Scotland Security Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheltenham City of London Crawley Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West Poole Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South West Staffordshire Staines Surrey Telford UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	121
Rank change on same period last year	+38
Matching contract IT job ads	18	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.826 %	0.204 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£245	£600
Average daily rate	£245	£600
% change on same period last year	-59.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£245	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£334
% change on same period last year	+10.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	-
Average hourly rate	£20.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.71	£26.69
% change on same period last year	+3.84 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	2180	3434
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.069 %	3.470 %
Daily rates quoted	475	665
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£308
Average daily rate	£317	£324
% change on same period last year	-2.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	171	239
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.78	£19.35
Average hourly rate	£23.00	£20.53
% change on same period last year	+12.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.22	£21.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Analyst across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Analyst across the Scotland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Analyst across the Scotland region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Edinburgh	+24	17	£245	-59.16 %

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Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Security Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 17 (77.27 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 17 (77.27 %) Finance 2 9 (40.91 %) Banking 3 3 (13.64 %) BS7799 3 3 (13.64 %) PKI 3 3 (13.64 %) ISO27001 3 3 (13.64 %) Risk Analysis 4 2 (9.091 %) Retail Banking 4 2 (9.091 %) Auditing 4 2 (9.091 %) Retail 4 2 (9.091 %) Password Management 5 1 (4.545 %) Security Management 5 1 (4.545 %) UNIX 5 1 (4.545 %) Windows 5 1 (4.545 %) OpenVMS

5 1 (4.545 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (4.545 %) RDF 5 1 (4.545 %) RACF 5 1 (4.545 %) Ethical Hacking 5 1 (4.545 %) IntruShield 5 1 (4.545 %) Insurance 5 1 (4.545 %) Information Security 5 1 (4.545 %) Tandem 5 1 (4.545 %) Business Analysis

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Security Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.545 %) TCP/IP 1 1 (4.545 %) IntruShield	General 1 17 (77.27 %) Finance 2 9 (40.91 %) Banking 3 2 (9.091 %) Retail 3 2 (9.091 %) Retail Banking 3 2 (9.091 %) Auditing 4 1 (4.545 %) Insurance
Miscellaneous 1 3 (13.64 %) PKI 2 1 (4.545 %) Tandem	Operating Systems 1 1 (4.545 %) UNIX 1 1 (4.545 %) Windows 1 1 (4.545 %) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (13.64 %) Risk Analysis 2 2 (9.091 %) Password Management 3 1 (4.545 %) Security Management 3 1 (4.545 %) Information Security 3 1 (4.545 %) Ethical Hacking 3 1 (4.545 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (4.545 %) RDF	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 17 (77.27 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 3 (13.64 %) ISO27001 2 3 (13.64 %) BS7799
System Software 1 1 (4.545 %) RACF