The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term RMADS 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 RMADS over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
Rank 123 128 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing RMADS 3 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.124% 0.134% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.532% 0.704% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £588 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.40% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £520 £425
% change year-on-year
-11.05% +22.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
564 568 585
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.30% 19.02% 19.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 264 288
Average daily rate £325 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £211 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £473 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 54 78
Average hourly rate £16.84 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.64% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £13.10 £9.77
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.75 £25.22 £37.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
RMADS
England

RMADS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RMADS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West RMADS Jobs Demand Trend

RMADS
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West RMADS Daily Rate Trend

RMADS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing RMADS 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 RMADS.

1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) JSP 440
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) JSP
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) TippingPoint
3 1 (33.33%) PKI
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) ArcSight
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM

RMADS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing RMADS 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 RMADS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) JSP 440
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) TippingPoint
1 1 (33.33%) ArcSight
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