Information Security Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security 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 Security 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 63 90 119
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +29
Contract jobs citing Information Security 55 42 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.360% 1.350% 0.230%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.323% 2.188% 0.354%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 3
Average daily rate £363 £440 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.61% +17.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £351 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £520 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £380
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.71 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £47.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-62.71% +57.02%
Search 16 Information Security jobs in the North West
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1655 1920 1976
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 71.00% 61.72% 64.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 983 1018
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 81 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.00 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.30 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.00 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire +9 28 £205 -53.40%
Manchester +15 19 £425 +25.00%
Lancashire +3 4 £450 +0.84%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 37 (37.37%) Finance
2 33 (33.33%) CISSP
3 26 (26.26%) ITIL
4 24 (24.24%) Risk Management
5 19 (19.19%) Banking
6 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (15.15%) Risk Analysis
8 14 (14.14%) Legal
8 14 (14.14%) Risk Assessment
8 14 (14.14%) Service Management
8 14 (14.14%) Project Management
9 12 (12.12%) Active Directory
9 12 (12.12%) PRINCE2
9 12 (12.12%) UNIX
9 12 (12.12%) Windows
9 12 (12.12%) Change Management
9 12 (12.12%) Management Information System
10 11 (11.11%) Cisco
11 10 (10.10%) Firewall
11 10 (10.10%) Business Continuity
12 9 (9.091%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 9 (9.091%) Microsoft
13 8 (8.081%) SAN
13 8 (8.081%) MS Excel
13 8 (8.081%) VMware
13 8 (8.081%) Degree
13 8 (8.081%) Data Protection
14 7 (7.071%) ArcSight
14 7 (7.071%) SC Cleared
14 7 (7.071%) Security Cleared

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 3 (3.030%) Middleware
1 3 (3.030%) JCE
2 2 (2.020%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.020%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.010%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.010%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (8.081%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.030%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.030%) MS Office
3 2 (2.020%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.010%) MS Project
4 1 (1.010%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.10%) Firewall
2 8 (8.081%) SAN
3 6 (6.061%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.040%) DHCP
4 4 (4.040%) Internet
4 4 (4.040%) VPN
4 4 (4.040%) DNS
4 4 (4.040%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (4.040%) Network Security
5 3 (3.030%) LDAP
6 1 (1.010%) Nortel Meridian
6 1 (1.010%) Symposium
6 1 (1.010%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.061%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.010%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (1.010%) GIS
2 1 (1.010%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (1.010%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.010%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.010%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.010%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (1.010%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (37.37%) Finance
2 19 (19.19%) Banking
3 14 (14.14%) Legal
4 7 (7.071%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.061%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.040%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.030%) Local Government
8 1 (1.010%) French Language
8 1 (1.010%) German Language
8 1 (1.010%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.010%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (1.010%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.010%) Retail
8 1 (1.010%) Law
8 1 (1.010%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 30 (30.30%) Consultant
2 27 (27.27%) Security Consultant
3 23 (23.23%) Project Manager
4 18 (18.18%) Security Manager
5 16 (16.16%) Analyst
6 15 (15.15%) Security Project Manager
7 10 (10.10%) Information Manager
7 10 (10.10%) Information Security Manager
7 10 (10.10%) Risk Consultant
8 9 (9.091%) Architect
9 8 (8.081%) Information Security Consultant
9 8 (8.081%) Information Security Project Manager
10 7 (7.071%) IT Security Consultant
10 7 (7.071%) Security Architect
10 7 (7.071%) IT Consultant
11 5 (5.051%) Testing Consultant
11 5 (5.051%) Security Analyst
11 5 (5.051%) Security Specialist
11 5 (5.051%) Business Analyst
11 5 (5.051%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.061%) Mainframe
2 6 (6.061%) Computer Science
2 6 (6.061%) SaaS
3 5 (5.051%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.051%) PKI
4 4 (4.040%) PMI
4 4 (4.040%) Cryptography
5 3 (3.030%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (3.030%) RMADS
5 3 (3.030%) Economics
5 3 (3.030%) Tandem
6 2 (2.020%) NHS
6 2 (2.020%) CMDB
7 1 (1.010%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.010%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.010%) NPfIT
7 1 (1.010%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.12%) UNIX
1 12 (12.12%) Windows
2 3 (3.030%) Linux
2 3 (3.030%) AIX
3 2 (2.020%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.010%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.010%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.010%) Android
4 1 (1.010%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.010%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (1.010%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.010%) HPUX
4 1 (1.010%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.26%) ITIL
2 24 (24.24%) Risk Management
3 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (15.15%) Risk Analysis
5 14 (14.14%) Risk Assessment
5 14 (14.14%) Service Management
5 14 (14.14%) Project Management
6 12 (12.12%) PRINCE2
6 12 (12.12%) Change Management
7 10 (10.10%) Business Continuity
8 9 (9.091%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (8.081%) Data Protection
10 7 (7.071%) TOGAF
11 6 (6.061%) ERP
11 6 (6.061%) Security Management
11 6 (6.061%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (6.061%) Supplier Management
11 6 (6.061%) Security Testing
11 6 (6.061%) Security Architecture
12 5 (5.051%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.061%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (33.33%) CISSP
2 8 (8.081%) Degree
3 7 (7.071%) SC Cleared
3 7 (7.071%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.071%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (4.040%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.040%) CISA
4 4 (4.040%) CISM
4 4 (4.040%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.030%) CEH
5 3 (3.030%) GIAC
6 2 (2.020%) PMP
6 2 (2.020%) EnCE
7 1 (1.010%) APMP
7 1 (1.010%) CSSLP
7 1 (1.010%) CRISC
7 1 (1.010%) SCJP
7 1 (1.010%) SCJA
7 1 (1.010%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.010%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.071%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.051%) PCI DSS
3 4 (4.040%) BS7799
4 3 (3.030%) QA
5 2 (2.020%) JSP 440
System Software
1 12 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.051%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.040%) VMware ESX
3 4 (4.040%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.040%) SCCM
2 3 (3.030%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 3 (3.030%) Tivoli
2 3 (3.030%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (1.010%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (11.11%) Cisco
2 9 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.081%) VMware
4 7 (7.071%) ArcSight
5 5 (5.051%) Citrix
6 4 (4.040%) Oracle
7 3 (3.030%) IBM
8 2 (2.020%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.020%) Remedy
8 2 (2.020%) SAP
9 1 (1.010%) TippingPoint
9 1 (1.010%) McAfee
9 1 (1.010%) HP
9 1 (1.010%) Nortel
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