The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Assurance over the 3 months to 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 113 126 131
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +5
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 4 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.174% 0.189% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.246% 0.308% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £438 £610 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £575 £483
% change year-on-year
-26.08% +19.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Information Assurance Daily Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Lancashire +14 3 £450 -34.54%
Manchester +11 1 £425 +174.19%
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance.

1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) RMADS
2 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) JSP
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) PKI
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) TippingPoint

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) RMADS
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) TippingPoint
1 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
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