North West ISO17799 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for ISO 17799 skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISO17799 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ISO 17799
Location Berkshire City of London England Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor North West Preston South East UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	111
Rank change on same period last year	-27
Matching contract IT job ads	5	27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.027 %
As % of the category below	2.959 %	14.14 %
Daily rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum daily rate	£600	£675
Average daily rate	£650	£675
% change on same period last year	-3.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£700	£675
UK excluding London average daily rate	£550	£508
% change on same period last year	+8.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	-
Average hourly rate	£27.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Quality Assurance & Compliance North West
Matching contract IT job ads	169	191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.225 %	0.193 %
Daily rates quoted	27	43
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£410
Average daily rate	£388	£423
% change on same period last year	-8.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£409	£436
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£371
% change on same period last year	-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.85	£17.70
Average hourly rate	£22.69	£19.44
% change on same period last year	+16.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.54	£21.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.31	£24.73
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
ISO17799 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.

ISO17799
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISO17799 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

ISO17799
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO17799 across the North West region.

ISO17799
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO17799 across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO17799 across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ISO17799
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO17799 within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Lancashire	+11	4	-	-

ISO17799 England

ISO17799
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO17799 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 ISO17799.

1 11 (91.67 %) BS7799 1 11 (91.67 %) Risk Assessment 1 11 (91.67 %) Information Security 1 11 (91.67 %) Risk Management 1 11 (91.67 %) ISO27001 2 10 (83.33 %) Management Information System 3 7 (58.33 %) CISSP 4 1 (8.333 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (8.333 %) NHS 4 1 (8.333 %) ITIL 4 1 (8.333 %) Security Management 4 1 (8.333 %) Government

ISO17799
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO17799 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 ISO17799. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (8.333 %) Government	Job Titles 1 10 (83.33 %) Security Specialist 1 10 (83.33 %) IT Security Specialist 2 1 (8.333 %) Information Security Consultant 2 1 (8.333 %) Security Manager 2 1 (8.333 %) Consultant 2 1 (8.333 %) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 10 (83.33 %) Management Information System 2 1 (8.333 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (91.67 %) Risk Management 1 11 (91.67 %) Risk Assessment 1 11 (91.67 %) Information Security 2 1 (8.333 %) ITIL 2 1 (8.333 %) Security Management
Qualifications 1 7 (58.33 %) CISSP 2 1 (8.333 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (91.67 %) BS7799 1 11 (91.67 %) ISO27001