The first table below looks at the demand for Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architecture
Rank 65 79 77
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 8 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.909% 0.174% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.358% 0.265% 0.147%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £488 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.21% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £564 £499
% change year-on-year
-24.63% +13.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
589 754 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.93% 65.51% 67.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 288 313
Average daily rate £413 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 15
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.89% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £24.80 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Security Architecture
Berkshire

Security Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Security Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Security Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Security Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Security Architecture 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 Architecture.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (70.00%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (70.00%) Data Protection
3 6 (60.00%) PCI DSS
3 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) CESG
4 4 (40.00%) CISA
4 4 (40.00%) CISM
4 4 (40.00%) CISSP
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 4 (40.00%) Legal
4 4 (40.00%) Database Security
4 4 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) Network Security
5 3 (30.00%) RMADS
5 3 (30.00%) Security Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (30.00%) Change Control
5 3 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (30.00%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (30.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
5 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) CA
5 3 (30.00%) Internet

Security Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Security Architecture 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 Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (30.00%) Internet
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Security Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Security Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Information Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (60.00%) CESG
3 3 (30.00%) RMADS
3 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) Data Protection
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Database Security
3 4 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (30.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (30.00%) Change Control
4 3 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (30.00%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Management
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Forensics
5 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) CISA
2 4 (40.00%) CISM
2 4 (40.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (10.00%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
1 3 (30.00%) CA
2 2 (20.00%) Symantec