Lancashire Security Specialist Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT contracts within the Lancashire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Security Specialist
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Dorset East Midlands England Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North West Portsmouth Preston Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.278 %	0.000 %
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	£448	£429
% change on same period last year	+4.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	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	£36.06	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads	313	506
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.417 %	0.512 %
Daily rates quoted	63	119
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£327
Average daily rate	£326	£337
% change on same period last year	-3.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	80
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.11	£24.44
Average hourly rate	£24.19	£26.33
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.27	£28.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Security Specialist 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Specialist across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Specialist across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 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	-	4	-	-

Security Specialist North West

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 12 (100.00 %) ISO27001 2 11 (91.67 %) BS7799 2 11 (91.67 %) Management Information System 2 11 (91.67 %) Risk Management 2 11 (91.67 %) Risk Assessment 2 11 (91.67 %) Information Security 3 10 (83.33 %) ISO17799 4 8 (66.67 %) CISSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Miscellaneous 1 11 (91.67 %) Management Information System	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (91.67 %) Risk Management 1 11 (91.67 %) Risk Assessment 1 11 (91.67 %) Information Security
Qualifications 1 8 (66.67 %) CISSP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (100.00 %) ISO27001 2 11 (91.67 %) BS7799 3 10 (83.33 %) ISO17799