The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Consultant
Rank 213 214 214
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 16 32 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.202% 0.309% 0.273%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.218% 0.335% 0.295%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 20
Average daily rate £425 £450 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £225 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £505 £487
UK excluding London average daily rate £428 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7340 9547 9507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.65% 92.30% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3646 4278 4096
Average daily rate £350 £350 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £220
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 588 732 811
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 £11.25 £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 Consultant
England

Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Security Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Consultant across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Security Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Security Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Security Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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 +11 5 £575 +91.34%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £450 -
Surrey +12 2 £404 -7.92%
Hampshire -6 2 £425 -5.55%
West Sussex - 2 - -
Kent - 1 £338 -
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Security Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 13 (46.43%) CISSP
1 13 (46.43%) Information Security
2 11 (39.29%) Firewall
3 8 (28.57%) Cisco
4 7 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 6 (21.43%) VPN
5 6 (21.43%) CISM
5 6 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 6 (21.43%) Finance
5 6 (21.43%) Blue Coat
5 6 (21.43%) F5
6 5 (17.86%) SAP
6 5 (17.86%) Juniper
7 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.29%) Project Management
7 4 (14.29%) Windows
7 4 (14.29%) WAN
7 4 (14.29%) LAN
7 4 (14.29%) ProxySG
7 4 (14.29%) CCSA
7 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
7 4 (14.29%) Data Security
7 4 (14.29%) Sourcefire
7 4 (14.29%) Network Security
8 3 (10.71%) Load Balancing
8 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
8 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (10.71%) IPsec
8 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (10.71%) ITIL

Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Security Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.571%) SAP Basis
1 1 (3.571%) WAP
1 1 (3.571%) HTML
1 1 (3.571%) J2EE
1 1 (3.571%) EJB
1 1 (3.571%) JDBC
1 1 (3.571%) JSP
1 1 (3.571%) Servlets
1 1 (3.571%) Struts
1 1 (3.571%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) MS Exchange
1 3 (10.71%) IIS
2 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) Firewall
2 6 (21.43%) VPN
3 4 (14.29%) WAN
3 4 (14.29%) LAN
3 4 (14.29%) Network Security
4 3 (10.71%) IPsec
4 3 (10.71%) SSL
4 3 (10.71%) NetScreen
5 2 (7.143%) Junos
5 2 (7.143%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (7.143%) DNS
5 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.571%) GGSN
6 1 (3.571%) SGSN
6 1 (3.571%) BIG-IP
6 1 (3.571%) RNC
6 1 (3.571%) NGN
6 1 (3.571%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.571%) Wireless
6 1 (3.571%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.571%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.571%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Rational Rose
General
1 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.571%) Legal
2 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.143%) SCADA
3 1 (3.571%) PKI
3 1 (3.571%) CESG
3 1 (3.571%) CESG CLAS
3 1 (3.571%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (3.571%) Android
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.571%) Linux
2 1 (3.571%) Windows XP
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Information Security
2 6 (21.43%) Risk Management
3 4 (14.29%) Project Management
3 4 (14.29%) Data Security
4 3 (10.71%) Load Balancing
4 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (10.71%) ITIL
4 3 (10.71%) SAP Security
5 2 (7.143%) Network Architecture
5 2 (7.143%) Security Management
5 2 (7.143%) Change Management
5 2 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (7.143%) ISMS
5 2 (7.143%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.571%) Compatibility Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Supplier Management
6 1 (3.571%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) Information Security Management
6 1 (3.571%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.571%) VB
2 1 (3.571%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) CISSP
2 6 (21.43%) CISM
3 4 (14.29%) CCSA
4 3 (10.71%) CISA
5 2 (7.143%) CCNP
5 2 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.571%) Degree
6 1 (3.571%) CCAB
6 1 (3.571%) CEH
6 1 (3.571%) CCSE
6 1 (3.571%) PMP
6 1 (3.571%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.571%) CCNA
6 1 (3.571%) CCDP
6 1 (3.571%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
1 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.143%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (7.143%) SLA
2 2 (7.143%) COBIT
3 1 (3.571%) COSO
3 1 (3.571%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) ProxySG
2 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (3.571%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) Splunk
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Cisco
2 7 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 6 (21.43%) Blue Coat
3 6 (21.43%) F5
4 5 (17.86%) SAP
4 5 (17.86%) Juniper
5 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 4 (14.29%) Sourcefire
6 3 (10.71%) Symantec
7 2 (7.143%) Citrix
7 2 (7.143%) Nokia
7 2 (7.143%) TippingPoint
8 1 (3.571%) Google
8 1 (3.571%) Fortinet
8 1 (3.571%) VMware
8 1 (3.571%) Oracle
8 1 (3.571%) Apple
8 1 (3.571%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (3.571%) ArcSight
8 1 (3.571%) Imperva
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