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The table below looks at the demand for Information Security (INFOSEC) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Security (INFOSEC)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank196335
Rank change on same period last yearUp+139
Matching contract IT job ads189120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.131 %
As % of the category below1.301 %0.554 %
Daily rates quoted7957
Average minimum daily rate£372£421
Average daily rate£400£452
% change on same period last year-11.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£484
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£439
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted93
Average minimum hourly rate£24.39£21.67
Average hourly rate£26.25£21.67
% change on same period last year+21.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.11£21.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.89£29.00
% change on same period last year+9.96 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1452621649
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.57 %23.63 %
Daily rates quoted62428409
Average minimum daily rate£398£415
Average daily rate£429£442
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£460£468
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted594810
Average minimum hourly rate£26.86£30.37
Average hourly rate£28.31£32.25
% change on same period last year-12.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.76£34.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
Information Security EnglandInformation Security
England

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.

Information Security
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Information Security Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the London region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

London Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the London region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

London Information Security Hourly Rate Histogram

Information Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the London region over the 3 months to 4 December 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonUp+3752£378-13.85 %
Docklands, LondonUp+383£235-44.70 %
Information Security EnglandInformation Security
England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Information 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 Information Security.

186 (24.71 %)CISSP
279 (22.70 %)ISO27001
377 (22.13 %)Risk Management
476 (21.84 %)Banking
567 (19.25 %)Government
666 (18.97 %)Data Protection
765 (18.68 %)Finance
854 (15.52 %)Security Management
950 (14.37 %)Firewall
1046 (13.22 %)Security Cleared
1144 (12.64 %)CISA
1243 (12.36 %)Information Security Management
1243 (12.36 %)Investment Banking
1340 (11.49 %)Management Information System
1340 (11.49 %)CISM
1340 (11.49 %)Windows
1436 (10.34 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1535 (10.06 %)Risk Assessment
1535 (10.06 %)SC Cleared
1631 (8.908 %)UNIX
1631 (8.908 %)Freedom of Information
1631 (8.908 %)COBIT
1730 (8.621 %)ISO17799
1829 (8.333 %)BS7799
1926 (7.471 %)Project Management
1926 (7.471 %)Legal
1926 (7.471 %)Information Assurance
2024 (6.897 %)Stakeholder Management
2123 (6.609 %)SSCP
2123 (6.609 %)NHS

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Information 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (3.448 %).NET
211 (3.161 %)XML
36 (1.724 %)WebServices
44 (1.149 %)FpML
52 (0.575 %)WebSphere
52 (0.575 %)Middleware
61 (0.287 %)ADSI
61 (0.287 %)SAML
61 (0.287 %)COM+
61 (0.287 %)JSP
61 (0.287 %)SOAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (1.437 %)SharePoint
24 (1.149 %)Apache
24 (1.149 %)TIBCO EMS
33 (0.862 %)WebLogic
33 (0.862 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.575 %)Oracle Application Server
42 (0.575 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (0.575 %)IIS
42 (0.575 %)Tomcat
42 (0.575 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (0.287 %)Office Project Server
51 (0.287 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.287 %)Office Communications Server
51 (0.287 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.287 %)Documentum
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (1.724 %)MS Project
16 (1.724 %)MS Office
22 (0.575 %)MS Excel
31 (0.287 %)MS Visio
31 (0.287 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.287 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.287 %)Great Plains
11 (0.287 %)Dynamics GP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
150 (14.37 %)Firewall
211 (3.161 %)Internet
211 (3.161 %)TCP/IP
310 (2.874 %)Intranet
48 (2.299 %)Kerberos
57 (2.011 %)Network Security
65 (1.437 %)VoIP
65 (1.437 %)WAN
65 (1.437 %)SAN
74 (1.149 %)DNS
74 (1.149 %)LDAP
74 (1.149 %)LAN
83 (0.862 %)SNMP
83 (0.862 %)Intrusion Detection
92 (0.575 %)Wireless
92 (0.575 %)VPN
92 (0.575 %)Cisco PIX
101 (0.287 %)HTTP
101 (0.287 %)VLAN
101 (0.287 %)MPLS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (3.448 %)SQL Server
24 (1.149 %)Oracle 10g
24 (1.149 %)BusinessObjects
24 (1.149 %)InterSystems Cache
32 (0.575 %)DB2
41 (0.287 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.287 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.287 %)MS Access
41 (0.287 %)EDRMS
41 (0.287 %)EDMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
176 (21.84 %)Banking
267 (19.25 %)Government
365 (18.68 %)Finance
443 (12.36 %)Investment Banking
526 (7.471 %)Legal
69 (2.586 %)Retail
78 (2.299 %)Health
87 (2.011 %)Retail Banking
96 (1.724 %)Marketing
96 (1.724 %)Auditing
104 (1.149 %)Insurance
104 (1.149 %)Financial Institution
104 (1.149 %)Criminal Justice
113 (0.862 %)Front Office
113 (0.862 %)Back Office
113 (0.862 %)Telecoms
122 (0.575 %)Games
131 (0.287 %)Military
131 (0.287 %)Multimedia
131 (0.287 %)Police
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
192 (26.44 %)Analyst
290 (25.86 %)Consultant
369 (19.83 %)Security Analyst
466 (18.97 %)Security Consultant
557 (16.38 %)Information Analyst
651 (14.66 %)Information Security Analyst
733 (9.483 %)Information Security Consultant
824 (6.897 %)Project Manager
923 (6.609 %)Information Manager
923 (6.609 %)Security Manager
1022 (6.322 %)Security Officer
1120 (5.747 %)Information Security Officer
1120 (5.747 %)Administrator
1218 (5.172 %)Data Manager
1316 (4.598 %)Architect
1316 (4.598 %)CLAS Consultant
1414 (4.023 %)Data Quality Manager
1414 (4.023 %)Quality Manager
1414 (4.023 %)Information Security Manager
1511 (3.161 %)Security Architect
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (11.49 %)Management Information System
231 (8.908 %)Freedom of Information
323 (6.609 %)NHS
417 (4.885 %)Data Protection Act
417 (4.885 %)PKI
513 (3.736 %)RMADS
610 (2.874 %)CESG
79 (2.586 %)Freedom of Information Act
88 (2.299 %)CESG CLAS
96 (1.724 %)Equities
96 (1.724 %)Derivative
105 (1.437 %)Biometrics
114 (1.149 %)Smartcard
114 (1.149 %)Cryptography
114 (1.149 %)Equity Risk
123 (0.862 %)Blackberry
123 (0.862 %)Clustering
132 (0.575 %)E-Learning
132 (0.575 %)Computer Science
141 (0.287 %)Credit Risk
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (11.49 %)Windows
231 (8.908 %)UNIX
38 (2.299 %)Linux
38 (2.299 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (1.724 %)Solaris
54 (1.149 %)VMS
63 (0.862 %)Windows 2000
63 (0.862 %)Windows NT
72 (0.575 %)Windows XP
72 (0.575 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.575 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.287 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.287 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.287 %)HPUX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
177 (22.13 %)Risk Management
266 (18.97 %)Data Protection
354 (15.52 %)Security Management
446 (13.22 %)Security Cleared
543 (12.36 %)Information Security Management
635 (10.06 %)Risk Assessment
635 (10.06 %)SC Cleared
726 (7.471 %)Information Assurance
726 (7.471 %)Project Management
824 (6.897 %)Stakeholder Management
923 (6.609 %)ITIL
1019 (5.460 %)PRINCE2
1117 (4.885 %)Migration
1117 (4.885 %)Information Management
1216 (4.598 %)Incident Management
1315 (4.310 %)GAP Analysis
1414 (4.023 %)Business Continuity
1513 (3.736 %)Business Analysis
1612 (3.448 %)Penetration Testing
1711 (3.161 %)Risk Analysis
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (6.034 %)SQL
211 (3.161 %)Java
36 (1.724 %)C#
36 (1.724 %)C++
42 (0.575 %)C
51 (0.287 %)Perl
51 (0.287 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
186 (24.71 %)CISSP
244 (12.64 %)CISA
340 (11.49 %)CISM
423 (6.609 %)SSCP
516 (4.598 %)Degree
615 (4.310 %)GIAC
74 (1.149 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (1.149 %)PRINCE2 Certification
83 (0.862 %)MCSE
83 (0.862 %)ISEB
92 (0.575 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.287 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.287 %)MCP
101 (0.287 %)CCIE
101 (0.287 %)CCNA
101 (0.287 %)CCSA
101 (0.287 %)CIMA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
179 (22.70 %)ISO27001
236 (10.34 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
331 (8.908 %)COBIT
430 (8.621 %)ISO17799
529 (8.333 %)BS7799
619 (5.460 %)PCI DSS
712 (3.448 %)HMG Infosec
84 (1.149 %)CESG Infosec
93 (0.862 %)Basel II
102 (0.575 %)MiFID
111 (0.287 %)JSP 440
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (5.172 %)Active Directory
24 (1.149 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.862 %)NetBackup
33 (0.862 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.287 %)Terminal Server
41 (0.287 %)ISA Server
41 (0.287 %)VMware ESX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.287 %)MOM
11 (0.287 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (4.885 %)Sybase
214 (4.023 %)Oracle
35 (1.437 %)Citrix
35 (1.437 %)Cisco
35 (1.437 %)CheckPoint
35 (1.437 %)TIBCO
35 (1.437 %)VMware
44 (1.149 %)Business Objects
53 (0.862 %)Microsoft
53 (0.862 %)Murex
53 (0.862 %)Calypso
53 (0.862 %)EMC
53 (0.862 %)Red Hat
53 (0.862 %)BEA
53 (0.862 %)VERITAS
62 (0.575 %)HP
62 (0.575 %)SAP
62 (0.575 %)IBM
62 (0.575 %)McAfee Security
71 (0.287 %)OutlookSoft