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The table below looks at the demand for Security Management skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Management over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Management
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank407561
Rank change on same period last yearUp+154
Matching contract IT job ads15484
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.217 %0.085 %
As % of the category below0.428 %0.180 %
Daily rates quoted3934
Average minimum daily rate£382£359
Average daily rate£418£379
% change on same period last year+10.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£455£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£446£369
% change on same period last year+21.06 %
Hourly rates quoted159
Average minimum hourly rate£19.41£26.43
Average hourly rate£21.18£27.19
% change on same period last year-22.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.95£27.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.28£26.99
% change on same period last year-17.42 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3597646789
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.65 %47.28 %
Daily rates quoted1302015716
Average minimum daily rate£385£386
Average daily rate£413£410
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted24253131
Average minimum hourly rate£27.28£28.25
Average hourly rate£29.08£30.08
% change on same period last year-3.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.89£31.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Security Management UKSecurity Management
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 Management
Demand Trend

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

England Security Management Demand Trend

Security Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Security Management Daily Rate Trend

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Management across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Security Management Daily Rate Histogram

Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Security Management Hourly Rate Trend

Security Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Management across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Security Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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+10973£366-6.48 %
North WestUp+4427£494+41.07 %
South EastUp+5518£402-7.30 %
West MidlandsUp+2816£483-
YorkshireUp+137£450+65.64 %
East MidlandsUp+44£400-
South WestUp+264£240-26.99 %
East of EnglandUp+73--
Security Management UKSecurity Management
UK

Security Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Security Management 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 Security Management.

180 (29.52 %)Information Security
262 (22.88 %)Finance
358 (21.40 %)Firewall
454 (19.93 %)Information Security Management
549 (18.08 %)ISO27001
644 (16.24 %)UNIX
743 (15.87 %)Windows
840 (14.76 %)Government
938 (14.02 %)CISSP
1031 (11.44 %)Oracle
1130 (11.07 %)TCP/IP
1229 (10.70 %)LAN
1229 (10.70 %)WAN
1328 (10.33 %)Cisco
1328 (10.33 %)SAN
1328 (10.33 %)BS7799
1427 (9.963 %)Shell Script
1526 (9.594 %)OpenView
1526 (9.594 %)HPUX
1625 (9.225 %)ITIL
1625 (9.225 %)SQL
1625 (9.225 %)HP
1625 (9.225 %)Active Directory
1625 (9.225 %)Performance Management
1724 (8.856 %)HP Data Protector
1724 (8.856 %)AIX
1724 (8.856 %)ISO17799
1724 (8.856 %)Risk Management
1823 (8.487 %)Microsoft
1922 (8.118 %)Management Information System

Security Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Security Management 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 Security Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (4.428 %)Middleware
112 (4.428 %)WebSphere
28 (2.952 %)XML
33 (1.107 %)ODBC
42 (0.738 %)XHTML
42 (0.738 %)UDDI
42 (0.738 %)WebServices
42 (0.738 %)Dojo
42 (0.738 %)AJAX
51 (0.369 %)J2EE
51 (0.369 %)OLE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (4.059 %)WebSphere Application Server
29 (3.321 %)MS Exchange
34 (1.476 %)MQSeries
43 (1.107 %)IIS
43 (1.107 %)WebSphere MQ
52 (0.738 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.369 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.369 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.369 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.369 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.369 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (3.321 %)MS Office
26 (2.214 %)MS Excel
33 (1.107 %)MS Project
33 (1.107 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.369 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.738 %)Oracle Financials
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
158 (21.40 %)Firewall
230 (11.07 %)TCP/IP
329 (10.70 %)LAN
329 (10.70 %)WAN
428 (10.33 %)SAN
521 (7.749 %)Internet
616 (5.904 %)Network Security
712 (4.428 %)Cisco PIX
89 (3.321 %)VPN
97 (2.583 %)HTTP
106 (2.214 %)HTTPS
115 (1.845 %)Intrusion Detection
124 (1.476 %)LDAP
133 (1.107 %)VoIP
133 (1.107 %)VLAN
133 (1.107 %)MPLS
142 (0.738 %)X.500
142 (0.738 %)DNS
151 (0.369 %)3G
151 (0.369 %)Intranet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (3.690 %)SQL Server
27 (2.583 %)Oracle 9i
36 (2.214 %)DTS
36 (2.214 %)SQL Server Integration Services
43 (1.107 %)ETL
43 (1.107 %)Oracle 10g
52 (0.738 %)GIS
61 (0.369 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.369 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.369 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.369 %)Oracle 8/8i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.738 %)JDeveloper
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
162 (22.88 %)Finance
240 (14.76 %)Government
316 (5.904 %)Banking
411 (4.059 %)Legal
58 (2.952 %)Insurance
67 (2.583 %)Publishing
74 (1.476 %)Telecoms
83 (1.107 %)Military
83 (1.107 %)Local Government
83 (1.107 %)Retail
83 (1.107 %)Marketing
92 (0.738 %)Health
101 (0.369 %)Law
101 (0.369 %)Games
101 (0.369 %)Education
101 (0.369 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.369 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.369 %)Multimedia
101 (0.369 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.369 %)Pensions
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
157 (21.03 %)Analyst
244 (16.24 %)Consultant
244 (16.24 %)Administrator
340 (14.76 %)Security Analyst
431 (11.44 %)Systems Administrator
528 (10.33 %)Security Consultant
627 (9.963 %)UNIX Administrator
726 (9.594 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
824 (8.856 %)Architect
922 (8.118 %)Security Manager
1015 (5.535 %)Security Architect
1114 (5.166 %)DBA
1211 (4.059 %)Operations Analyst
1310 (3.690 %)Information Analyst
1310 (3.690 %)Information Security Consultant
1310 (3.690 %)Information Security Analyst
149 (3.321 %)Information Security Manager
149 (3.321 %)Information Manager
158 (2.952 %)Security Specialist
158 (2.952 %)Project Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (8.118 %)Management Information System
215 (5.535 %)PKI
312 (4.428 %)Cryptography
44 (1.476 %)Freedom of Information
44 (1.476 %)NHS
44 (1.476 %)Smartcard
44 (1.476 %)Mainframe
44 (1.476 %)Tandem
53 (1.107 %)Fat Client
53 (1.107 %)Thin Client
62 (0.738 %)NPfIT
62 (0.738 %)Data Protection Act
62 (0.738 %)AS400
62 (0.738 %)IBM Mainframe
62 (0.738 %)RMADS
71 (0.369 %)Replication
71 (0.369 %)Clustering
71 (0.369 %)CMDB
71 (0.369 %)Blackberry
71 (0.369 %)Client/Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (16.24 %)UNIX
243 (15.87 %)Windows
326 (9.594 %)HPUX
424 (8.856 %)AIX
517 (6.273 %)Solaris
614 (5.166 %)Windows Server 2003
79 (3.321 %)Linux
87 (2.583 %)Windows XP
92 (0.738 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.738 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.738 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.369 %)Tru64
101 (0.369 %)SUSE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
180 (29.52 %)Information Security
254 (19.93 %)Information Security Management
325 (9.225 %)ITIL
325 (9.225 %)Performance Management
424 (8.856 %)Risk Management
522 (8.118 %)Risk Assessment
620 (7.380 %)Project Management
719 (7.011 %)Security Cleared
818 (6.642 %)Incident Management
818 (6.642 %)Change Management
915 (5.535 %)Disaster Recovery
915 (5.535 %)PRINCE2
915 (5.535 %)SC Cleared
1014 (5.166 %)Configuration Management
1111 (4.059 %)Service Delivery
1111 (4.059 %)ISMS
128 (2.952 %)Release Management
128 (2.952 %)GAP Analysis
128 (2.952 %)Network Security Management
137 (2.583 %)Asset Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (9.963 %)Shell Script
225 (9.225 %)SQL
39 (3.321 %)VB
39 (3.321 %)REXX
39 (3.321 %)Tcl
48 (2.952 %)Transact-SQL
57 (2.583 %)PL/SQL
66 (2.214 %)Java
71 (0.369 %)JavaScript
71 (0.369 %)Perl
71 (0.369 %)PHP
71 (0.369 %)C
71 (0.369 %)AWK
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
138 (14.02 %)CISSP
214 (5.166 %)CISA
214 (5.166 %)CISM
312 (4.428 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (4.428 %)MCSE
45 (1.845 %)ISEB
54 (1.476 %)Cisco Certification
54 (1.476 %)ITIL Certification
54 (1.476 %)SSCP
54 (1.476 %)Degree
62 (0.738 %)CCIE
62 (0.738 %)CCNA
62 (0.738 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (0.738 %)GIAC
71 (0.369 %)CCSA
71 (0.369 %)CCSE
71 (0.369 %)CISMP
71 (0.369 %)Check Point Certification
71 (0.369 %)Oracle Certification
71 (0.369 %)CCDA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
149 (18.08 %)ISO27001
228 (10.33 %)BS7799
324 (8.856 %)ISO17799
416 (5.904 %)PCI DSS
512 (4.428 %)SLA
610 (3.690 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
610 (3.690 %)COBIT
71 (0.369 %)QA
71 (0.369 %)BS25999
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (9.225 %)Active Directory
211 (4.059 %)ISA Server
31 (0.369 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (0.369 %)ProxySG
31 (0.369 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (9.594 %)OpenView
224 (8.856 %)HP Data Protector
311 (4.059 %)WSUS
311 (4.059 %)MAILsweeper
410 (3.690 %)OpenView Configuration Management
55 (1.845 %)Netcool
62 (0.738 %)CiscoWorks
62 (0.738 %)Unicenter
62 (0.738 %)NNM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (11.44 %)Oracle
228 (10.33 %)Cisco
325 (9.225 %)HP
423 (8.487 %)Microsoft
513 (4.797 %)IBM
513 (4.797 %)Sophos
612 (4.428 %)Blue Coat
612 (4.428 %)SAP
711 (4.059 %)IronPort
711 (4.059 %)Websense
87 (2.583 %)Citrix
95 (1.845 %)Juniper
95 (1.845 %)CheckPoint
104 (1.476 %)Novell
113 (1.107 %)Nokia
113 (1.107 %)Red Hat
113 (1.107 %)VMware
122 (0.738 %)Intel
122 (0.738 %)CA
122 (0.738 %)Sun