The first table below looks at the demand for BS25999 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BS25999 over the 3 months to 22 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BS 25999
Rank 386 417 -
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -
Contract jobs citing BS25999 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.004% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.061% 0.047% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £190 £400
% change year-on-year
- -52.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1645 2135 2337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.479% 7.809% 7.627%
Number of daily rates quoted 1137 1328 1528
Average daily rate £450 £463 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £650 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 64 52
Average hourly rate £33.75 £17.87 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+88.91% -5.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £11.70 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.60 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
BS25999
England

BS25999
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BS25999 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

London BS25999 Jobs Demand Trend

BS25999
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BS25999 across the London region.

London BS25999 Daily Rate Trend

BS25999
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BS25999 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 BS25999.

1 7 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) BCP
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001

BS25999
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BS25999 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 BS25999. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Business Continuity Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Continuity Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) BCP
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001