The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist role 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.112% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.123% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £424 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.65% +5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
810 1042 864
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.11% 92.29% 86.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 366 383
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 50 38
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +44.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.85 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £27.50 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Specialist
Berkshire

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Security Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Security Specialist
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys