4.147 %)Management Information System
412 (2.765 %)CESG
510 (2.304 %)Biometrics
68 (1.843 %)CESG CLAS
77 (1.613 %)Client/Server
85 (1.152 %)Data Protection Act
85 (1.152 %)SecurID
85 (1.152 %)NHS
94 (0.922 %)Smartcard
94 (0.922 %)Cryptography
103 (0.691 %)Mainframe
112 (0.461 %)Blackberry
112 (0.461 %)N-Tier
121 (0.230 %)Freedom of Information
121 (0.230 %)French Language
121 (0.230 %)Credit Risk
121 (0.230 %)Market Risk
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
156 (12.90 %)Windows
245 (10.37 %)UNIX
320 (4.608 %)Linux
410 (2.304 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (1.613 %)Windows 2000
63 (0.691 %)Solaris
72 (0.461 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.230 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.230 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.230 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (0.230 %)Windows XP
81 (0.230 %)zOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1145 (33.41 %)Information Security
273 (16.82 %)Security Cleared
370 (16.13 %)Risk Management
462 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
550 (11.52 %)Risk Assessment
625 (5.760 %)Penetration Testing
724 (5.530 %)Data Security
724 (5.530 %)Project Management
823 (5.300 %)Security Management
922 (5.069 %)ITIL
1019 (4.378 %)Information Assurance
1115 (3.456 %)Data Protection
1214 (3.226 %)Risk Analysis
1313 (2.995 %)Business Intelligence
1313 (2.995 %)Migration
1411 (2.535 %)Incident Management
1510 (2.304 %)PRINCE2
169 (2.074 %)Service Delivery
169 (2.074 %)Agile Software Development
169 (2.074 %)Validation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (2.535 %)C
29 (2.074 %)SQL
37 (1.613 %)Java
44 (0.922 %)VB
53 (0.691 %)VBScript
53 (0.691 %)JavaScript
53 (0.691 %)PowerShell
61 (0.230 %)C#
61 (0.230 %)VBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1108 (24.88 %)CISSP
219 (4.378 %)CISM
315 (3.456 %)Degree
414 (3.226 %)CISA
510 (2.304 %)Cisco Certification
69 (2.074 %)ITIL Certification
69 (2.074 %)CCSE
76 (1.382 %)CCIE
76 (1.382 %)CCSA
83 (0.691 %)CCSP
83 (0.691 %)CCNP
83 (0.691 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (0.691 %)CISMP
83 (0.691 %)SSCP
83 (0.691 %)MCSE
92 (0.461 %)GIAC
101 (0.230 %)CCSPA
101 (0.230 %)MCITP
101 (0.230 %)ISTQB
101 (0.230 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
168 (15.67 %)ISO27001
236 (8.295 %)PCI DSS
333 (7.604 %)BS7799
430 (6.912 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
520 (4.608 %)ISO17799
66 (1.382 %)CESG Infosec
75 (1.152 %)ISO9001
75 (1.152 %)COBIT
84 (0.922 %)Basel II
84 (0.922 %)HMG Infosec
93 (0.691 %)MiFID
102 (0.461 %)SLA
102 (0.461 %)ISO9000
102 (0.461 %)JSP 440
111 (0.230 %)BS25999
111 (0.230 %)COSO
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (4.378 %)Active Directory
214 (3.226 %)ISA Server
34 (0.922 %)NFS
41 (0.230 %)ClearTrust
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (1.843 %)MAILsweeper
22 (0.461 %)Tivoli
22 (0.461 %)CA SiteMinder
31 (0.230 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (0.230 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
31 (0.230 %)WSUS
31 (0.230 %)ServiceCenter
31 (0.230 %)AssetCenter
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (13.59 %)SAP
246 (10.60 %)Cisco
341 (9.447 %)CheckPoint
430 (6.912 %)Microsoft
525 (5.760 %)Oracle
615 (3.456 %)Juniper
713 (2.995 %)Nokia
810 (2.304 %)Websense
96 (1.382 %)Blue Coat
104 (0.922 %)Crossbeam
104 (0.922 %)Red Hat
104 (0.922 %)Lucent
104 (0.922 %)Sybase
104 (0.922 %)Business Objects
104 (0.922 %)IBM
113 (0.691 %)HP
113 (0.691 %)Citrix
122 (0.461 %)Symantec
122 (0.461 %)Sophos
122 (0.461 %)Qualys