The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 58 55 63
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +8
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.309% 1.563% 0.234%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.432% 2.358% 0.375%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £688 £438 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £380
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Average hourly rate - £49.00 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £43.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-59.52% +15.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
463 636 533
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.45% 66.25% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 293 226
Average daily rate £401 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.80% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 80
Average hourly rate £21.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.95 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Information Security
East of England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Information Security 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 Security.

1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) FMCG
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS