The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Manager 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 Manager in their job title 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Manager
Rank 110 119 131
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 7 13 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.305% 0.410% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.326% 0.448% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £375 £455 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.58% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £438 £405
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £34.44 -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2144 2900 2856
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.34% 91.57% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1014 1446 1426
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 169 190
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.12% +14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.29 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Security Manager
England

Security Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Security Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Security Manager Daily Rate Trend

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Security Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Security Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Security Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager 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
Manchester +8 4 £388 -
Cheshire +2 2 £338 -25.82%
Merseyside - 1 £450 -
Security Manager
England

Security Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Security Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 19 (79.17%) Finance
2 18 (75.00%) Information Security
3 12 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 11 (45.83%) Project Management
4 11 (45.83%) PRINCE2
5 10 (41.67%) Change Management
5 10 (41.67%) Business Continuity
6 8 (33.33%) Banking
6 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (20.83%) Supplier Management
8 3 (12.50%) Resource Management
8 3 (12.50%) QA
8 3 (12.50%) Time Management
8 3 (12.50%) PRINCE
8 3 (12.50%) ITIL
9 2 (8.333%) SAP
9 2 (8.333%) CISSP
9 2 (8.333%) PMI
9 2 (8.333%) PMP
9 2 (8.333%) PMI Certification
9 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
9 2 (8.333%) Firewall
9 2 (8.333%) CISM
9 2 (8.333%) Workflow
9 2 (8.333%) PCI DSS
9 2 (8.333%) Security Architecture
10 1 (4.167%) CEH
10 1 (4.167%) Investment Banking
10 1 (4.167%) Matrix Management
10 1 (4.167%) ISO/IEC 27001

Security Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Security Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Project
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
1 1 (4.167%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) Firewall
General
1 19 (79.17%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Information Security
2 12 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 11 (45.83%) Project Management
3 11 (45.83%) PRINCE2
4 10 (41.67%) Change Management
4 10 (41.67%) Business Continuity
5 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (20.83%) Supplier Management
7 3 (12.50%) Resource Management
7 3 (12.50%) ITIL
7 3 (12.50%) PRINCE
7 3 (12.50%) Time Management
8 2 (8.333%) Security Architecture
8 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
8 2 (8.333%) Workflow
9 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (4.167%) Matrix Management
9 1 (4.167%) Project Planning
9 1 (4.167%) Programme Management
9 1 (4.167%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) CISSP
1 2 (8.333%) PMP
1 2 (8.333%) PMI Certification
1 2 (8.333%) CISM
2 1 (4.167%) CEH
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
2 1 (4.167%) CGEIT
2 1 (4.167%) APMP
2 1 (4.167%) CRISC
2 1 (4.167%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (8.333%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.167%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (8.333%) SAP
2 1 (4.167%) Microsoft