The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Glasgow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 64 53 63
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +10
Contract jobs citing Information Security 12 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.286% 1.144% 0.144%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.890% 1.689% 0.211%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 1
Average daily rate £250 £136 £68
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+83.48% +101.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £380
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £26.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £47.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-62.71% +57.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
635 533 475
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 68.06% 67.73% 68.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 284 275
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £235 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 14
Average hourly rate £9.25 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Information Security
Scotland

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Information Security across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Information Security across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 8 (44.44%) Windows
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Windows XP
2 7 (38.89%) VBA
2 7 (38.89%) Data Analysis
3 6 (33.33%) CISM
4 5 (27.78%) MS Office
4 5 (27.78%) COBIT
4 5 (27.78%) CISA
4 5 (27.78%) QlikView
4 5 (27.78%) CRISC
5 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (16.67%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (16.67%) Basel II
5 3 (16.67%) Information Governance
6 2 (11.11%) Lumension
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.11%) CISSP
6 2 (11.11%) BC Cleared
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (11.11%) Banking
6 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.556%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.556%) XML
1 1 (5.556%) XML Schema
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) QlikView
General
1 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Migration Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Information Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Information Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (5.556%) IT Risk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Operational Risk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Security Officer
4 1 (5.556%) Security Risk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.556%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.556%) Cryptography
3 1 (5.556%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Windows XP
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Data Analysis
2 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
2 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 3 (16.67%) Migration
2 3 (16.67%) Information Governance
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (5.556%) Document Management
4 1 (5.556%) ERP
4 1 (5.556%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) VBA
2 1 (5.556%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.556%) C#
2 1 (5.556%) VBScript
2 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) CISM
2 5 (27.78%) CISA
2 5 (27.78%) CRISC
3 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) CISSP
4 2 (11.11%) BC Cleared
5 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.556%) ISEB
5 1 (5.556%) MCP
5 1 (5.556%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) COBIT
2 3 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (16.67%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Lumension
3 1 (5.556%) F5
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