The first table below looks at the demand for BS7799 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 BS7799 over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BS 7799
Rank 376 396 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing BS7799 1 19 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.071% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.062% 0.904% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Average daily rate - £468 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £423 £632
% change year-on-year
-12.42% -33.20%
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
1623 2102 2350
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.494% 7.803% 7.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 1115 1297 1543
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 31 65 52
Average hourly rate £32.00 £17.93 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.44% -0.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £11.75 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
BS7799
England

BS7799
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BS7799 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

London BS7799 Jobs Demand Trend

BS7799
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BS7799 Daily Rate Trend

BS7799
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London BS7799 Hourly Rate Trend

BS7799
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) DMZ
2 2 (50.00%) McAfee
2 2 (50.00%) MIMEsweeper
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Intranet
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security

BS7799
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) DMZ
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) Intranet
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Security Officer
1 2 (50.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
1 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (50.00%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) McAfee