The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Analyst
Rank 304 324 352
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 73 91 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.337% 0.338% 0.290%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.366% 0.365% 0.313%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 69 60
Average daily rate £400 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £312 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £533 £555 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £281 £325
% change year-on-year
+24.44% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £51.50 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -70.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- -8.19%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19942 24907 28750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.08% 92.46% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13399 16045 18461
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
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 450 624 677
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Security Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Security Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Security Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Security Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 +3 21 £440 +3.52%
Uxbridge +7 2 - -
Hammersmith +4 2 £425 +70.00%
Croydon - 1 - -
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in their job title.

1 51 (36.43%) Information Security
2 48 (34.29%) Data Protection
3 44 (31.43%) Fixed Income
4 43 (30.71%) TeamCity
4 43 (30.71%) CruiseControl
5 41 (29.29%) Microsoft
6 40 (28.57%) Kerberos
6 40 (28.57%) .NET
7 39 (27.86%) CA
8 38 (27.14%) CA SiteMinder
8 38 (27.14%) Continuous Integration
9 37 (26.43%) Java
10 35 (25.00%) OWASP
11 34 (24.29%) Penetration Testing
12 32 (22.86%) Finance
13 31 (22.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 30 (21.43%) Internet
15 29 (20.71%) C#
16 27 (19.29%) Visual Studio
16 27 (19.29%) CISSP
16 27 (19.29%) HP
17 26 (18.57%) SAML
18 24 (17.14%) Security Testing
19 22 (15.71%) ITIL
20 18 (12.86%) Banking
21 16 (11.43%) MS Excel
22 15 (10.71%) Security Management
22 15 (10.71%) PCI DSS
23 14 (10.00%) MSBuild
24 13 (9.286%) Management Information System

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (28.57%) .NET
2 26 (18.57%) SAML
3 2 (1.429%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.714%) ISPF
4 1 (0.714%) JSON
4 1 (0.714%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.429%) LiveLink
2 1 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.714%) SAP Portal
2 1 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.714%) CMS
2 1 (0.714%) CICS
2 1 (0.714%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.714%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (11.43%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.143%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.429%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.714%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 40 (28.57%) Kerberos
2 30 (21.43%) Internet
3 13 (9.286%) Firewall
4 10 (7.143%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.286%) VPN
5 6 (4.286%) SSL
6 4 (2.857%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.143%) Network Security
8 2 (1.429%) EIGRP
8 2 (1.429%) OSPF
9 1 (0.714%) VLAN
9 1 (0.714%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.714%) Wireless
9 1 (0.714%) MPLS
9 1 (0.714%) 802.11
9 1 (0.714%) SAN
9 1 (0.714%) DNS
9 1 (0.714%) RIP
9 1 (0.714%) WLAN
9 1 (0.714%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.714%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (0.714%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.714%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.714%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.714%) DB2
Development Applications
1 43 (30.71%) TeamCity
1 43 (30.71%) CruiseControl
2 27 (19.29%) Visual Studio
3 14 (10.00%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.714%) GDB
4 1 (0.714%) ChangeMan
General
1 32 (22.86%) Finance
2 18 (12.86%) Banking
3 7 (5.000%) Investment Banking
4 5 (3.571%) Retail
5 3 (2.143%) Games
5 3 (2.143%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.429%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.429%) Law
6 2 (1.429%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.429%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (0.714%) Private Banking
7 1 (0.714%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 44 (31.43%) Fixed Income
2 13 (9.286%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.571%) Freedom of Information
4 11 (7.857%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (4.286%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (2.143%) Online Games
6 3 (2.143%) FMCG
6 3 (2.143%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.429%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.429%) Open Source
8 1 (0.714%) New Media
8 1 (0.714%) Video on Demand
8 1 (0.714%) IIBA
8 1 (0.714%) STB
8 1 (0.714%) Derivative
8 1 (0.714%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (0.714%) Clustering
8 1 (0.714%) AS400
8 1 (0.714%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.286%) Windows
2 7 (5.000%) UNIX
3 5 (3.571%) Linux
4 2 (1.429%) Solaris
5 1 (0.714%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.714%) Debian
5 1 (0.714%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.714%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.714%) zOS
5 1 (0.714%) NetWare
5 1 (0.714%) Windows NT
5 1 (0.714%) AIX
5 1 (0.714%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (36.43%) Information Security
2 48 (34.29%) Data Protection
3 38 (27.14%) Continuous Integration
4 35 (25.00%) OWASP
5 34 (24.29%) Penetration Testing
6 24 (17.14%) Security Testing
7 22 (15.71%) ITIL
8 15 (10.71%) Security Management
9 13 (9.286%) Information Security Management
10 12 (8.571%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (8.571%) ISMS
11 10 (7.143%) Incident Management
12 8 (5.714%) Information Assurance
13 7 (5.000%) Data Modelling
14 6 (4.286%) Risk Assessment
14 6 (4.286%) SAP Security
15 5 (3.571%) ITIL V3
15 5 (3.571%) Data Analysis
15 5 (3.571%) Business Analysis
15 5 (3.571%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (26.43%) Java
2 29 (20.71%) C#
3 7 (5.000%) C++
4 6 (4.286%) SQL
5 1 (0.714%) Bash shell
5 1 (0.714%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.714%) REXX
5 1 (0.714%) Python
5 1 (0.714%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.714%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.714%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (19.29%) CISSP
2 12 (8.571%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.857%) CISM
4 9 (6.429%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.571%) CISA
6 3 (2.143%) GIAC
7 2 (1.429%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.429%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.429%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.714%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.714%) CGEIT
8 1 (0.714%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.714%) GCIA
8 1 (0.714%) GCIH
8 1 (0.714%) CEH
8 1 (0.714%) CCSE
8 1 (0.714%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.714%) MCITP
8 1 (0.714%) Degree
8 1 (0.714%) CHFI
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (22.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (10.71%) PCI DSS
3 6 (4.286%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.143%) COBIT
5 1 (0.714%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.714%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.000%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.143%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.714%) Nmap
3 1 (0.714%) RACF
Systems Management
1 38 (27.14%) CA SiteMinder
2 4 (2.857%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (2.143%) SCCM
3 3 (2.143%) WSUS
3 3 (2.143%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.714%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 1 (0.714%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.714%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 41 (29.29%) Microsoft
2 39 (27.86%) CA
3 27 (19.29%) HP
4 12 (8.571%) Symantec
5 9 (6.429%) Remedy
6 7 (5.000%) VMware
6 7 (5.000%) SAP
7 5 (3.571%) McAfee
8 4 (2.857%) Cisco
8 4 (2.857%) Qualys
9 3 (2.143%) Oracle
10 2 (1.429%) IBM
10 2 (1.429%) Citrix
10 2 (1.429%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.429%) F5
11 1 (0.714%) UC4
11 1 (0.714%) Blue Coat
11 1 (0.714%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.714%) NetApp
11 1 (0.714%) Novell
London
The Data Security Analyst will have a wide and varied work load including; - Collecting requirements from users for identifying issues associated with data access and needs... The Data...
Montash Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day + Negotiable / Depending on Experience
Posted: 8 May 2013
City of London
Ideal candidates must be experienced with performing security reviews and risk assessments, including security architecture reviews and the review of vulnerability scans and penetration test reports... As well...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Security Analyst: Key Skills and Background CISSP or equivelant experience in a large enterprise environment/CISM, CISA Experience in project security risk assessment and compliance checking Risk management...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013