The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Forensics over the 3 months to 23 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 South East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Forensics
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Forensics 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £85 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6607 6798
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.98% 64.97% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2749 3169 3099
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 323 368
Average hourly rate £26.99 £27.00 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.04% -21.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Computer Forensics
England

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Forensics across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Computer Forensics across the South East region.

South East Computer Forensics Daily Rate Trend

Computer Forensics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Computer Forensics across the South East region.

South East Computer Forensics Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Forensics
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics.

1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 17799
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 17799
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT