The first table below looks at the demand for ISMS 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 ISMS over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Management System (ISMS)
Rank 374 386 430
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +44
Contract jobs citing ISMS 7 16 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.032% 0.060% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.083% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 3
Average daily rate £388 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -11.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £230 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £505 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £408 £175
% change year-on-year
-1.84% +132.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16184 19288 21901
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.60% 71.83% 71.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11116 12664 14439
Average daily rate £450 £450 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
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 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 329 346
Average hourly rate £32.29 £28.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.29% +3.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £49.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
ISMS
England

ISMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London ISMS Jobs Demand Trend

ISMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ISMS Daily Rate Trend

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISMS across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London ISMS Daily Rate Histogram

ISMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ISMS Hourly Rate Trend

ISMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISMS within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 +14 2 £450 +28.57%
Uxbridge - 2 - -
Hammersmith - 1 £325 -
ISMS
England

ISMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ISMS 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 ISMS.

1 25 (86.21%) Information Security
2 23 (79.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (58.62%) Security Management
4 16 (55.17%) Information Security Management
5 15 (51.72%) Management Information System
6 12 (41.38%) CISSP
7 11 (37.93%) ITIL
8 10 (34.48%) PCI DSS
9 9 (31.03%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (31.03%) Data Protection
10 8 (27.59%) Freedom of Information
10 8 (27.59%) Law
10 8 (27.59%) Legal
11 7 (24.14%) Symantec
11 7 (24.14%) Remedy
11 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
12 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
12 6 (20.69%) CISM
13 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
13 5 (17.24%) ITIL V3
13 5 (17.24%) Freedom of Information Act
14 4 (13.79%) VPN
14 4 (13.79%) IIS
14 4 (13.79%) Citrix
14 4 (13.79%) CISA
14 4 (13.79%) Firewall
14 4 (13.79%) Business Continuity
14 4 (13.79%) Publishing
14 4 (13.79%) VMware
15 3 (10.34%) Risk Assessment

ISMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
2 4 (13.79%) VPN
2 4 (13.79%) Firewall
3 3 (10.34%) Intranet
3 3 (10.34%) Network Security
4 2 (6.897%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.448%) LAN
5 1 (3.448%) WAN
5 1 (3.448%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) InstallShield
General
1 8 (27.59%) Law
1 8 (27.59%) Legal
2 4 (13.79%) Publishing
3 1 (3.448%) Local Government
3 1 (3.448%) Advertising
3 1 (3.448%) Electronics
3 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Security Analyst
1 12 (41.38%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) Security Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) IT Security Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Security Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Security Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Information Security Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) IT Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Team Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Information Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) IT Security Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Security Specialist
5 2 (6.897%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (6.897%) Security Officer
5 2 (6.897%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (6.897%) Information Specialist
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Information Security Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Information Assurance Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 15 (51.72%) Management Information System
2 9 (31.03%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (27.59%) Freedom of Information
4 5 (17.24%) Freedom of Information Act
5 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.448%) CESG
6 1 (3.448%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.897%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.448%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (86.21%) Information Security
2 17 (58.62%) Security Management
3 16 (55.17%) Information Security Management
4 11 (37.93%) ITIL
5 9 (31.03%) Data Protection
6 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
7 5 (17.24%) ITIL V3
8 4 (13.79%) Business Continuity
9 3 (10.34%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (10.34%) Asset Management
9 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
9 3 (10.34%) Quality Management
9 3 (10.34%) SIEM
9 3 (10.34%) QMS
9 3 (10.34%) Supplier Management
10 2 (6.897%) Penetration Testing
10 2 (6.897%) Data Analysis
10 2 (6.897%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Management
10 2 (6.897%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) CISSP
2 6 (20.69%) CISM
3 4 (13.79%) CISA
4 3 (10.34%) CRISC
5 2 (6.897%) Degree
5 2 (6.897%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (3.448%) Postgraduate
6 1 (3.448%) CCNP
6 1 (3.448%) CCNA
6 1 (3.448%) CITP
6 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.448%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.448%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (79.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (34.48%) PCI DSS
3 3 (10.34%) ISO 9001
4 2 (6.897%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.448%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
1 3 (10.34%) Terminal Services
1 3 (10.34%) XenApp
1 3 (10.34%) XenDesktop
2 2 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.448%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (6.897%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Symantec
1 7 (24.14%) Remedy
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Citrix
3 4 (13.79%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) McAfee
4 3 (10.34%) Q1 Labs
5 2 (6.897%) SAP
6 1 (3.448%) Cisco
6 1 (3.448%) Qualys