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The table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Forensics over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComputer Forensics
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2 Dec 2008
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North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads17982040
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.889 %2.191 %
Daily rates quoted444444
Average minimum daily rate£358£341
Average daily rate£382£361
% change on same period last year+5.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted204186
Average minimum hourly rate£25.21£26.06
Average hourly rate£26.63£27.86
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.06£29.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Computer Forensics EnglandComputer Forensics
England

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.

Computer Forensics
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Forensics across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Computer Forensics Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics.

13 (100.00 %)LDAP
13 (100.00 %)VPN
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
13 (100.00 %)DRM
13 (100.00 %)Disaster Recovery
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Identity Management
13 (100.00 %)Risk Management
13 (100.00 %)Government
13 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection
22 (66.67 %)Business Continuity
22 (66.67 %)BCP
31 (33.33 %)Pensions

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)LDAP
13 (100.00 %)VPN
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Government
21 (33.33 %)Pensions
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Security Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)DRM
13 (100.00 %)Disaster Recovery
13 (100.00 %)Identity Management
13 (100.00 %)Risk Management
22 (66.67 %)Business Continuity
22 (66.67 %)BCP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory