The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Assurance over the 3 months to 23 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 Gloucestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 31 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 6 16 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.206% 2.435% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.390% 3.252% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £475 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £575 £463
% change year-on-year
-26.08% +24.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
177 492 277
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 65.07% 74.89% 62.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 299 111
Average daily rate £380 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £520 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 37
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.90 £25.00 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Information Assurance
South West

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Information Assurance Daily Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Information Assurance Hourly Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Cheltenham +22 3 - -
Gloucester +20 2 £475 -17.39%
Information Assurance
South West

Information Assurance
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance.

1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (88.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (88.24%) Change Control
2 15 (88.24%) Requirements Management
2 15 (88.24%) DV Cleared
2 15 (88.24%) PRINCE2
2 15 (88.24%) Risk Management
2 15 (88.24%) Finance
2 15 (88.24%) Document Management
3 12 (70.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (70.59%) C
4 11 (64.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (17.65%) Primavera
6 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.882%) VB
7 1 (5.882%) Risk Assessment

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 15 (88.24%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Project Officer
1 8 (47.06%) Project Support Officer
2 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 6 (35.29%) Junior
2 6 (35.29%) Junior Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) CLAS Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Continuous Improvement
1 15 (88.24%) Change Control
1 15 (88.24%) Requirements Management
1 15 (88.24%) PRINCE2
1 15 (88.24%) Risk Management
1 15 (88.24%) Document Management
2 12 (70.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.882%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) C
2 1 (5.882%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (88.24%) DV Cleared
3 11 (64.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Primavera