The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 17799 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 ISO/IEC 17799 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO/IEC 17799
Rank 385 404 422
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +18
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 17799 4 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.004% 0.026%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.243% 0.047% 0.342%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £475
UK excluding London average daily rate - £190 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
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 2123 2342
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.467% 7.868% 7.635%
Number of daily rates quoted 1131 1324 1520
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 £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 65 53
Average hourly rate £33.75 £17.87 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+88.91% -3.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £11.75 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £36.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
ISO/IEC 17799
England

ISO/IEC 17799
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 17799 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

London ISO/IEC 17799 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 17799
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 17799 across the London region.

London ISO/IEC 17799 Daily Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 17799
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 17799 across the London region.

London ISO/IEC 17799 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 17799
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 17799 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 - -
ISO/IEC 17799
England

ISO/IEC 17799
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ISO/IEC 17799 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 ISO/IEC 17799.

1 10 (71.43%) Firewall
2 9 (64.29%) TCP/IP
2 9 (64.29%) VPN
2 9 (64.29%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) SIEM
3 8 (57.14%) OWASP
3 8 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 8 (57.14%) Windows
3 8 (57.14%) Linux
4 6 (42.86%) CISSP
4 6 (42.86%) Security Architecture
5 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
5 5 (35.71%) ITIL
5 5 (35.71%) CISA
6 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (21.43%) ITSM
7 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
7 3 (21.43%) Service Management
8 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
8 1 (7.143%) Hedge funds
8 1 (7.143%) Splunk
8 1 (7.143%) Law
8 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (7.143%) VMware
8 1 (7.143%) Banking
8 1 (7.143%) Perl
8 1 (7.143%) UNIX
8 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
8 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management

ISO/IEC 17799
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ISO/IEC 17799 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 ISO/IEC 17799. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Firewall
2 9 (64.29%) TCP/IP
2 9 (64.29%) VPN
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Law
2 1 (7.143%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Architect
1 9 (64.29%) Information Architect
1 9 (64.29%) Security Architect
1 9 (64.29%) Information Security Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Service Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.143%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.143%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.143%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Information Security
1 9 (64.29%) SIEM
2 8 (57.14%) OWASP
2 8 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 6 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
4 5 (35.71%) ITIL
5 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (21.43%) ITSM
6 3 (21.43%) Service Management
7 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
7 1 (7.143%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) CISSP
2 5 (35.71%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Splunk
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) VMware