Merseyside ISO27001 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISO27001 over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ISO/IEC 27001
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Exeter Farnborough Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Peterborough Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	44
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	8	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	36.36 %	16.67 %
Daily rates quoted	6	0
Average minimum daily rate	£450	-
Average daily rate	£496	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£542	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£456	£406
% change on same period last year	+12.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£41.20
% change on same period last year	-31.63 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	22	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.031 %	0.006 %
Daily rates quoted	11	0
Average minimum daily rate	£359	-
Average daily rate	£405	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£451	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£374	£351
% change on same period last year	+6.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	£27.50
Average hourly rate	£40.00	£29.50
% change on same period last year	+35.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.19	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-1.81 %
ISO27001 North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISO27001
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISO27001 across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

ISO27001
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO27001 across the Merseyside region.

ISO27001
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO27001 across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

ISO27001
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO27001 within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Liverpool	+3	6	£494	-

ISO27001 North West

ISO27001
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing ISO27001 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 ISO27001.

1 7 (87.50 %) Security Management 2 6 (75.00 %) Information Security 3 5 (62.50 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (12.50 %) CRAMM 4 1 (12.50 %) CISA 4 1 (12.50 %) CISM 4 1 (12.50 %) Process Management 4 1 (12.50 %) GIAC 4 1 (12.50 %) Risk Assessment 4 1 (12.50 %) CISSP 4 1 (12.50 %) Project Management

ISO27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing ISO27001 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 ISO27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 4 (50.00 %) Project Manager 2 3 (37.50 %) Security Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Compliance Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Security Project Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Programme Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) Security Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) Information Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Information Security Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (87.50 %) Security Management 2 6 (75.00 %) Information Security 3 5 (62.50 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (12.50 %) CRAMM 4 1 (12.50 %) Risk Assessment 4 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Process Management
Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) CISSP 1 1 (12.50 %) CISA 1 1 (12.50 %) CISM 1 1 (12.50 %) GIAC