Security Consultant Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Consultant role 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 Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Consultant
Rank 100 111 121
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 23 19 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.977% 0.598% 0.166%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.049% 0.652% 0.180%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 3
Average daily rate £375 £308 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% -23.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £295 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £308 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £428 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2193 2915 2785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.16% 91.78% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1046 1442 1383
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 178 190
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +10.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Security Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Security Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Security Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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 +3 14 £420 +36.58%
Manchester +18 7 £350 -
Lancashire +10 1 £300 -
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Security Consultant in their job title.

1 26 (61.90%) Information Security
2 21 (50.00%) CISSP
3 16 (38.10%) Risk Assessment
4 15 (35.71%) ITIL
5 13 (30.95%) Risk Analysis
6 10 (23.81%) Finance
6 10 (23.81%) Service Management
7 9 (21.43%) Legal
8 7 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 7 (16.67%) Mobile App
9 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 6 (14.29%) Android
9 6 (14.29%) Apple iOS
9 6 (14.29%) Security Testing
9 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 6 (14.29%) Blackberry
9 6 (14.29%) UNIX
9 6 (14.29%) Cisco
10 5 (11.90%) Security Architecture
11 4 (9.524%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (9.524%) TCP/IP
11 4 (9.524%) BS7799
11 4 (9.524%) DV Cleared
11 4 (9.524%) Penetration Testing
11 4 (9.524%) Cryptography
11 4 (9.524%) PKI
11 4 (9.524%) Banking
12 3 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (7.143%) Hyperion

Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (7.143%) HTML
1 3 (7.143%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.524%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.762%) Firewall
2 2 (4.762%) NFC
3 1 (2.381%) SAN
3 1 (2.381%) VPN
General
1 10 (23.81%) Finance
2 9 (21.43%) Legal
3 4 (9.524%) Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 6 (14.29%) Blackberry
3 4 (9.524%) Cryptography
3 4 (9.524%) PKI
4 1 (2.381%) NHS
4 1 (2.381%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Android
1 6 (14.29%) Apple iOS
1 6 (14.29%) UNIX
2 3 (7.143%) Windows
2 3 (7.143%) Windows 8
3 2 (4.762%) AIX
4 1 (2.381%) Linux
4 1 (2.381%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (61.90%) Information Security
2 16 (38.10%) Risk Assessment
3 15 (35.71%) ITIL
4 13 (30.95%) Risk Analysis
5 10 (23.81%) Service Management
6 7 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 6 (14.29%) Security Testing
8 5 (11.90%) Security Architecture
9 4 (9.524%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (9.524%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (4.762%) Mobile Device Management
11 2 (4.762%) Risk Management
12 1 (2.381%) TOGAF
12 1 (2.381%) Programme Management
12 1 (2.381%) Security Management
12 1 (2.381%) Quality Management
12 1 (2.381%) SAP Security
Qualifications
1 21 (50.00%) CISSP
2 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (9.524%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.143%) CISM
5 2 (4.762%) CISA
6 1 (2.381%) CEH
6 1 (2.381%) CCIE
6 1 (2.381%) CCNA
6 1 (2.381%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.524%) BS7799
2 2 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.381%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.762%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (4.762%) Squid
2 1 (2.381%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Cisco
2 3 (7.143%) Hyperion
2 3 (7.143%) CheckPoint
3 2 (4.762%) M86 Security
3 2 (4.762%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.762%) Websense
3 2 (4.762%) Blue Coat
3 2 (4.762%) Finjan
4 1 (2.381%) VMware
4 1 (2.381%) Citrix
4 1 (2.381%) SAP
4 1 (2.381%) ArcSight
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