The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 48 79 84
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +5
Contract jobs citing Information Security 22 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.635% 0.448% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.986% 0.712% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
Average daily rate £475 £550 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% +29.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £380
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £47.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-62.71% +57.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 702 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.11% 62.96% 66.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 270 310
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Information Security
Berkshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 20 (43.48%) CISSP
1 20 (43.48%) CISA
2 19 (41.30%) CISM
3 17 (36.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (34.78%) CESG
5 15 (32.61%) PCI DSS
6 13 (28.26%) Security Cleared
7 12 (26.09%) TOGAF
7 12 (26.09%) SQL
7 12 (26.09%) Oracle
8 11 (23.91%) Tivoli
9 10 (21.74%) Service Delivery
9 10 (21.74%) Finance
9 10 (21.74%) Symantec
9 10 (21.74%) Network Security
10 9 (19.57%) Technical Architecture
10 9 (19.57%) Ethical Hacking
10 9 (19.57%) SC Cleared
10 9 (19.57%) Security Architecture
10 9 (19.57%) Data Protection
10 9 (19.57%) CA
10 9 (19.57%) Firewall
11 8 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (17.39%) Incident Management
12 7 (15.22%) Management Information System
13 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (10.87%) CESG CLAS
14 5 (10.87%) Change Control
14 5 (10.87%) RMADS

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.348%) J2EE
1 2 (4.348%) Flash
2 1 (2.174%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (2.174%) MS Project
1 1 (2.174%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.74%) Network Security
2 9 (19.57%) Firewall
3 8 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (8.696%) Internet
5 2 (4.348%) SAN
6 1 (2.174%) BSS
6 1 (2.174%) GSM
6 1 (2.174%) RIP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.174%) ClearCase
1 1 (2.174%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (21.74%) Finance
2 4 (8.696%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.522%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Consultant
2 11 (23.91%) Architect
3 10 (21.74%) Analyst
4 9 (19.57%) Risk Consultant
5 8 (17.39%) Security Analyst
6 7 (15.22%) Security Architect
7 6 (13.04%) Information Architect
8 4 (8.696%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (8.696%) Information Analyst
8 4 (8.696%) Security Manager
8 4 (8.696%) Technical Security Analyst
9 3 (6.522%) Lead Architect
9 3 (6.522%) Information Security Analyst
10 2 (4.348%) Security Consultant
10 2 (4.348%) Operations Manager
10 2 (4.348%) Designer
10 2 (4.348%) Security Operations Manager
10 2 (4.348%) Information Security Architect
10 2 (4.348%) Storage Specialist
10 2 (4.348%) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.78%) CESG
2 7 (15.22%) Management Information System
3 6 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (10.87%) CESG CLAS
4 5 (10.87%) RMADS
5 3 (6.522%) Mainframe
6 2 (4.348%) CLARiiON
6 2 (4.348%) Symmetrix
6 2 (4.348%) EMC Centera
6 2 (4.348%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) UNIX
2 4 (8.696%) Windows
2 4 (8.696%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) TOGAF
2 10 (21.74%) Service Delivery
3 9 (19.57%) Technical Architecture
3 9 (19.57%) Ethical Hacking
3 9 (19.57%) Security Architecture
3 9 (19.57%) Data Protection
4 8 (17.39%) Incident Management
5 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.87%) Change Control
6 5 (10.87%) ITIL
7 4 (8.696%) Project Management
7 4 (8.696%) Information Architecture
7 4 (8.696%) Information Governance
7 4 (8.696%) Security Testing
8 3 (6.522%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (6.522%) SIEM
8 3 (6.522%) Customer Engagement
9 2 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (4.348%) Business Continuity
9 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) SQL
2 2 (4.348%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.174%) C++
3 1 (2.174%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (43.48%) CISSP
1 20 (43.48%) CISA
2 19 (41.30%) CISM
3 13 (28.26%) Security Cleared
4 9 (19.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.348%) ISEB
6 1 (2.174%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (2.174%) SSCP
6 1 (2.174%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (32.61%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.348%) COBIT
4 1 (2.174%) ISO/IEC 17799
4 1 (2.174%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.348%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) Tivoli
2 2 (4.348%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Oracle
2 10 (21.74%) Symantec
3 9 (19.57%) CA
4 2 (4.348%) Cisco
4 2 (4.348%) IBM
4 2 (4.348%) EMC
4 2 (4.348%) Qualys
5 1 (2.174%) Huawei
5 1 (2.174%) Siebel
5 1 (2.174%) Salesforce.com
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