Lancashire BS7799 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for BS 7799 skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited BS7799 over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

BS 7799
Location Basingstoke Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hampshire Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North West Norwich Portsmouth Preston Scotland Shropshire South Coast South East South West UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	40	45
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	1	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	7.692 %	6.667 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£461	£355
% change on same period last year	+29.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	-
Average hourly rate	£27.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.75	£26.25
% change on same period last year	-32.38 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads	13	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.032 %
Daily rates quoted	4	7
Average minimum daily rate	£251	£367
Average daily rate	£261	£383
% change on same period last year	-31.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£270	£399
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£376
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.39	£14.50
Average hourly rate	£23.19	£15.75
% change on same period last year	+47.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.99	£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.52	£24.90
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %
BS7799 North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BS7799
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BS7799 across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

BS7799
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BS7799 across the Lancashire region.

BS7799
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BS7799 across the Lancashire region.

BS7799
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing BS7799 within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Preston	-	1	-	-

BS7799 North West

BS7799
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing BS7799 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 BS7799.

1 9 (100.00 %) Management Information System 1 9 (100.00 %) Risk Management 1 9 (100.00 %) Risk Assessment 1 9 (100.00 %) Information Security 1 9 (100.00 %) ISO27001 2 8 (88.89 %) ISO17799 2 8 (88.89 %) CISSP

BS7799
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing BS7799 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 BS7799. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 9 (100.00 %) Security Specialist 1 9 (100.00 %) IT Security Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 9 (100.00 %) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (100.00 %) Risk Management 1 9 (100.00 %) Risk Assessment 1 9 (100.00 %) Information Security	Qualifications 1 8 (88.89 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (100.00 %) ISO27001 2 8 (88.89 %) ISO17799