The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 177 202 210
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +8
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 48 45 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.614% 0.445% 0.330%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.430% 5.239% 4.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 13 17
Average daily rate £450 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £384 £235 £381
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £498 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
509 859 732
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 6.508% 8.493% 7.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 328 293
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 £211 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 65 56
Average hourly rate £14.50 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.12% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £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 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East PCI DSS Jobs Demand Trend

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East PCI DSS Daily Rate Histogram

PCI DSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 +33 26 £450 -
West Sussex +16 14 £415 +18.57%
Surrey +16 6 £500 -
Hampshire -7 1 £425 +88.88%
Kent - 1 - -
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS.

1 21 (34.43%) Information Security
2 15 (24.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (21.31%) Project Management
3 13 (21.31%) Firewall
3 13 (21.31%) Management Information System
3 13 (21.31%) Network Security
4 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
4 12 (19.67%) CESG
5 11 (18.03%) Data Security
6 10 (16.39%) Oracle
6 10 (16.39%) SOA
7 9 (14.75%) CA
7 9 (14.75%) Tivoli
7 9 (14.75%) TOGAF
7 9 (14.75%) Ethical Hacking
7 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
8 8 (13.11%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (13.11%) Technical Architecture
8 8 (13.11%) Telecoms
8 8 (13.11%) Finance
8 8 (13.11%) CISSP
8 8 (13.11%) Service Delivery
9 7 (11.48%) CISM
9 7 (11.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (11.48%) Internet
9 7 (11.48%) ITIL
9 7 (11.48%) PRINCE2
9 7 (11.48%) Incident Management
9 7 (11.48%) Matrix Management
9 7 (11.48%) Data Protection

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (3.279%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.639%) WebLogic
1 1 (1.639%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (8.197%) MS Project
1 5 (8.197%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.557%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (3.279%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.639%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) Firewall
1 13 (21.31%) Network Security
2 8 (13.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (11.48%) Internet
4 2 (3.279%) DMZ
5 1 (1.639%) VoIP
5 1 (1.639%) OSPF
5 1 (1.639%) BGP
5 1 (1.639%) VLAN
5 1 (1.639%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (1.639%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.639%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.639%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (1.639%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (1.639%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.639%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.639%) Eclipse
General
1 8 (13.11%) Telecoms
1 8 (13.11%) Finance
2 5 (8.197%) Retail
3 4 (6.557%) Banking
4 1 (1.639%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (34.43%) Architect
2 15 (24.59%) Project Manager
3 14 (22.95%) Analyst
4 11 (18.03%) Security Analyst
5 7 (11.48%) Software Architect
6 6 (9.836%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (9.836%) Security Architect
7 5 (8.197%) Consultant
8 4 (6.557%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (6.557%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.557%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (6.557%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (4.918%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.918%) Information Analyst
9 3 (4.918%) Information Security Analyst
9 3 (4.918%) Technical Architect
9 3 (4.918%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.918%) Technical Security Analyst
9 3 (4.918%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
9 3 (4.918%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Management Information System
2 12 (19.67%) CESG
3 5 (8.197%) CESG CLAS
4 4 (6.557%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.918%) RMADS
6 1 (1.639%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.639%) IVR
6 1 (1.639%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.197%) UNIX
2 4 (6.557%) Windows
2 4 (6.557%) Linux
3 1 (1.639%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.639%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.639%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.639%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (34.43%) Information Security
2 13 (21.31%) Project Management
3 11 (18.03%) Data Security
4 10 (16.39%) SOA
5 9 (14.75%) TOGAF
5 9 (14.75%) Ethical Hacking
6 8 (13.11%) Technical Architecture
6 8 (13.11%) Service Delivery
7 7 (11.48%) ITIL
7 7 (11.48%) PRINCE2
7 7 (11.48%) Incident Management
7 7 (11.48%) Matrix Management
7 7 (11.48%) Data Protection
8 6 (9.836%) Security Architecture
9 5 (8.197%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (8.197%) Security Testing
9 5 (8.197%) Change Control
10 4 (6.557%) SIEM
10 4 (6.557%) Risk Analysis
10 4 (6.557%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.639%) C++
1 1 (1.639%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.11%) CISSP
4 7 (11.48%) CISM
5 6 (9.836%) CISA
6 4 (6.557%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (3.279%) Degree
7 2 (3.279%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.279%) CCIE
8 1 (1.639%) CCSP
8 1 (1.639%) CCDP
8 1 (1.639%) Check Point Certification
8 1 (1.639%) CCAB
8 1 (1.639%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (11.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.639%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (3.279%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.639%) VMware ESX
2 1 (1.639%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (14.75%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 10 (16.39%) Oracle
2 9 (14.75%) CA
3 5 (8.197%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.197%) Qualys
4 4 (6.557%) Siebel
5 2 (3.279%) Cisco
5 2 (3.279%) Business Objects
5 2 (3.279%) F5
5 2 (3.279%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.639%) Symantec
6 1 (1.639%) VMware
6 1 (1.639%) Redback
6 1 (1.639%) EMC
6 1 (1.639%) Nortel
6 1 (1.639%) NetApp
6 1 (1.639%) Red Hat
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Rate: £330 - 350 Per Day
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