North West Risk Assessment Contracts

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

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Location Andover Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	127	116
Rank change on same period last year	-11
Matching contract IT job ads	16	22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	0.800 %	1.145 %
Daily rates quoted	3	9
Average minimum daily rate	£533	£496
Average daily rate	£542	£511
% change on same period last year	+6.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£550	£526
UK excluding London average daily rate	£461	£399
% change on same period last year	+15.39 %
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	£30.00	£10.00
% change on same period last year	+200.00 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	2000	1922
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.666 %	1.945 %
Daily rates quoted	506	498
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£347
Average daily rate	£362	£364
% change on same period last year	-0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	182	116
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.67	£23.72
Average hourly rate	£25.41	£25.91
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.15	£28.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Risk Assessment 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Risk Assessment across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 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
Cheshire	-8	4	-	-
Lancashire	+4	4	-	-
Merseyside	+3	2	-	-
Manchester	-	2	£625	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 18 (36.73 %) Risk Management 2 17 (34.69 %) MS Visio 3 15 (30.61 %) Data Modelling 3 15 (30.61 %) Information Security 4 14 (28.57 %) Telecoms 4 14 (28.57 %) Datawarehouse 4 14 (28.57 %) Business Intelligence 4 14 (28.57 %) Knowledge Management 4 14 (28.57 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 14 (28.57 %) ISO27001 4 14 (28.57 %) Data Architecture 5 12 (24.49 %) CISSP 6 11 (22.45 %) BS7799 6 11 (22.45 %) ISO17799 6 11 (22.45 %) Management Information System

7 7 (14.29 %) Government 8 6 (12.24 %) Finance 9 4 (8.163 %) ITIL 9 4 (8.163 %) UML 10 3 (6.122 %) Solaris 10 3 (6.122 %) Project Management 10 3 (6.122 %) Service Delivery 10 3 (6.122 %) GAP Analysis 10 3 (6.122 %) Use Case 10 3 (6.122 %) COBIT 10 3 (6.122 %) Requirements Analysis 11 2 (4.082 %) VLAN 11 2 (4.082 %) IT Governance 11 2 (4.082 %) Project Planning 11 2 (4.082 %) PKI

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Applications 1 17 (34.69 %) MS Visio 2 1 (2.041 %) MS Project 2 1 (2.041 %) MS Office 2 1 (2.041 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.082 %) HTTP 1 2 (4.082 %) VPN 1 2 (4.082 %) SSL 1 2 (4.082 %) Internet 1 2 (4.082 %) MPLS 1 2 (4.082 %) Firewall 1 2 (4.082 %) BIG-IP 1 2 (4.082 %) VLAN 1 2 (4.082 %) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (28.57 %) Datawarehouse	General 1 14 (28.57 %) Telecoms 2 7 (14.29 %) Government 3 6 (12.24 %) Finance 4 1 (2.041 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 14 (28.57 %) Technical Lead 2 13 (26.53 %) Analyst 3 12 (24.49 %) Security Specialist 4 11 (22.45 %) IT Security Specialist 5 6 (12.24 %) Business Analyst 6 3 (6.122 %) Consultant 6 3 (6.122 %) Security Consultant 6 3 (6.122 %) Service Manager 7 2 (4.082 %) Service Analyst 7 2 (4.082 %) Information Manager 7 2 (4.082 %) Information Security Consultant 7 2 (4.082 %) Information Security Manager 7 2 (4.082 %) Risk Analyst 7 2 (4.082 %) Compliance Manager 7 2 (4.082 %) Security Manager 7 2 (4.082 %) Security Analyst 8 1 (2.041 %) UML Business Analyst 8 1 (2.041 %) Delivery Manager 8 1 (2.041 %) Technical Project Coordinator 8 1 (2.041 %) Senior Service Manager	Miscellaneous 1 11 (22.45 %) Management Information System 2 2 (4.082 %) Freedom of Information 2 2 (4.082 %) PKI 2 2 (4.082 %) NHS 3 1 (2.041 %) NPfIT 3 1 (2.041 %) RMADS
Operating Systems 1 3 (6.122 %) Solaris 2 2 (4.082 %) HPUX 2 2 (4.082 %) Windows NT 3 1 (2.041 %) UNIX 3 1 (2.041 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (36.73 %) Risk Management 2 15 (30.61 %) Data Modelling 2 15 (30.61 %) Information Security 3 14 (28.57 %) Knowledge Management 3 14 (28.57 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 14 (28.57 %) Business Intelligence 3 14 (28.57 %) Data Architecture 4 4 (8.163 %) ITIL 4 4 (8.163 %) UML 5 3 (6.122 %) Project Management 5 3 (6.122 %) Service Delivery 5 3 (6.122 %) GAP Analysis 5 3 (6.122 %) Use Case 5 3 (6.122 %) Requirements Analysis 6 2 (4.082 %) Project Planning 6 2 (4.082 %) Penetration Testing 6 2 (4.082 %) Critical Path Analysis 6 2 (4.082 %) Business Analysis 6 2 (4.082 %) IT Governance 6 2 (4.082 %) QMS
Programming Languages 1 2 (4.082 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 12 (24.49 %) CISSP 2 2 (4.082 %) ITIL Certification 2 2 (4.082 %) CISA 2 2 (4.082 %) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (28.57 %) ISO27001 2 11 (22.45 %) ISO17799 2 11 (22.45 %) BS7799 3 3 (6.122 %) COBIT 4 2 (4.082 %) ISO9000 5 1 (2.041 %) SLA 5 1 (2.041 %) QA	Vendors 1 2 (4.082 %) Cisco 1 2 (4.082 %) CheckPoint 2 1 (2.041 %) Microsoft