Security Specialist Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Specialist
Rank 219 239 249
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 4 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.051% 0.079% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.085% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £425 £381 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.47% -4.68%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £435 £413
% change year-on-year
-5.17% +5.45%
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		 7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
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 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Security Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Security Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Security Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Security Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist 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 +15 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +10 1 £425 +21.42%
Hampshire -8 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (14.29%) XenApp
3 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) UAG
3 1 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure

Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) WLAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) SIEM
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
1 1 (14.29%) VB
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) GIAC
2 1 (14.29%) GCIA
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) XenApp
2 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
2 1 (14.29%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
Windows Security Specialist- Microsoft EndPoint Protection, Fir
Staines, Middlesex
Key Skills: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 \ 2008 \ 2012. Microsoft Active Directory - Certificate Services (PKI) Microsoft Active Directory - Rights Management Services... Microsoft Windows File Services. Microsoft Powershell \ VB Scripting...
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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