The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Officer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Security Officer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
IT Security Officer
Rank 376 402 -
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Officer 9 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.042% 0.015% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.016% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £456 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - £393
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £13.50
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19929 24797 28916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.30% 92.59% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13475 15993 18573
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 606 683
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
IT Security Officer
England

IT Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IT Security Officer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London IT Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Officer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London IT Security Officer Daily Rate Trend

IT Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London IT Security Officer Daily Rate Histogram

IT Security Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London IT Security Officer Hourly Rate Trend

IT Security Officer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Officer 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 - 2 £175 -
IT Security Officer
England

IT Security Officer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited IT Security Officer in their job title 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 with IT Security Officer in their job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Firewall
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Information Assurance
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
5 2 (15.38%) VoIP
5 2 (15.38%) Juniper
5 2 (15.38%) OSPF
5 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (15.38%) NetScreen
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) SSL
5 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
5 2 (15.38%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.692%) Banking
6 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.692%) WSUS
6 1 (7.692%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (7.692%) E-Discovery
6 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.692%) CISM
6 1 (7.692%) Information Security Management
6 1 (7.692%) Security Management
6 1 (7.692%) Front Office

IT Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited IT Security Officer in their job title 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 with IT Security Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) COM
1 1 (7.692%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) NetScreen
2 2 (15.38%) SSL
2 2 (15.38%) VoIP
2 2 (15.38%) OSPF
3 1 (7.692%) BGP
3 1 (7.692%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) Intranet
3 1 (7.692%) Internet
3 1 (7.692%) MPLS
3 1 (7.692%) IPsec
3 1 (7.692%) Network Security
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Arabic Language
2 1 (7.692%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) UNIX
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Information Security
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Information Assurance
4 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (7.692%) E-Discovery
5 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.692%) Project Management
5 1 (7.692%) Information Security Management
5 1 (7.692%) Security Management
5 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) CISSP
2 1 (7.692%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
3 1 (7.692%) BS7799
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) WSUS
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
1 1 (7.692%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Juniper
3 1 (7.692%) Symantec
3 1 (7.692%) McAfee