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This section looks at the demand for the Security Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Security Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank453496
Rank change on same period last yearUp+43
Matching contract IT job ads107143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.143 %
As % of the category below0.171 %0.167 %
Daily rates quoted3650
Average minimum daily rate£368£343
Average daily rate£393£356
% change on same period last year+10.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£352
% change on same period last year+9.51 %
Hourly rates quoted013
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.57
Average hourly rate-£30.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.91
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads6263985738
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled83.49 %85.53 %
Daily rates quoted2140626624
Average minimum daily rate£380£391
Average daily rate£406£416
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£441
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted54117254
Average minimum hourly rate£22.58£24.25
Average hourly rate£24.18£25.80
% change on same period last year-6.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.78£27.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Security Engineer UKSecurity Engineer
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 Engineer
Demand Trend

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

England Security Engineer Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Security Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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+4650£397+11.77 %
South EastUp+5531£398+13.82 %
YorkshireUp+209--
East of EnglandUp+196--
South WestDown-24£363-4.60 %
West MidlandsNew entry-4£356-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
MidlandsUp+71--
North WestUp+51--
Security Engineer UKSecurity Engineer
UK

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Security Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1155 (63.52 %)Firewall
2121 (49.59 %)Network Security
3115 (47.13 %)CheckPoint
495 (38.93 %)Cisco
573 (29.92 %)Cisco Certification
658 (23.77 %)VPN
756 (22.95 %)UNIX
853 (21.72 %)Juniper
948 (19.67 %)Cisco PIX
1046 (18.85 %)Windows
1145 (18.44 %)DNS
1145 (18.44 %)Blue Coat
1242 (17.21 %)CCSP
1340 (16.39 %)CCNP
1439 (15.98 %)TCP/IP
1535 (14.34 %)Internet
1535 (14.34 %)Cisco ASA
1634 (13.93 %)CCSE
1733 (13.52 %)SSL
1831 (12.70 %)Finance
1929 (11.89 %)CCSA
1929 (11.89 %)CISSP
2027 (11.07 %)Telecoms
2027 (11.07 %)Load Balancing
2126 (10.66 %)Active Directory
2225 (10.25 %)Nokia
2321 (8.607 %)Crossbeam
2420 (8.197 %)Security Cleared
2519 (7.787 %)SC Cleared
2519 (7.787 %)OSPF

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Security Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (2.049 %).NET
22 (0.820 %).NET Framework
31 (0.410 %)STL
31 (0.410 %)WebServices
31 (0.410 %)Middleware
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (2.459 %)MS Exchange
24 (1.639 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (1.230 %)SharePoint
33 (1.230 %)Office Communications Server
42 (0.820 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (0.820 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
42 (0.820 %)WebLogic
42 (0.820 %)IIS
51 (0.410 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (2.459 %)MS Excel
21 (0.410 %)Shockwave
21 (0.410 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1155 (63.52 %)Firewall
2121 (49.59 %)Network Security
358 (23.77 %)VPN
448 (19.67 %)Cisco PIX
545 (18.44 %)DNS
639 (15.98 %)TCP/IP
735 (14.34 %)Internet
735 (14.34 %)Cisco ASA
833 (13.52 %)SSL
919 (7.787 %)OSPF
1018 (7.377 %)FTP
1116 (6.557 %)Extranet
1116 (6.557 %)Intrusion Detection
1215 (6.148 %)BGP
1215 (6.148 %)WAN
1314 (5.738 %)Intranet
1413 (5.328 %)VoIP
1512 (4.918 %)LAN
1512 (4.918 %)NetScreen
168 (3.279 %)MPLS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (0.820 %)SQL Server
21 (0.410 %)DB2
21 (0.410 %)Informix
21 (0.410 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.410 %)Flash
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (12.70 %)Finance
227 (11.07 %)Telecoms
316 (6.557 %)Banking
410 (4.098 %)Investment Banking
59 (3.689 %)Government
68 (3.279 %)Financial Institution
74 (1.639 %)Health
83 (1.230 %)Publishing
83 (1.230 %)Auditing
92 (0.820 %)Online Games
92 (0.820 %)Games
92 (0.820 %)Education
101 (0.410 %)Electric
101 (0.410 %)Insurance
101 (0.410 %)Multimedia
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (6.148 %)Cryptography
24 (1.639 %)PKI
33 (1.230 %)Blackberry
33 (1.230 %)Management Information System
42 (0.820 %)NHS
42 (0.820 %)Biometrics
42 (0.820 %)e-Health
42 (0.820 %)SecurID
42 (0.820 %)CCTV
51 (0.410 %)Computer Science
51 (0.410 %)Data Integration
51 (0.410 %)PDA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
156 (22.95 %)UNIX
246 (18.85 %)Windows
313 (5.328 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (4.918 %)Solaris
412 (4.918 %)Linux
58 (3.279 %)Windows 2000
66 (2.459 %)Windows XP
73 (1.230 %)Windows Server 2008
73 (1.230 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (0.820 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.820 %)Windows NT
91 (0.410 %)NetWare
91 (0.410 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.410 %)Embedded Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (11.07 %)Load Balancing
220 (8.197 %)Security Cleared
319 (7.787 %)SC Cleared
416 (6.557 %)Project Management
511 (4.508 %)Data Security
511 (4.508 %)Information Security
511 (4.508 %)Penetration Testing
610 (4.098 %)Risk Assessment
78 (3.279 %)Investment Management
85 (2.049 %)Asset Management
85 (2.049 %)Validation
94 (1.639 %)ITIL
103 (1.230 %)Change Management
112 (0.820 %)Migration
112 (0.820 %)Content Management
121 (0.410 %)Computer Forensics
121 (0.410 %)Network Design
121 (0.410 %)Business Continuity
121 (0.410 %)Identity Management
121 (0.410 %)Service Delivery
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (2.049 %)Java
23 (1.230 %)C
23 (1.230 %)VB.NET
32 (0.820 %)SQL
41 (0.410 %)C#
41 (0.410 %)C++
41 (0.410 %)Embedded C
41 (0.410 %)Shell Script
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
173 (29.92 %)Cisco Certification
242 (17.21 %)CCSP
340 (16.39 %)CCNP
434 (13.93 %)CCSE
529 (11.89 %)CISSP
529 (11.89 %)CCSA
618 (7.377 %)CISM
717 (6.967 %)CISA
814 (5.738 %)CCNA
814 (5.738 %)Degree
910 (4.098 %)CCIE
109 (3.689 %)Microsoft Certification
109 (3.689 %)MCSE
115 (2.049 %)Check Point Certification
123 (1.230 %)HNC
132 (0.820 %)CEH
141 (0.410 %)MCSD
141 (0.410 %)MCDBA
141 (0.410 %)CCDA
141 (0.410 %)CCDP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.279 %)ISO27001
23 (1.230 %)ISO17799
23 (1.230 %)ISO9000
32 (0.820 %)ISO9001
32 (0.820 %)SLA
32 (0.820 %)BS7799
32 (0.820 %)JSP 440
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (10.66 %)Active Directory
24 (1.639 %)Snort
33 (1.230 %)ISA Server
41 (0.410 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.410 %)Novell eDirectory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (2.049 %)CiscoWorks
22 (0.820 %)Tivoli NetView
22 (0.820 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (0.820 %)MIMEsweeper
22 (0.820 %)WSUS
31 (0.410 %)Nessus
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1115 (47.13 %)CheckPoint
295 (38.93 %)Cisco
353 (21.72 %)Juniper
445 (18.44 %)Blue Coat
525 (10.25 %)Nokia
621 (8.607 %)Crossbeam
715 (6.148 %)Microsoft
88 (3.279 %)HP
94 (1.639 %)Novell
94 (1.639 %)FaceTime
103 (1.230 %)Sun
103 (1.230 %)Oracle
112 (0.820 %)Dell
112 (0.820 %)Red Hat
112 (0.820 %)Fortinet
112 (0.820 %)WatchGuard
112 (0.820 %)ProCurve
112 (0.820 %)Concord
112 (0.820 %)Sourcefire
112 (0.820 %)Symantec