The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance 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
ISO/IEC 27001
Rank 114 101 123
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +22
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 4 31 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.172% 0.996% 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.077% 14.98% 2.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
Average daily rate £488 £195 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% -42.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £150 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £539 £473 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £427 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.60% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.00 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
130 207 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 5.577% 6.654% 4.590%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 82 63
Average daily rate £275 £293 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.98% -2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £165 £151
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 18
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% +23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £11.85 £9.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £18.50 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North West ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the North West region.

North West ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Histogram

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the North West region.

North West ISO/IEC 27001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 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
Lancashire +8 3 £525 -
Cheshire -3 1 £140 +27.27%
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001.

1 24 (77.42%) Active Directory
2 22 (70.97%) Security Cleared
3 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
3 21 (67.74%) Incident Management
3 21 (67.74%) Windows
4 20 (64.52%) MS Excel
4 20 (64.52%) ISO 9000
4 20 (64.52%) Microsoft
5 17 (54.84%) Citrix
5 17 (54.84%) VPN
6 14 (45.16%) MS Exchange
7 13 (41.94%) SLA
7 13 (41.94%) Windows NT
7 13 (41.94%) C
7 13 (41.94%) Statistics
7 13 (41.94%) DV Cleared
8 7 (22.58%) Information Security
8 7 (22.58%) MS PowerPoint
8 7 (22.58%) MCDST
8 7 (22.58%) MCITP
8 7 (22.58%) Lotus Notes
8 7 (22.58%) MCSE
8 7 (22.58%) MS Project
8 7 (22.58%) MS Office
8 7 (22.58%) ITIL
8 7 (22.58%) MCP
8 7 (22.58%) Windows XP
8 7 (22.58%) MS Visio
8 7 (22.58%) OpenView
8 7 (22.58%) HP

ISO/IEC 27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 14 (45.16%) MS Exchange
2 7 (22.58%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (12.90%) LiveLink
4 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 20 (64.52%) MS Excel
2 7 (22.58%) MS PowerPoint
2 7 (22.58%) MS Project
2 7 (22.58%) MS Office
2 7 (22.58%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 17 (54.84%) VPN
2 4 (12.90%) Firewall
2 4 (12.90%) SAN
2 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (9.677%) Local Government
1 3 (9.677%) Telecoms
1 3 (9.677%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Legal
2 2 (6.452%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (61.29%) Analyst
2 13 (41.94%) Help Desk Support
3 10 (32.26%) IT Support
3 10 (32.26%) Help Desk Analyst
4 7 (22.58%) Support Analyst
5 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 4 (12.90%) Consultant
7 3 (9.677%) Information Architect
7 3 (9.677%) Architect
7 3 (9.677%) Security Architect
7 3 (9.677%) Information Security Architect
8 2 (6.452%) CLAS Consultant
8 2 (6.452%) Security Consultant
8 2 (6.452%) Information Security Consultant
9 1 (3.226%) Security Manager
9 1 (3.226%) Information Security Manager
9 1 (3.226%) Information Security Analyst
9 1 (3.226%) Information Manager
9 1 (3.226%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) Statistics
2 1 (3.226%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 21 (67.74%) Windows
2 13 (41.94%) Windows NT
3 7 (22.58%) Windows XP
3 7 (22.58%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Incident Management
2 7 (22.58%) Information Security
2 7 (22.58%) ITIL
3 4 (12.90%) Security Management
3 4 (12.90%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.226%) Project Management
4 1 (3.226%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.226%) Identity Management
4 1 (3.226%) Information Assurance
4 1 (3.226%) Security Architecture
4 1 (3.226%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (70.97%) Security Cleared
2 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
3 13 (41.94%) DV Cleared
4 7 (22.58%) MCDST
4 7 (22.58%) MCITP
4 7 (22.58%) MCSE
4 7 (22.58%) MCP
4 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.452%) CISSP
6 1 (3.226%) CEH
6 1 (3.226%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (64.52%) ISO 9000
2 13 (41.94%) SLA
3 7 (22.58%) BS25999
4 2 (6.452%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.226%) BS7799
5 1 (3.226%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.226%) COBIT
5 1 (3.226%) QA
System Software
1 24 (77.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) OpenView
1 7 (22.58%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (3.226%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (64.52%) Microsoft
2 17 (54.84%) Citrix
3 7 (22.58%) HP
3 7 (22.58%) Lotus
4 4 (12.90%) VMware
4 4 (12.90%) Cisco