The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Specialist 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 Middlesex 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 Specialist
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £435 £420
% change year-on-year
-5.17% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
185 263 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 92.50% 85.11% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 130 138
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 23
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% +26.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £15.00 £10.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Specialist
South East

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Security Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Security Specialist
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM