The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Manager 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 Manager 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 Manager
Rank 215 231 240
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 14 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.177% 0.145% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.191% 0.157% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 1
Average daily rate £424 £495 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.39% -1.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £410 £445 £390
% change year-on-year
-7.86% +14.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £36.38 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £34.44 -
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 Manager
England

Security Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Security Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Security Manager Daily Rate Trend

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Security Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Security Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Security Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager 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 +18 6 £460 -6.83%
Buckinghamshire - 3 £375 -
Middlesex +4 2 £438 +16.66%
Hampshire -4 2 £450 -13.46%
Surrey +18 1 - -
Security Manager
England

Security Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (47.83%) Information Security
2 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
3 7 (30.43%) CISSP
4 6 (26.09%) CISM
4 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
5 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
5 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
5 4 (17.39%) Firewall
5 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
5 4 (17.39%) SIEM
6 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.04%) PCI DSS
6 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
6 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (13.04%) Legal
6 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
6 3 (13.04%) Finance
6 3 (13.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (13.04%) UNIX
6 3 (13.04%) Windows
6 3 (13.04%) Linux
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
6 3 (13.04%) Project Management
7 2 (8.696%) ITIL
7 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
7 2 (8.696%) VPN
7 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (8.696%) Security Management

Security Manager
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 Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.348%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SAP Web AS
1 1 (4.348%) IIS
1 1 (4.348%) Apache
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Project
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.696%) VPN
4 1 (4.348%) Network Security
4 1 (4.348%) LDAP
4 1 (4.348%) Kerberos
4 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (13.04%) Legal
1 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.348%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.348%) SCADA
2 1 (4.348%) CESG
2 1 (4.348%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) UNIX
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Information Security
2 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
2 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
2 4 (17.39%) SIEM
3 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
3 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
3 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 2 (8.696%) ITIL
4 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (8.696%) Security Management
4 2 (8.696%) Programme Management
4 2 (8.696%) Supplier Management
4 2 (8.696%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (8.696%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (4.348%) ISMS
5 1 (4.348%) Change Control
5 1 (4.348%) Information Assurance
5 1 (4.348%) Security Architecture
5 1 (4.348%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) CISSP
2 6 (26.09%) CISM
2 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.696%) GIAC
4 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.348%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (4.348%) GCIA
5 1 (4.348%) CISA
5 1 (4.348%) HNC
5 1 (4.348%) HND
5 1 (4.348%) SSCP
5 1 (4.348%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.04%) PCI DSS
2 3 (13.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (8.696%) COBIT
3 2 (8.696%) COSO
4 1 (4.348%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) Qualys
3 1 (4.348%) Teradata
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle
3 1 (4.348%) SAP
3 1 (4.348%) Juniper
3 1 (4.348%) Symantec