The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Assessment skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Vulnerability Assessment
Rank 499 517 547
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +30
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 36 32 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.082% 0.060% 0.056%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.115% 0.088% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 22
Average daily rate £500 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £300 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £401 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £325 £251
% change year-on-year
-4.61% +29.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £60.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
31333 36462 38743
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.57% 68.77% 67.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 19221 21322 22496
Average daily rate £420 £405 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 1194 1381
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.13 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.42 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Vulnerability Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Vulnerability Assessment Daily Rate Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Vulnerability Assessment Daily Rate Histogram

Vulnerability Assessment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Vulnerability Assessment Hourly Rate Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the England region over the 3 months to 18 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 +28 15 £550 +21.21% 3
North West +18 8 £500 +65.28% 3
South East +16 7 £310 -0.80% 3
South West +29 3 £490 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £210 - 6
East Midlands - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment.

1 38 (51.35%) CISSP
2 37 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 36 (48.65%) Information Security
4 21 (28.38%) Legal
5 20 (27.03%) CEH
6 17 (22.97%) Firewall
7 15 (20.27%) Intrusion Detection
8 14 (18.92%) Reverse Engineering
8 14 (18.92%) Java
9 13 (17.57%) Windows
10 12 (16.22%) ITIL
10 12 (16.22%) Finance
10 12 (16.22%) Degree
11 11 (14.86%) Risk Assessment
12 10 (13.51%) Security Management
12 10 (13.51%) SQL
12 10 (13.51%) .NET
12 10 (13.51%) Linux
12 10 (13.51%) Risk Analysis
12 10 (13.51%) Security Architecture
13 9 (12.16%) Service Management
14 8 (10.81%) Cisco
14 8 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 7 (9.459%) Data Protection
15 7 (9.459%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (9.459%) Microsoft
15 7 (9.459%) HP
15 7 (9.459%) UNIX
15 7 (9.459%) CISM
15 7 (9.459%) GAP Analysis

Vulnerability Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (13.51%) .NET
2 6 (8.108%) Spring
3 5 (6.757%) J2EE
4 3 (4.054%) JSP
5 1 (1.351%) Servlets
5 1 (1.351%) COM
5 1 (1.351%) JDBC
5 1 (1.351%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.351%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.351%) Spring Security
5 1 (1.351%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.351%) WebLogic
1 1 (1.351%) IBM Notes
1 1 (1.351%) Apache
1 1 (1.351%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (5.405%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (4.054%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.351%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.97%) Firewall
2 15 (20.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (8.108%) Internet
3 6 (8.108%) LAN
3 6 (8.108%) WAN
4 5 (6.757%) VoIP
4 5 (6.757%) VPN
4 5 (6.757%) Network Security
5 4 (5.405%) SSL
6 3 (4.054%) MPLS
6 3 (4.054%) DNS
6 3 (4.054%) DHCP
6 3 (4.054%) VLAN
7 2 (2.703%) HTTP
7 2 (2.703%) BIG-IP
7 2 (2.703%) Wireless
8 1 (1.351%) DMZ
8 1 (1.351%) Intranet
8 1 (1.351%) LDAP
8 1 (1.351%) FTP
Development Applications
1 3 (4.054%) AppScan
2 1 (1.351%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.351%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.351%) IntelliJ
2 1 (1.351%) LoadRunner
General
1 21 (28.38%) Legal
2 12 (16.22%) Finance
3 6 (8.108%) Banking
4 4 (5.405%) Financial Institution
4 4 (5.405%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.054%) Retail
5 3 (4.054%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.054%) Military
6 2 (2.703%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.703%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (28.38%) Consultant
2 19 (25.68%) Security Consultant
2 19 (25.68%) Tester
2 19 (25.68%) Penetration Tester
3 17 (22.97%) Analyst
4 7 (9.459%) Security Analyst
4 7 (9.459%) Security Specialist
5 5 (6.757%) Applications Tester
6 4 (5.405%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (5.405%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.405%) Architect
6 4 (5.405%) Business Analyst
6 4 (5.405%) Information Analyst
7 3 (4.054%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (4.054%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (4.054%) Applications Specialist
7 3 (4.054%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (2.703%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.703%) Developer
8 2 (2.703%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.108%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.757%) PKI
2 5 (6.757%) Computer Science
2 5 (6.757%) Open Source
2 5 (6.757%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.054%) Visualisation
3 3 (4.054%) Derivative
3 3 (4.054%) Mathematics
3 3 (4.054%) CESG
3 3 (4.054%) CESG CLAS
4 2 (2.703%) Web 2.0
4 2 (2.703%) SaaS
4 2 (2.703%) RMADS
5 1 (1.351%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.351%) CMDB
5 1 (1.351%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.57%) Windows
2 10 (13.51%) Linux
3 7 (9.459%) UNIX
4 3 (4.054%) AIX
5 2 (2.703%) Solaris
6 1 (1.351%) Android
6 1 (1.351%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.351%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.351%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.351%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 36 (48.65%) Information Security
3 14 (18.92%) Reverse Engineering
4 12 (16.22%) ITIL
5 11 (14.86%) Risk Assessment
6 10 (13.51%) Security Management
6 10 (13.51%) Security Architecture
6 10 (13.51%) Risk Analysis
7 9 (12.16%) Service Management
8 7 (9.459%) GAP Analysis
8 7 (9.459%) Asset Management
8 7 (9.459%) Data Protection
9 6 (8.108%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (8.108%) Business Continuity
9 6 (8.108%) Load Balancing
9 6 (8.108%) Validation
10 5 (6.757%) Information Security Management
11 4 (5.405%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (5.405%) Software Engineering
11 4 (5.405%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.92%) Java
2 10 (13.51%) SQL
3 3 (4.054%) PHP
4 2 (2.703%) C
5 1 (1.351%) C#
5 1 (1.351%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.351%) Perl
5 1 (1.351%) VB
5 1 (1.351%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (51.35%) CISSP
2 20 (27.03%) CEH
3 12 (16.22%) Degree
4 7 (9.459%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (9.459%) CISM
5 6 (8.108%) CISA
5 6 (8.108%) GIAC
5 6 (8.108%) Security Cleared
6 4 (5.405%) GPEN
6 4 (5.405%) CCNA
7 3 (4.054%) CCIE
7 3 (4.054%) JNCIE
7 3 (4.054%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.703%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.703%) MBA
8 2 (2.703%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.351%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.351%) PMP
9 1 (1.351%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.351%) SCJA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.054%) FATCA
3 2 (2.703%) COBIT
3 2 (2.703%) JSP 440
3 2 (2.703%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.703%) COSO
4 1 (1.351%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.757%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.054%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (4.054%) UAG
3 1 (1.351%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.351%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.351%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 2 (2.703%) WebInspect
2 1 (1.351%) WSUS
2 1 (1.351%) SCCM
2 1 (1.351%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
2 1 (1.351%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.351%) Nessus
Vendors
1 8 (10.81%) Cisco
2 7 (9.459%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.459%) HP
3 6 (8.108%) Oracle
4 4 (5.405%) SAP
5 3 (4.054%) Citrix
5 3 (4.054%) Juniper
5 3 (4.054%) Riverbed
5 3 (4.054%) F5
5 3 (4.054%) Progress
6 2 (2.703%) MobileIron
6 2 (2.703%) IBM
6 2 (2.703%) VMware
7 1 (1.351%) Altiris
7 1 (1.351%) Tripwire
7 1 (1.351%) LANDesk
7 1 (1.351%) JBoss
7 1 (1.351%) NetApp
7 1 (1.351%) Lotus
7 1 (1.351%) Red Hat
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