The first table below looks at the demand for Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intrusion Detection
Rank 58 - 76
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Intrusion Detection 13 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.510% - 0.097%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.599% - 0.485%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £460 - £238
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £344 £338
% change year-on-year
-8.36% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 - £40.00
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
197 479 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.88% 42.09% 19.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 110 70
Average daily rate £275 £285 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -24.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £213 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 7
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.58 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.14% -2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Intrusion Detection
Berkshire

Intrusion Detection
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Intrusion Detection across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Reading Intrusion Detection Jobs Demand Trend

Intrusion Detection
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Intrusion Detection Daily Rate Trend

Intrusion Detection
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection.

1 9 (69.23%) Incident Management
2 8 (61.54%) Information Security
2 8 (61.54%) Internet
2 8 (61.54%) PCI DSS
3 7 (53.85%) Network Security
3 7 (53.85%) Firewall
4 6 (46.15%) UNIX
4 6 (46.15%) Windows
4 6 (46.15%) Change Control
5 5 (38.46%) Security Testing
5 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
6 4 (30.77%) Oracle
6 4 (30.77%) CESG
6 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
6 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (30.77%) Qualys
6 4 (30.77%) Ethical Hacking
6 4 (30.77%) Tivoli
6 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
6 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
6 4 (30.77%) CA
6 4 (30.77%) SIEM
6 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) RMADS
7 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
7 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
7 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
7 3 (23.08%) CISSP

Intrusion Detection
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Intrusion Detection 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 Intrusion Detection. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Internet
2 7 (53.85%) Network Security
2 7 (53.85%) Firewall
3 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Security Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Security Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Security Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Security Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Security Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Operations Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) CESG
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
1 4 (30.77%) RMADS
2 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) UNIX
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Incident Management
2 8 (61.54%) Information Security
3 6 (46.15%) Change Control
4 5 (38.46%) Security Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
5 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
5 4 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (30.77%) Ethical Hacking
5 4 (30.77%) SIEM
6 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
7 1 (7.692%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (7.692%) Analytics
7 1 (7.692%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) CISSP
2 3 (23.08%) CCSA
2 3 (23.08%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) PCI DSS
2 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
1 4 (30.77%) Qualys
1 4 (30.77%) CA
2 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint