Information Security Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security 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 Information Security over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 137 189 215
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +26
Contract jobs citing Information Security 87 58 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.113% 0.571% 0.354%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.637% 0.883% 0.546%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 24 19
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.34% -12.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £384
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £36.38 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £43.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-59.52% +15.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5315 6567 6781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.02% 64.65% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2757 3151 3072
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 £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +31 30 £500 +17.57%
Hampshire +2 22 £425 +13.33%
Buckinghamshire +21 16 £425 +165.62%
Surrey +26 8 £400 +14.12%
Middlesex +6 5 £351 +40.50%
West Sussex - 4 £373 -
Oxfordshire +9 1 £400 -15.78%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 51 (37.78%) CISSP
2 40 (29.63%) Management Information System
3 39 (28.89%) CISM
4 34 (25.19%) Risk Management
4 34 (25.19%) Security Cleared
5 33 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (22.22%) Firewall
7 26 (19.26%) Oracle
8 25 (18.52%) Microsoft
8 25 (18.52%) CISA
8 25 (18.52%) SC Cleared
9 22 (16.30%) ITIL
9 22 (16.30%) CESG
10 21 (15.56%) Windows
11 20 (14.81%) PCI DSS
12 18 (13.33%) Network Security
12 18 (13.33%) Linux
12 18 (13.33%) LAN
12 18 (13.33%) WAN
13 17 (12.59%) MS Excel
14 16 (11.85%) SQL
14 16 (11.85%) Data Protection
14 16 (11.85%) Finance
15 15 (11.11%) TOGAF
15 15 (11.11%) SAN
16 14 (10.37%) SQL Server
16 14 (10.37%) UNIX
16 14 (10.37%) Security Management
17 13 (9.630%) VMware
17 13 (9.630%) Ethical Hacking

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (4.444%) JSP
2 4 (2.963%) COM
2 4 (2.963%) SAML
3 3 (2.222%) .NET
4 2 (1.481%) J2EE
4 2 (1.481%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.481%) Flash
5 1 (0.741%) WAP
5 1 (0.741%) HTML
5 1 (0.741%) SOAP
5 1 (0.741%) Web Services
5 1 (0.741%) XML
5 1 (0.741%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 9 (6.667%) IIS
2 7 (5.185%) MS Exchange
3 5 (3.704%) Apache
3 5 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.963%) GlassFish
4 4 (2.963%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.741%) SAP Web AS
5 1 (0.741%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.741%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (12.59%) MS Excel
2 9 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
3 6 (4.444%) MS Office
4 4 (2.963%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.741%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.481%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.22%) Firewall
2 18 (13.33%) Network Security
2 18 (13.33%) LAN
2 18 (13.33%) WAN
3 15 (11.11%) SAN
4 12 (8.889%) Wireless
5 11 (8.148%) VoIP
6 7 (5.185%) PSTN
6 7 (5.185%) GPRS
6 7 (5.185%) 3G
6 7 (5.185%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (4.444%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.704%) VPN
8 5 (3.704%) Internet
8 5 (3.704%) WLAN
9 4 (2.963%) LDAP
9 4 (2.963%) SSL
9 4 (2.963%) IPsec
10 3 (2.222%) MPLS
10 3 (2.222%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.37%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (2.963%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (1.481%) MS Access
5 2 (1.481%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.741%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.741%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.741%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.741%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.741%) DTS
6 1 (0.741%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.222%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.741%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.741%) Eclipse
General
1 16 (11.85%) Finance
2 8 (5.926%) Legal
3 5 (3.704%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.481%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.481%) Advertising
5 1 (0.741%) Military
5 1 (0.741%) Banking
5 1 (0.741%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (25.19%) Analyst
2 28 (20.74%) Consultant
2 28 (20.74%) Security Analyst
3 23 (17.04%) Architect
4 13 (9.630%) Security Consultant
5 12 (8.889%) Security Architect
6 11 (8.148%) Risk Consultant
7 9 (6.667%) Security Manager
7 9 (6.667%) Information Analyst
8 8 (5.926%) Information Architect
8 8 (5.926%) Information Security Analyst
9 6 (4.444%) Information Security Consultant
10 5 (3.704%) Security Officer
10 5 (3.704%) Project Manager
11 4 (2.963%) Technical Architect
11 4 (2.963%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (2.963%) Technical Security Analyst
11 4 (2.963%) Head of Security
11 4 (2.963%) Head of Information Security
12 3 (2.222%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 40 (29.63%) Management Information System
2 22 (16.30%) CESG
3 13 (9.630%) RMADS
4 10 (7.407%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (5.185%) CESG CLAS
6 6 (4.444%) SCADA
7 4 (2.963%) Open Source
8 3 (2.222%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.481%) Computer Science
9 2 (1.481%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (1.481%) PKI
9 2 (1.481%) CLARiiON
9 2 (1.481%) Symmetrix
9 2 (1.481%) EMC Centera
10 1 (0.741%) Cryptography
10 1 (0.741%) AS400
10 1 (0.741%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.741%) PMI
10 1 (0.741%) Statistics
10 1 (0.741%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.56%) Windows
2 18 (13.33%) Linux
3 14 (10.37%) UNIX
4 13 (9.630%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (6.667%) Oracle Linux
6 8 (5.926%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.741%) OS/400
8 1 (0.741%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (0.741%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.19%) Risk Management
2 22 (16.30%) ITIL
3 16 (11.85%) Data Protection
4 15 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 14 (10.37%) Security Management
6 13 (9.630%) Service Delivery
6 13 (9.630%) Ethical Hacking
7 12 (8.889%) PRINCE2
8 11 (8.148%) Configuration Management
8 11 (8.148%) Project Management
8 11 (8.148%) Security Architecture
8 11 (8.148%) SIEM
9 10 (7.407%) Business Continuity
10 9 (6.667%) Incident Management
11 8 (5.926%) Risk Assessment
11 8 (5.926%) Information Security Management
11 8 (5.926%) Technical Architecture
12 7 (5.185%) ISMS
12 7 (5.185%) Capacity Planning
12 7 (5.185%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.85%) SQL
2 5 (3.704%) Perl
2 5 (3.704%) Java
3 4 (2.963%) PHP
4 3 (2.222%) C
5 2 (1.481%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.481%) VB
6 1 (0.741%) Python
6 1 (0.741%) Ruby
6 1 (0.741%) Bash shell
6 1 (0.741%) R
6 1 (0.741%) C#
6 1 (0.741%) C++
6 1 (0.741%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.741%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (37.78%) CISSP
2 39 (28.89%) CISM
3 34 (25.19%) Security Cleared
4 25 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 25 (18.52%) CISA
5 8 (5.926%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.444%) Degree
7 3 (2.222%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.222%) ISEB
8 2 (1.481%) PMP
8 2 (1.481%) CEH
8 2 (1.481%) CCAB
8 2 (1.481%) MBA
8 2 (1.481%) GIAC
8 2 (1.481%) ISACA
9 1 (0.741%) GCIA
9 1 (0.741%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.741%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.741%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.741%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (14.81%) PCI DSS
3 9 (6.667%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (5.926%) JSP 440
5 6 (4.444%) COBIT
6 4 (2.963%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.481%) COSO
7 2 (1.481%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.741%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 13 (9.630%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (8.889%) Active Directory
3 8 (5.926%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.963%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.222%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (2.222%) Xen
5 3 (2.222%) XenApp
5 3 (2.222%) XenDesktop
5 3 (2.222%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.481%) SRDF
6 2 (1.481%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 11 (8.148%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.481%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 26 (19.26%) Oracle
2 25 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.630%) VMware
4 12 (8.889%) Symantec
5 10 (7.407%) Cisco
6 9 (6.667%) Citrix
6 9 (6.667%) CA
6 9 (6.667%) Red Hat
7 8 (5.926%) SAP
8 3 (2.222%) IBM
8 3 (2.222%) Juniper
8 3 (2.222%) HP
8 3 (2.222%) 3PAR
9 2 (1.481%) EMC
9 2 (1.481%) JBoss
9 2 (1.481%) Remedy
9 2 (1.481%) McAfee
10 1 (0.741%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.741%) AppSense
10 1 (0.741%) Huawei
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