The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role 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 Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Analyst
Rank 185 218 244
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 39 21 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.500% 0.207% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.541% 0.224% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 2
Average daily rate £375 £263 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -18.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £148 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £389 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £281 £325
% change year-on-year
+24.44% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £23.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year
- -8.19%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Analyst across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Security Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Security Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Security Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Security Analyst
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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hampshire +5 19 £318 +5.83%
Berkshire +18 10 £425 +88.88%
Middlesex - 4 £245 -
Surrey - 3 £400 -
Buckinghamshire +4 2 £305 +106.08%
West Sussex +19 1 £380 +16.92%
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 28 (50.91%) Information Security
2 23 (41.82%) Security Cleared
3 20 (36.36%) Firewall
4 16 (29.09%) SC Cleared
5 15 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (23.64%) CISSP
7 12 (21.82%) SIEM
8 11 (20.00%) ITIL
8 11 (20.00%) Management Information System
8 11 (20.00%) Internet
8 11 (20.00%) PCI DSS
9 10 (18.18%) Ethical Hacking
9 10 (18.18%) CESG
10 9 (16.36%) DV Cleared
11 8 (14.55%) Security Management
12 7 (12.73%) CISM
12 7 (12.73%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (12.73%) Incident Management
12 7 (12.73%) Information Assurance
12 7 (12.73%) RMADS
12 7 (12.73%) Data Protection
12 7 (12.73%) Network Security
13 6 (10.91%) Degree
13 6 (10.91%) Security Architecture
13 6 (10.91%) Sourcefire
13 6 (10.91%) Cryptography
13 6 (10.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (10.91%) Windows
13 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
13 6 (10.91%) Change Control

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.455%) IIS
2 1 (1.818%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.455%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 20 (36.36%) Firewall
2 11 (20.00%) Internet
3 7 (12.73%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (12.73%) Network Security
4 5 (9.091%) VPN
5 3 (5.455%) SSL
5 3 (5.455%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (3.636%) LAN
6 2 (3.636%) WAN
6 2 (3.636%) SMTP
6 2 (3.636%) HTTP
7 1 (1.818%) SAN
7 1 (1.818%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.818%) DNS
7 1 (1.818%) FTP
7 1 (1.818%) LDAP
7 1 (1.818%) ICMP
7 1 (1.818%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.818%) tcpdump
7 1 (1.818%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.818%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (1.818%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (5.455%) Telecoms
1 3 (5.455%) Law
2 2 (3.636%) Legal
2 2 (3.636%) Finance
3 1 (1.818%) Banking
3 1 (1.818%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 10 (18.18%) CESG
3 7 (12.73%) RMADS
4 6 (10.91%) Cryptography
5 4 (7.273%) PKI
5 4 (7.273%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (5.455%) Computer Science
7 2 (3.636%) Mathematics
8 1 (1.818%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
2 5 (9.091%) Linux
3 2 (3.636%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.818%) Solaris
4 1 (1.818%) UNIX
4 1 (1.818%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) Information Security
2 12 (21.82%) SIEM
3 11 (20.00%) ITIL
4 10 (18.18%) Ethical Hacking
5 8 (14.55%) Security Management
6 7 (12.73%) Incident Management
6 7 (12.73%) Information Assurance
6 7 (12.73%) Data Protection
7 6 (10.91%) Security Architecture
7 6 (10.91%) Change Control
8 5 (9.091%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (7.273%) Data Analysis
9 4 (7.273%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (7.273%) TOGAF
9 4 (7.273%) ISMS
9 4 (7.273%) Security Testing
9 4 (7.273%) Use Case
9 4 (7.273%) Information Security Management
9 4 (7.273%) Data Security
9 4 (7.273%) Data Modelling
Qualifications
1 23 (41.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (29.09%) SC Cleared
3 13 (23.64%) CISSP
4 9 (16.36%) DV Cleared
5 7 (12.73%) CISM
6 6 (10.91%) Degree
7 5 (9.091%) GIAC
8 3 (5.455%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (5.455%) CCSP
8 3 (5.455%) GCIA
9 2 (3.636%) CISA
10 1 (1.818%) CCNA
10 1 (1.818%) CCSA
10 1 (1.818%) CCSE
10 1 (1.818%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 6 (10.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.818%) COBIT
4 1 (1.818%) COSO
System Software
1 5 (9.091%) Snort
2 4 (7.273%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.636%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.273%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (10.91%) Sourcefire
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.091%) ArcSight
2 5 (9.091%) Oracle
3 4 (7.273%) VMware
3 4 (7.273%) Citrix
3 4 (7.273%) CA
3 4 (7.273%) CheckPoint
3 4 (7.273%) SAP
3 4 (7.273%) Juniper
4 3 (5.455%) Cisco
4 3 (5.455%) McAfee
4 3 (5.455%) IronPort
4 3 (5.455%) Blue Coat
5 2 (3.636%) Symantec
5 2 (3.636%) LogLogic
5 2 (3.636%) Q1 Labs
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Posted: 23 May 2013
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Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013