The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 36 38 43
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Contract jobs citing Information Security 1 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.369% 1.844% 0.683%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.552% 2.875% 1.181%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £300 £550 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £380
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £43.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-59.52% +15.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
181 313 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 66.79% 64.14% 57.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 172 108
Average daily rate £330 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.84% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 13
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.50 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.14% +7.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the North East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Tyne and Wear +7 1 £300 -40.00%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Information Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley