The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 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 27001 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO/IEC 27001
Rank 271 339 407
Rank change year-on-year
+68 +68
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 114 67 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.528% 0.250% 0.096%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.081% 3.180% 1.249%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 44 22
Average daily rate £455 £425 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.05% -6.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £230 £332
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £429 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.20% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.00 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1610 2107 2401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.456% 7.868% 7.685%
Number of daily rates quoted 1097 1307 1556
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 £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 64 55
Average hourly rate £32.75 £17.87 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+83.31% -3.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.98 £11.70 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.20 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

London ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the London region.

London ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Histogram

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the London region.

London ISO/IEC 27001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
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 27001 within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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 +34 45 £435 +7.07%
Uxbridge - 3 - -
Croydon +11 2 - -
Hammersmith - 2 £425 -
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 27001.

1 110 (55.28%) Information Security
2 64 (32.16%) ITIL
3 57 (28.64%) Security Cleared
4 47 (23.62%) SC Cleared
5 45 (22.61%) Risk Assessment
6 41 (20.60%) Information Assurance
6 41 (20.60%) CISSP
7 39 (19.60%) PCI DSS
8 38 (19.10%) Finance
9 30 (15.08%) Risk Management
10 29 (14.57%) Linux
11 27 (13.57%) Firewall
11 27 (13.57%) Change Management
12 24 (12.06%) MS Visio
12 24 (12.06%) MS Office
13 23 (11.56%) Security Management
13 23 (11.56%) Management Information System
13 23 (11.56%) ISMS
13 23 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (11.06%) Cisco
15 21 (10.55%) CISM
16 20 (10.05%) Incident Management
17 19 (9.548%) Information Security Management
18 18 (9.045%) Juniper
18 18 (9.045%) Legal
18 18 (9.045%) Banking
18 18 (9.045%) Data Protection
19 17 (8.543%) Adobe
19 17 (8.543%) HTML
19 17 (8.543%) JavaScript

ISO/IEC 27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (8.543%) CSS
1 17 (8.543%) XML
1 17 (8.543%) HTML
2 1 (0.503%) .NET
2 1 (0.503%) J2EE
2 1 (0.503%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.503%) Flash
2 1 (0.503%) Hibernate
2 1 (0.503%) Spring
2 1 (0.503%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.503%) LINQ
2 1 (0.503%) jQuery
2 1 (0.503%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.503%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 16 (8.040%) CMS
1 16 (8.040%) Adobe CQ
2 8 (4.020%) IIS
3 2 (1.005%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.005%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.005%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.005%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (1.005%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.005%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 24 (12.06%) MS Office
1 24 (12.06%) MS Visio
2 12 (6.030%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.503%) Fireworks
3 1 (0.503%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.503%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.57%) Firewall
2 13 (6.533%) Network Security
3 11 (5.528%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.025%) VPN
5 9 (4.523%) LAN
6 7 (3.518%) WAN
6 7 (3.518%) ATM
6 7 (3.518%) MPLS
7 5 (2.513%) SDH
8 4 (2.010%) Wireless
8 4 (2.010%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.508%) IPsec
9 3 (1.508%) Intranet
9 3 (1.508%) DNS
10 2 (1.005%) DHCP
11 1 (0.503%) SSL
11 1 (0.503%) SAN
11 1 (0.503%) Internet
11 1 (0.503%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.503%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.503%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (0.503%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.503%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 16 (8.040%) Subversion
1 16 (8.040%) Selenium
1 16 (8.040%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 16 (8.040%) TeamCity
1 16 (8.040%) Git (software)
1 16 (8.040%) JBehave
1 16 (8.040%) WebDriver
1 16 (8.040%) Mockito
1 16 (8.040%) Cucumber
1 16 (8.040%) Hudson
1 16 (8.040%) JUnit
2 4 (2.010%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.503%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.503%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (19.10%) Finance
2 18 (9.045%) Legal
2 18 (9.045%) Banking
3 15 (7.538%) Telecoms
3 15 (7.538%) Law
4 11 (5.528%) Retail
5 6 (3.015%) Advertising
6 5 (2.513%) Local Government
7 4 (2.010%) Publishing
8 3 (1.508%) Games
8 3 (1.508%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.503%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 60 (30.15%) Analyst
2 41 (20.60%) Consultant
3 34 (17.09%) Security Consultant
4 31 (15.58%) Security Analyst
5 23 (11.56%) Business Analyst
6 19 (9.548%) Change Analyst
7 18 (9.045%) Security Manager
8 17 (8.543%) Business Change Analyst
8 17 (8.543%) Senior Analyst
8 17 (8.543%) Developer
9 15 (7.538%) Architect
10 14 (7.035%) Information Security Consultant
11 13 (6.533%) Project Manager
12 12 (6.030%) Security Architect
13 10 (5.025%) Java Developer
14 9 (4.523%) Security Specialist
15 8 (4.020%) Information Security Analyst
15 8 (4.020%) Senior Security Analyst
15 8 (4.020%) Team Leader
15 8 (4.020%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.56%) Management Information System
2 16 (8.040%) Data Protection Act
2 16 (8.040%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (7.538%) Freedom of Information
4 12 (6.030%) PKI
5 9 (4.523%) Freedom of Information Act
6 6 (3.015%) Computer Science
7 5 (2.513%) CESG
8 3 (1.508%) Online Games
8 3 (1.508%) RMADS
9 2 (1.005%) NHS
10 1 (0.503%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.503%) CESG CLAS
10 1 (0.503%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.503%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.57%) Linux
2 13 (6.533%) UNIX
3 11 (5.528%) Windows
4 6 (3.015%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (3.015%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.005%) AIX
5 2 (1.005%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.503%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.503%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (55.28%) Information Security
2 64 (32.16%) ITIL
3 45 (22.61%) Risk Assessment
4 41 (20.60%) Information Assurance
5 30 (15.08%) Risk Management
6 27 (13.57%) Change Management
7 23 (11.56%) Security Management
7 23 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (11.56%) ISMS
8 20 (10.05%) Incident Management
9 19 (9.548%) Information Security Management
10 18 (9.045%) Data Protection
11 16 (8.040%) BDD
11 16 (8.040%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (8.040%) Workflow
11 16 (8.040%) Business Continuity
11 16 (8.040%) TDD
11 16 (8.040%) SOA
11 16 (8.040%) OO
12 15 (7.538%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.543%) JavaScript
2 16 (8.040%) Java
3 7 (3.518%) SQL
4 6 (3.015%) C
5 1 (0.503%) C#
5 1 (0.503%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.503%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (28.64%) Security Cleared
2 47 (23.62%) SC Cleared
3 41 (20.60%) CISSP
4 21 (10.55%) CISM
5 14 (7.035%) CISA
6 11 (5.528%) DV Cleared
7 9 (4.523%) Degree
8 8 (4.020%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.513%) CCIE
9 5 (2.513%) JNCIE
9 5 (2.513%) CRISC
10 3 (1.508%) PCI QSA
11 2 (1.005%) ISACA
11 2 (1.005%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (1.005%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.005%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.005%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.503%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.503%) CCNA
12 1 (0.503%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (19.60%) PCI DSS
2 13 (6.533%) ISO 9001
3 8 (4.020%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.005%) COBIT
4 2 (1.005%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.005%) SLA
5 1 (0.503%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 10 (5.025%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.523%) XenApp
3 7 (3.518%) XenDesktop
4 6 (3.015%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.015%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.010%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (2.010%) vSphere
5 4 (2.010%) Forefront TMG
5 4 (2.010%) UAG
6 2 (1.005%) vCloud
6 2 (1.005%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.503%) XenServer
7 1 (0.503%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.503%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (2.010%) SCCM
2 2 (1.005%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.503%) Nessus
3 1 (0.503%) WSUS
3 1 (0.503%) Splunk
Vendors
1 22 (11.06%) Cisco
2 18 (9.045%) Juniper
3 17 (8.543%) Adobe
4 16 (8.040%) Microsoft
5 12 (6.030%) VMware
6 11 (5.528%) Citrix
6 11 (5.528%) Symantec
7 9 (4.523%) Remedy
8 6 (3.015%) Riverbed
9 5 (2.513%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 5 (2.513%) Nortel
10 4 (2.010%) IBM
10 4 (2.010%) Sonus
10 4 (2.010%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.010%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.508%) Oracle
11 3 (1.508%) HP
11 3 (1.508%) NetApp
12 2 (1.005%) EMC
12 2 (1.005%) SAP
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