The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Job Titles advertised for the Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank - - 33
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - - 0.627%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.685%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £319 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.80% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £14.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+175.86% -
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
173 224 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 95.05% 87.16% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 71 61
Average daily rate £450 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £250 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 76
Average hourly rate £32.00 £36.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +30.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.20 £21.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £42.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Security Engineer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Security Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) Information Security
5 1 (20.00%) Firewall
5 1 (20.00%) Network Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) SSL
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) Juniper
5 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (20.00%) FWSM
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
5 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
5 1 (20.00%) Sourcefire
5 1 (20.00%) SCCM
5 1 (20.00%) Network Security

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Security Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
1 1 (20.00%) FWSM
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (20.00%) Sourcefire
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