The first table below looks at the demand for Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment 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
Risk Assessment
Rank 108 123 122
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 10 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.429% 0.289% 0.131%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.604% 0.469% 0.202%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £360 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £375 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £375 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £22.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -45.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £22.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+31.81% -32.30%
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%
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Risk Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Risk Assessment Daily Rate Trend

Risk Assessment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Risk Assessment Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Assessment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment 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 10 £360 -
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (78.95%) ITIL
1 15 (78.95%) CISSP
2 14 (73.68%) Information Security
2 14 (73.68%) Risk Analysis
3 11 (57.89%) Service Management
4 7 (36.84%) Legal
4 7 (36.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (26.32%) UNIX
6 4 (21.05%) Cisco
6 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (21.05%) BS7799
7 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
7 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
8 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
8 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
8 2 (10.53%) Nortel
8 2 (10.53%) Avaya
8 2 (10.53%) Genesys
8 2 (10.53%) Verint
9 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
9 1 (5.263%) Capacity Management
9 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
9 1 (5.263%) Mobile Device Management
9 1 (5.263%) PKI
9 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
9 1 (5.263%) Retail Banking
9 1 (5.263%) Release Management
9 1 (5.263%) NFC
9 1 (5.263%) Security Testing
9 1 (5.263%) Android

Risk Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) HTML
1 1 (5.263%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.263%) NFC
2 1 (5.263%) Firewall
General
1 7 (36.84%) Legal
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.263%) Retail Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
3 1 (5.263%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Consultant
1 16 (84.21%) Security Consultant
2 10 (52.63%) Risk Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) IT Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.263%) IT Risk Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) IT Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.263%) PKI
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.263%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) UNIX
2 1 (5.263%) Android
2 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) ITIL
2 14 (73.68%) Information Security
2 14 (73.68%) Risk Analysis
3 11 (57.89%) Service Management
4 7 (36.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.263%) Capacity Management
6 1 (5.263%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.263%) Release Management
6 1 (5.263%) Security Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.263%) Project Management
6 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.263%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) CISSP
2 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) BS7799
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
3 2 (10.53%) Nortel
3 2 (10.53%) Avaya
3 2 (10.53%) Genesys
3 2 (10.53%) Verint
4 1 (5.263%) Hyperion
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
Preston, Lancashire
Responsibilities. The successful candidate will be required to perform tasks suitable to the internal level of this role.
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £28 - £40 per hour + £NEG
Posted: 24 May 2013