The first table below looks at the demand for SIEM 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 SIEM over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Rank 369 402 452
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +50
Contract jobs citing SIEM 23 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.100% 0.041% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.133% 0.058% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 2
Average daily rate £494 £440 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.21% -9.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £223 £458
10% offered a daily rate of more than £603 £480 £518
UK excluding London average daily rate £444 £388 £450
% change year-on-year
+14.51% -13.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17251 19112 22276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.80% 71.77% 70.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11844 12569 14693
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 328 346
Average hourly rate £27.00 £26.23 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.95% +0.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £15.00 £14.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £47.50 £53.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
SIEM
England

SIEM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SIEM Jobs Demand Trend

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SIEM Daily Rate Trend

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SIEM across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London SIEM Daily Rate Histogram

SIEM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London +9 3 £350 +27.27%
Croydon - 3 £325 -
Brentford - - - -
Canary Wharf - - - -
SIEM
England

SIEM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SIEM 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 SIEM.

1 22 (52.38%) CISSP
2 16 (38.10%) Information Security
3 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 12 (28.57%) Security Management
3 12 (28.57%) SQL
4 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
4 11 (26.19%) McAfee
4 11 (26.19%) Active Directory
4 11 (26.19%) McAfee ePO
4 11 (26.19%) Incident Management
4 11 (26.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (23.81%) Management Information System
5 10 (23.81%) Security+ Certification
5 10 (23.81%) LDAP
6 9 (21.43%) ITIL
6 9 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 9 (21.43%) Firewall
6 9 (21.43%) Information Assurance
7 8 (19.05%) SecurID
7 8 (19.05%) VBScript
7 8 (19.05%) LAN
7 8 (19.05%) WAN
7 8 (19.05%) VPN
7 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 7 (16.67%) Perl
8 7 (16.67%) Linux
8 7 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 7 (16.67%) VB
8 7 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley

SIEM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SIEM 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 SIEM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.381%) COM
Applications
1 7 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.381%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) LDAP
2 9 (21.43%) Firewall
3 8 (19.05%) VPN
3 8 (19.05%) LAN
3 8 (19.05%) WAN
4 4 (9.524%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (9.524%) Network Security
5 2 (4.762%) Internet
5 2 (4.762%) HTTP
6 1 (2.381%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.381%) Hadoop
1 1 (2.381%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.381%) Ant
General
1 3 (7.143%) Finance
2 2 (4.762%) Financial Institution
2 2 (4.762%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.762%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.762%) Banking
2 2 (4.762%) Retail
3 1 (2.381%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (38.10%) Analyst
2 10 (23.81%) Administrator
2 10 (23.81%) Security Administrator
3 8 (19.05%) IT Security Administrator
3 8 (19.05%) Senior Analyst
3 8 (19.05%) IT Administrator
4 6 (14.29%) Security Manager
5 5 (11.90%) Consultant
6 4 (9.524%) Architect
6 4 (9.524%) Security Analyst
7 3 (7.143%) IT Security Consultant
7 3 (7.143%) IT Consultant
7 3 (7.143%) Security Consultant
8 2 (4.762%) IT Security Architect
8 2 (4.762%) Security Project Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Senior Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 8 (19.05%) SecurID
3 6 (14.29%) Client/Server
4 4 (9.524%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.762%) SaaS
5 2 (4.762%) PMI
6 1 (2.381%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.381%) Statistics
6 1 (2.381%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.67%) Linux
2 6 (14.29%) UNIX
2 6 (14.29%) Windows
3 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.381%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.381%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.381%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) Information Security
2 12 (28.57%) Security Management
3 11 (26.19%) Incident Management
4 9 (21.43%) Information Assurance
4 9 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 9 (21.43%) ITIL
5 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (16.67%) Network Design
7 5 (11.90%) Validation
7 5 (11.90%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (11.90%) Cyber Security
8 4 (9.524%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (9.524%) Knowledge Management
9 3 (7.143%) ISMS
9 3 (7.143%) Project Management
10 2 (4.762%) PRINCE2
10 2 (4.762%) ERP
10 2 (4.762%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 2 (4.762%) Asset Management
10 2 (4.762%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (28.57%) SQL
2 8 (19.05%) VBScript
3 7 (16.67%) VB
3 7 (16.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (52.38%) CISSP
2 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) Security+ Certification
4 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 5 (11.90%) CISM
6 3 (7.143%) CISA
6 3 (7.143%) GIAC
6 3 (7.143%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.762%) Degree
7 2 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (4.762%) PMP
7 2 (4.762%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.381%) CCNP
8 1 (2.381%) CCNA
8 1 (2.381%) CCSA
8 1 (2.381%) GCIA
8 1 (2.381%) CCSE
8 1 (2.381%) CEH
8 1 (2.381%) ACSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (7.143%) COBIT
4 1 (2.381%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.381%) GxP
4 1 (2.381%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (26.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.762%) Nmap
3 1 (2.381%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.381%) Snort
Systems Management
1 11 (26.19%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (4.762%) Splunk
3 1 (2.381%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.381%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
1 11 (26.19%) McAfee
2 5 (11.90%) ArcSight
2 5 (11.90%) Q1 Labs
3 3 (7.143%) Qualys
4 2 (4.762%) Cisco
5 1 (2.381%) IBM
5 1 (2.381%) F5
5 1 (2.381%) VMware
5 1 (2.381%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.381%) LANDesk
5 1 (2.381%) CA
5 1 (2.381%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.381%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.381%) Symantec
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