The first table below looks at the demand for Security 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 Security Testing 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 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 Testing
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.393% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.581% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +64.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1032 1014 1189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.63% 63.73% 64.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 476 533
Average daily rate £370 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 99 130
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 £12.20 £14.43 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Security Testing
South East

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Security Testing Daily Rate Trend

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Azure
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Web Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Linux
4 3 (37.50%) JSP
5 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (25.00%) Nmap
5 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (25.00%) HTML
5 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Windows 2000
5 2 (25.00%) UNIX
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (25.00%) HP
5 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) JSP
3 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) HTML5
4 1 (12.50%) soapUI
4 1 (12.50%) Web Services
4 1 (12.50%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Azure
2 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (12.50%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (25.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (25.00%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (12.50%) SpecFlow
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) Git (software)
2 1 (12.50%) WebDriver
2 1 (12.50%) WATIR
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) FitNesse
2 1 (12.50%) Firebug
2 1 (12.50%) Fiddler
2 1 (12.50%) JMeter
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Test Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
3 1 (12.50%) CESG
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 2000
2 2 (25.00%) UNIX
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Web Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) SIEM
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
4 1 (12.50%) Test Management
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) GIAC
2 1 (12.50%) GCIA
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) JSP 440
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) HP