The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Penetration Testing 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 Hampshire 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
Penetration Testing
Rank 94 88 102
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +14
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 11 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.704% 0.440% 0.219%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.041% 0.685% 0.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
Average daily rate £369 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.46% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £295 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £410 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £388
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -16.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1057 1022 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.67% 64.20% 64.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 483 533
Average daily rate £365 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £270 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 101 125
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.84 £14.78 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Penetration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Penetration Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Penetration Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Andover +6 4 - -
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing.

1 9 (75.00%) SQL
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (75.00%) IIS
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
1 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle 10g
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (75.00%) HP
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 9 (75.00%) VMware
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle 11g
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 9 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 8 (66.67%) Windows
3 7 (58.33%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (58.33%) ISEB
3 7 (58.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (58.33%) LoadRunner
3 7 (58.33%) Terminal Services
3 7 (58.33%) Test Management
3 7 (58.33%) Test Scripting
3 7 (58.33%) Oracle BI EE
3 7 (58.33%) ISEB Practitioner
3 7 (58.33%) Oracle OWB

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) COM
1 2 (16.67%) JSP
2 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) IIS
1 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (8.333%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle 10g
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle 11g
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle BI EE
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle OWB
3 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (58.33%) LoadRunner
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle APEX
General
1 3 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) DBA
2 3 (25.00%) Test Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Security Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Security Tester
3 2 (16.67%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Data Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) CESG
1 2 (16.67%) CESG CLAS
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (16.67%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
2 8 (66.67%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) UNIX
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (66.67%) Performance Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Test Management
3 7 (58.33%) Test Scripting
4 6 (50.00%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
5 2 (16.67%) Information Security
5 2 (16.67%) Security Management
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
2 1 (8.333%) Jython
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) ISEB
1 7 (58.33%) ISEB Practitioner
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) HP AIS
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) CISA
4 2 (16.67%) CISM
4 2 (16.67%) MBA
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) JSP 440
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
2 7 (58.33%) Terminal Services
3 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (8.333%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle
1 9 (75.00%) HP
1 9 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) IBM
Andover, South East
Non Functional Test AnalystAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months +Key Skills: NON FUNCTIONAL,TEST, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, WINDOWS, UNIX, VIRTUAL, VMWARE, SERVER, BUILD, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATAWARHOUSING, QTP, QUICK...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013