The first table below looks at the demand for Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architecture
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.836% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.233% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Average daily rate £360 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £525 £425
% change year-on-year
-19.52% +23.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
649 520 467
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 67.82% 67.27% 68.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 282 277
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £235 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 13
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 £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Security Architecture
Scotland

Security Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Security Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Security Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Security Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Security Architecture 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 Architecture.

1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
5 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
6 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (50.00%) VBScript
6 5 (50.00%) .NET
6 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (50.00%) .NET Framework
7 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
7 4 (40.00%) MS Office
7 4 (40.00%) XML
8 3 (30.00%) C#
8 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
8 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
8 3 (30.00%) Solaris
8 3 (30.00%) XML Schema
8 3 (30.00%) Lumension
8 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
8 3 (30.00%) Release Management
8 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (30.00%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (30.00%) Migration
8 3 (30.00%) Information Security
8 3 (30.00%) Cryptography
8 3 (30.00%) Document Management
9 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (20.00%) Taxonomies

Security Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Security Architecture 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 Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
1 5 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (40.00%) XML
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (30.00%) XML Schema
4 1 (10.00%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) SNMP
1 2 (20.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Designer
1 2 (20.00%) Build Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Information Security Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Build Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
2 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (20.00%) Taxonomies
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) Solaris
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (20.00%) AIX
6 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Release Management
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Information Security
1 3 (30.00%) Document Management
2 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) VBScript
2 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (30.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) Perl
5 1 (10.00%) Bourne shell
5 1 (10.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) BC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (20.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) MCP
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (20.00%) Netcool
1 2 (20.00%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Lumension
3 2 (20.00%) IBM