The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance 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
ISO/IEC 27001
Rank 192 218 225
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +7
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 31 29 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.397% 0.285% 0.258%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.090% 3.337% 3.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 8
Average daily rate £475 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.90% +24.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £330 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £600 £640
UK excluding London average daily rate £429 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.20% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.00 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
509 869 742
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 6.514% 8.555% 7.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 334 298
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £213 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £525 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 67 56
Average hourly rate £13.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.21% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £32.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

South East ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the South East region.

South East ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Histogram

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 across the South East region.

South East ISO/IEC 27001 Hourly Rate Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 +18 15 £475 -13.63%
Hampshire -4 8 £525 -
Middlesex - 3 £265 -
West Sussex +18 2 - -
Oxfordshire +10 2 £488 +62.50%
Surrey - 2 - -
Buckinghamshire +10 1 - -
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001.

1 33 (67.35%) Information Security
2 21 (42.86%) CISSP
3 18 (36.73%) CISM
4 17 (34.69%) Firewall
5 15 (30.61%) CESG
5 15 (30.61%) PCI DSS
5 15 (30.61%) Security Cleared
6 12 (24.49%) Risk Management
6 12 (24.49%) CISA
6 12 (24.49%) Oracle
7 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
8 10 (20.41%) Security Management
9 9 (18.37%) Management Information System
9 9 (18.37%) Tivoli
9 9 (18.37%) CA
9 9 (18.37%) TOGAF
9 9 (18.37%) Ethical Hacking
9 9 (18.37%) Finance
9 9 (18.37%) Network Security
10 8 (16.33%) Technical Architecture
10 8 (16.33%) ITIL
11 7 (14.29%) VPN
11 7 (14.29%) ISMS
11 7 (14.29%) Telecoms
11 7 (14.29%) CESG CLAS
11 7 (14.29%) Data Protection
12 6 (12.24%) RMADS
12 6 (12.24%) Security Architecture
12 6 (12.24%) MS Office
12 6 (12.24%) Windows

ISO/IEC 27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ISO/IEC 27001 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 ISO/IEC 27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.082%) J2EE
1 2 (4.082%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.082%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.082%) MS Exchange
1 2 (4.082%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (4.082%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (4.082%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (4.082%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.041%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) MS Office
2 2 (4.082%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.082%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 17 (34.69%) Firewall
2 9 (18.37%) Network Security
3 7 (14.29%) VPN
4 4 (8.163%) Intranet
4 4 (8.163%) Internet
4 4 (8.163%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (6.122%) DNS
5 3 (6.122%) DHCP
6 2 (4.082%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.082%) LAN
6 2 (4.082%) WAN
6 2 (4.082%) IPsec
7 1 (2.041%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.041%) VoIP
7 1 (2.041%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.041%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (18.37%) Finance
2 7 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.163%) Legal
4 3 (6.122%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.082%) Marketing
5 2 (4.082%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 18 (36.73%) Analyst
2 15 (30.61%) Security Analyst
3 8 (16.33%) Architect
4 6 (12.24%) Security Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Information Security Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Information Analyst
6 4 (8.163%) Security Manager
7 3 (6.122%) Technical Security Analyst
7 3 (6.122%) Information Security Manager
7 3 (6.122%) Information Manager
7 3 (6.122%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (6.122%) Security Consultant
7 3 (6.122%) Programme Manager
8 2 (4.082%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.082%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.082%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (4.082%) Information Security Consultant
8 2 (4.082%) Support Manager
8 2 (4.082%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.61%) CESG
2 9 (18.37%) Management Information System
3 7 (14.29%) CESG CLAS
4 6 (12.24%) RMADS
5 4 (8.163%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.082%) Computer Science
6 2 (4.082%) DTV
7 1 (2.041%) NHS
7 1 (2.041%) Cryptography
7 1 (2.041%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Windows
2 5 (10.20%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (6.122%) UNIX
3 3 (6.122%) Linux
4 2 (4.082%) Windows XP
4 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.082%) AIX
4 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.041%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (67.35%) Information Security
2 12 (24.49%) Risk Management
3 10 (20.41%) Security Management
4 9 (18.37%) TOGAF
4 9 (18.37%) Ethical Hacking
5 8 (16.33%) Technical Architecture
5 8 (16.33%) ITIL
6 7 (14.29%) ISMS
6 7 (14.29%) Data Protection
7 6 (12.24%) Security Architecture
7 6 (12.24%) Service Delivery
8 5 (10.20%) Information Security Management
8 5 (10.20%) Data Modelling
8 5 (10.20%) Incident Management
9 4 (8.163%) Supplier Management
9 4 (8.163%) Security Testing
9 4 (8.163%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (8.163%) Change Control
10 3 (6.122%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (6.122%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.082%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (42.86%) CISSP
2 18 (36.73%) CISM
3 15 (30.61%) Security Cleared
4 12 (24.49%) CISA
5 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
6 5 (10.20%) Degree
7 2 (4.082%) ISEB
7 2 (4.082%) MBA
8 1 (2.041%) GIAC
8 1 (2.041%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (2.041%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (30.61%) PCI DSS
2 5 (10.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (4.082%) QA
3 2 (4.082%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.041%) COBIT
4 1 (2.041%) GAMP
System Software
1 3 (6.122%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.082%) XenApp
2 2 (4.082%) vSphere
3 1 (2.041%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) Tivoli
2 2 (4.082%) SCCM
3 1 (2.041%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Oracle
2 9 (18.37%) CA
3 5 (10.20%) SAP
3 5 (10.20%) VMware
3 5 (10.20%) Citrix
4 4 (8.163%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.082%) Cisco
5 2 (4.082%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.041%) Symantec
6 1 (2.041%) Sophos
6 1 (2.041%) HP
6 1 (2.041%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.041%) ProCurve
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