North West Security Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Security Management 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 Security Management over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chorley City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Midlands North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Preston Reading Scotland Shrewsbury Shropshire South East South West Southend-on-Sea Surrey UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	111	143
Rank change on same period last year	+32
Matching contract IT job ads	18	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.983 %	0.050 %
Daily rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum daily rate	£470	-
Average daily rate	£510	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£550	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£407	£384
% change on same period last year	+5.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	-
Average hourly rate	£25.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.45	£20.38
% change on same period last year	+15.09 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1832	2005
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.476 %	1.977 %
Daily rates quoted	462	540
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£339
Average daily rate	£362	£357
% change on same period last year	+1.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	162	136
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.62	£25.23
Average hourly rate	£27.34	£27.15
% change on same period last year	+0.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.06	£29.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
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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 Security Management 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 Security Management 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 Security Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 Security Management across the North West region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Lancashire	-	11	-	-
Merseyside	-	3	£500	-
Manchester	-	2	-	-
Cheshire	-	1	£400	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Security Management 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 Security Management.

1 6 (25.00 %) ISO27001 2 5 (20.83 %) Information Security 2 5 (20.83 %) Windows 3 4 (16.67 %) CISSP 4 3 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003 4 3 (12.50 %) Active Directory 4 3 (12.50 %) Citrix 4 3 (12.50 %) BS7799 4 3 (12.50 %) Degree 4 3 (12.50 %) Service Delivery 5 2 (8.333 %) Firewall 5 2 (8.333 %) Information Security Management 5 2 (8.333 %) Risk Management 5 2 (8.333 %) Government 5 2 (8.333 %) Middleware

5 2 (8.333 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 2 (8.333 %) ISMS 5 2 (8.333 %) Tandem 5 2 (8.333 %) Mainframe 5 2 (8.333 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (8.333 %) JDeveloper 5 2 (8.333 %) ITIL 5 2 (8.333 %) UNIX 5 2 (8.333 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (8.333 %) MS Excel 5 2 (8.333 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (8.333 %) UDDI 5 2 (8.333 %) Java 5 2 (8.333 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (8.333 %) Oracle

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Security Management 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 Security Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (8.333 %) WebServices 1 2 (8.333 %) UDDI 1 2 (8.333 %) Middleware 2 1 (4.167 %) OLE 2 1 (4.167 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 2 (8.333 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (8.333 %) Firewall 2 1 (4.167 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (8.333 %) Oracle 9i 1 2 (8.333 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) JDeveloper
General 1 2 (8.333 %) Government 2 1 (4.167 %) Retail 2 1 (4.167 %) Pharmaceutical 2 1 (4.167 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 8 (33.33 %) Architect 1 8 (33.33 %) Security Architect 2 3 (12.50 %) Security Manager 2 3 (12.50 %) Administrator 2 3 (12.50 %) Citrix Administrator 3 2 (8.333 %) Java Developer 3 2 (8.333 %) Developer 3 2 (8.333 %) Consultant 3 2 (8.333 %) Security Consultant 4 1 (4.167 %) Infrastructure Analyst 4 1 (4.167 %) DBA 4 1 (4.167 %) Analyst 4 1 (4.167 %) Project Manager 4 1 (4.167 %) Business Analyst 4 1 (4.167 %) SQL DBA 4 1 (4.167 %) Compliance Manager 4 1 (4.167 %) Security Officer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (8.333 %) Mainframe 1 2 (8.333 %) Tandem 2 1 (4.167 %) Management Information System 2 1 (4.167 %) Replication 2 1 (4.167 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 5 (20.83 %) Windows 2 3 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (8.333 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 2 (8.333 %) UNIX 4 1 (4.167 %) AIX 4 1 (4.167 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (20.83 %) Information Security 2 3 (12.50 %) Service Delivery 3 2 (8.333 %) ITIL 3 2 (8.333 %) Information Security Management 3 2 (8.333 %) Risk Management 3 2 (8.333 %) ISMS 4 1 (4.167 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (4.167 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (4.167 %) Risk Assessment 4 1 (4.167 %) Data Security 4 1 (4.167 %) Project Management 4 1 (4.167 %) Change Management 4 1 (4.167 %) GAP Analysis	Programming Languages 1 2 (8.333 %) Java 1 2 (8.333 %) PL/SQL 2 1 (4.167 %) SQL 2 1 (4.167 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 4 (16.67 %) CISSP 2 3 (12.50 %) Degree 3 1 (4.167 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (25.00 %) ISO27001 2 3 (12.50 %) BS7799 3 1 (4.167 %) ISO17799 3 1 (4.167 %) PCI DSS
System Software 1 3 (12.50 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 3 (12.50 %) Citrix 2 2 (8.333 %) Oracle