The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 445 366 498
Rank change year-on-year
-79 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 85 204 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.193% 0.391% 0.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.209% 0.423% 0.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 103 49
Average daily rate £375 £375 £334
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £250 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £319 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.23% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 11
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +183.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.58 £15.79 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £160.50 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £14.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+175.86% -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40666 48260 52962
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.45% 92.52% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 24069 27435 29642
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £243 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1999 2368 2784
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.36 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Security Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Security Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below 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 20 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 -51 28 £425 +6.25% 11
South East -28 27 £315 +17.75% 13
North West +13 10 £420 +17.75% 2
Yorkshire +10 7 £400 -5.88% 1
South West +19 5 £425 +13.33%
East of England +19 3 £325 - 4
East Midlands -9 1 - - 1
West Midlands - - - -
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 82 (54.30%) Firewall
2 75 (49.67%) Cisco
3 68 (45.03%) CheckPoint
4 52 (34.44%) Network Security
5 45 (29.80%) Windows
6 44 (29.14%) F5
7 42 (27.81%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (27.15%) Cisco ASA
9 33 (21.85%) Juniper
10 32 (21.19%) CCNP
11 30 (19.87%) Microsoft
12 28 (18.54%) Security Cleared
13 27 (17.88%) TCP/IP
14 26 (17.22%) VPN
15 25 (16.56%) BIG-IP
16 24 (15.89%) SC Cleared
16 24 (15.89%) Windows XP
17 22 (14.57%) Blue Coat
18 20 (13.25%) BGP
19 19 (12.58%) Linux
20 18 (11.92%) ITIL
20 18 (11.92%) Cisco PIX
20 18 (11.92%) Windows 7
21 16 (10.60%) Android
21 16 (10.60%) Telecoms
21 16 (10.60%) CCSA
21 16 (10.60%) UNIX
22 15 (9.934%) CCSE
22 15 (9.934%) FWSM
23 14 (9.272%) Security Architecture

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 10 (6.623%) WebSphere
1 10 (6.623%) Java EE
1 10 (6.623%) .NET
1 10 (6.623%) COM+
1 10 (6.623%) SOAP
1 10 (6.623%) Web Services
1 10 (6.623%) XML
1 10 (6.623%) XSLT
2 2 (1.325%) HTML
2 2 (1.325%) J2EE
3 1 (0.662%) XMPP
3 1 (0.662%) ISPF
3 1 (0.662%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (6.623%) Apache
1 10 (6.623%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (6.623%) IIS
2 1 (0.662%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.662%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.662%) SAS
2 1 (0.662%) CICS
Applications
1 11 (7.285%) MS Office
2 10 (6.623%) Acrobat
3 5 (3.311%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.662%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.662%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.662%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (54.30%) Firewall
2 52 (34.44%) Network Security
3 41 (27.15%) Cisco ASA
4 27 (17.88%) TCP/IP
5 26 (17.22%) VPN
6 25 (16.56%) BIG-IP
7 20 (13.25%) BGP
8 18 (11.92%) Cisco PIX
9 15 (9.934%) FWSM
10 14 (9.272%) OSPF
11 12 (7.947%) DNS
11 12 (7.947%) SSL
12 11 (7.285%) LDAP
12 11 (7.285%) Internet
13 10 (6.623%) NetScaler
14 9 (5.960%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (5.960%) LAN
14 9 (5.960%) EIGRP
14 9 (5.960%) Intrusion Detection
15 8 (5.298%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.662%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.662%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (0.662%) NUnit
1 1 (0.662%) ChangeMan
1 1 (0.662%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.662%) MSI
1 1 (0.662%) GoogleTest
1 1 (0.662%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (10.60%) Telecoms
2 9 (5.960%) Finance
3 5 (3.311%) Back Office
4 4 (2.649%) Banking
5 3 (1.987%) Retail
6 1 (0.662%) International Banking
6 1 (0.662%) Billing
6 1 (0.662%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.285%) PKI
2 10 (6.623%) Smartcard
3 8 (5.298%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.987%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.325%) EMV
5 2 (1.325%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.325%) Cryptography
6 1 (0.662%) CCTV
6 1 (0.662%) Derivative
6 1 (0.662%) Statistics
6 1 (0.662%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.662%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.662%) iPhone
6 1 (0.662%) CESG
6 1 (0.662%) Clustering
6 1 (0.662%) Handset
6 1 (0.662%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.662%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.662%) EFT
6 1 (0.662%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 45 (29.80%) Windows
2 24 (15.89%) Windows XP
3 19 (12.58%) Linux
4 18 (11.92%) Windows 7
5 16 (10.60%) Android
5 16 (10.60%) UNIX
6 11 (7.285%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (6.623%) Apple iOS
8 6 (3.974%) Windows 8
9 3 (1.987%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.987%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.662%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.662%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.662%) zOS
10 1 (0.662%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.662%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.662%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (11.92%) ITIL
2 14 (9.272%) Security Architecture
2 14 (9.272%) Load Balancing
3 11 (7.285%) Information Security
4 10 (6.623%) E-Commerce
4 10 (6.623%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (5.298%) Migration
6 7 (4.636%) Change Management
6 7 (4.636%) Network Design
7 6 (3.974%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (2.649%) Capacity Management
8 4 (2.649%) Incident Management
9 3 (1.987%) Network Security Management
9 3 (1.987%) Security Management
9 3 (1.987%) Project Management
9 3 (1.987%) SIEM
10 2 (1.325%) Change Control
10 2 (1.325%) OO
10 2 (1.325%) PRINCE2
10 2 (1.325%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.947%) Java
1 12 (7.947%) VB
2 11 (7.285%) Perl
3 10 (6.623%) VB6
3 10 (6.623%) VB.NET
3 10 (6.623%) C#
4 9 (5.960%) C++
5 8 (5.298%) C
6 2 (1.325%) Lisp
6 2 (1.325%) SQL
6 2 (1.325%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.662%) VBScript
7 1 (0.662%) Ada
7 1 (0.662%) Assembly Language
7 1 (0.662%) REXX
Qualifications
1 42 (27.81%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (21.19%) CCNP
3 28 (18.54%) Security Cleared
4 24 (15.89%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.60%) CCSA
6 15 (9.934%) CCSE
7 11 (7.285%) CCSP
7 11 (7.285%) CCNA
8 10 (6.623%) GIAC
8 10 (6.623%) GWAPT
8 10 (6.623%) GPEN
9 9 (5.960%) CISSP
10 8 (5.298%) CCIE
11 5 (3.311%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.987%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.325%) CCDA
13 2 (1.325%) CCDP
13 2 (1.325%) Degree
14 1 (0.662%) SCJA
14 1 (0.662%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.311%) SLA
2 2 (1.325%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.662%) QA
3 1 (0.662%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (7.947%) ProxySG
2 7 (4.636%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.662%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.662%) Snort
3 1 (0.662%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (0.662%) RACF
3 1 (0.662%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.311%) SCCM
2 2 (1.325%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.662%) Nessus
3 1 (0.662%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 75 (49.67%) Cisco
2 68 (45.03%) CheckPoint
3 44 (29.14%) F5
4 33 (21.85%) Juniper
5 30 (19.87%) Microsoft
6 22 (14.57%) Blue Coat
7 12 (7.947%) McAfee
7 12 (7.947%) Red Hat
8 10 (6.623%) Imperva
8 10 (6.623%) Citrix
8 10 (6.623%) JBoss
9 8 (5.298%) Fortinet
10 7 (4.636%) SolarWinds
11 5 (3.311%) Sourcefire
11 5 (3.311%) HP
12 4 (2.649%) Clearswift
13 3 (1.987%) TippingPoint
13 3 (1.987%) Nortel
14 2 (1.325%) ArcSight
14 2 (1.325%) Motorola
West London
Network & Security Engineer Required! Network Engineer / Security Engineer / IT Support / Cisco / Nortel / Switches / Routers / Firewalls / Checkpoint / Troubleshooting / ITIL / 2-3 Month Contract / West London / SC Cleared and Disclosure...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
West London
Network & Security Engineer Required! Network Engineer / Security Engineer / IT Support / Cisco / Nortel / Switches / Routers / Firewalls / Checkpoint / Troubleshooting / ITIL / 2-3 Month Contract / West London / SC Cleared and Disclosure...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Exposure to PCI DSS adherence processes *Citrix XenApp 5... *Network Security using Cisco ASA edge security appliances... *Knowledge of the following applications desirable but not essential - SAS Analytics,...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
IT Security BAU Engineer, Bluecoat Proxy specialism 3 month Contact based in Basingstoke for Engineer or BAU Analyst with direct technical experience of BlueCoat Proxy Server. This project...
Fenwick Ryan Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
3 month Contact based in Basingstoke for Engineer or BAU Analyst with direct technical experience of BlueCoat Proxy Server... Interested applicants MUST have direct exposure to BlueCoat Proxy...
Fenwick Ryan
Rate: £200 - £250 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
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Apollo Solutions
Rate: £30 - £45 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Fenwick Ryan Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Fenwick Ryan
Rate: £200 - £250 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
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