The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Tester
Rank 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Security Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.131% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.141% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1420 1487 1730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.05% 93.46% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 689 718
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.92% +0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 247
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -19.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Tester
South East

Security Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Tester across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire Security Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Security Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Security Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Security Tester
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Security Tester in their job title 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 with Security Tester in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) HP AIS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012

Security Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Security Tester in their job title 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 with Security Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) HP AIS
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware