The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security 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 Knutsford 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
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 20 15 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 1.980% 2.740% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.500% 5.714% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £220 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £380
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £43.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-59.52% +15.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
80 35 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 79.21% 47.95% 69.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 22 93
Average daily rate £343 £325 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.38% +22.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £535 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Information Security
Cheshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) LDAP
3 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
3 1 (20.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Tandem
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Identity Manager

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Security Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Security Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (20.00%) Tandem
2 1 (20.00%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) GIAC
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle