The first table below looks at the demand for Security Management 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 Security Management over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Management
Rank 114 120 126
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Management 3 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.131% 0.379% 0.195%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.185% 0.616% 0.298%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
Average daily rate £450 £423 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.50% +92.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £423 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £670 £244
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £423 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.36% +20.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £37.50
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Security Management
England

Security Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Security Management Jobs Demand Trend

Security Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Security Management Daily Rate Trend

Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Security Management Hourly Rate Trend

Security Management
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 17 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
Merseyside +9 1 £475 -13.63%
Manchester +8 1 £425 -
Cheshire +6 1 - -
Security Management
England

Security Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 (42.86%) Cisco
1 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 6 (42.86%) Information Security
2 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 5 (35.71%) SAN
2 5 (35.71%) NHS
2 5 (35.71%) Citrix
3 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (21.43%) Local Government
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 2 (14.29%) Workflow
5 2 (14.29%) InfoPath
5 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) PowerPivot

Security Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 1 (7.143%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) InfoPath
1 2 (14.29%) PowerPivot
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 5 (35.71%) SAN
3 2 (14.29%) WAN
4 1 (7.143%) Internet
4 1 (7.143%) MPLS
4 1 (7.143%) OSPF
4 1 (7.143%) BGP
4 1 (7.143%) EIGRP
4 1 (7.143%) IGRP
4 1 (7.143%) IP Telephony
4 1 (7.143%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (7.143%) Network Security
4 1 (7.143%) ADSL
4 1 (7.143%) LAN
4 1 (7.143%) PBX
4 1 (7.143%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (7.143%) OLAP
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
General
1 3 (21.43%) Local Government
2 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
1 4 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Head of IT
2 3 (21.43%) Information Security Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Information Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) IT Security Officer
4 1 (7.143%) Security Officer
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) DBA
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (7.143%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 5 (35.71%) NHS
3 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
3 1 (7.143%) Blackberry
3 1 (7.143%) Clustering
3 1 (7.143%) IVR
3 1 (7.143%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Information Security
2 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
3 3 (21.43%) PRINCE
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.143%) Market Research
5 1 (7.143%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Network Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (7.143%) Database Security
5 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) MCP
1 1 (7.143%) CCNP
1 1 (7.143%) CCNA
1 1 (7.143%) CISSP
1 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.143%) CISM
1 1 (7.143%) JNCIA
1 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.143%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.143%) XenApp
2 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco
2 5 (35.71%) Citrix
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
4 1 (7.143%) NETGEAR
4 1 (7.143%) Juniper
4 1 (7.143%) Wyse
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.143%) HP
4 1 (7.143%) Dell
4 1 (7.143%) Nortel
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle