The first table below looks at the demand for Communications Security 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 Communications 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Rank 385 402 427
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +25
Contract jobs citing Communications Security 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.011% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.015% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £330 £643 £465
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.63% +38.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £500 £490
% change year-on-year
- +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16430 19385 21875
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.58% 71.84% 71.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11280 12741 14396
Average daily rate £450 £450 £483
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 335 346
Average hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -1.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Communications Security Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Communications Security Daily Rate Trend

Communications Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London - 1 - -
Communications Security
England

Communications Security
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Communications 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 Communications Security.

1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (60.00%) CESG
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Security
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) CCTV
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus

Communications Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Communications 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 Communications Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Auditor
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cisco Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CESG
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Security
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (20.00%) F5