The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Vulnerability Assessment
Rank 218 235 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 6 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.077% 0.039% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.113% 0.061% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £343 £456 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.93% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £316 £251
% change year-on-year
+18.57% +25.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £60.00 £28.00 -
% change year-on-year
+114.28% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Vulnerability Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Vulnerability Assessment Daily Rate Trend

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Vulnerability Assessment Daily Rate Histogram

Vulnerability Assessment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £308 -
Hampshire -8 2 £525 -
Berkshire +13 1 £375 -17.80%
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Security Management
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (50.00%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) JSP
4 2 (33.33%) CISA
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) MBA
4 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) CESG
4 2 (33.33%) CESG CLAS
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) JSP 440
4 2 (33.33%) RMADS
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) ISMS
5 1 (16.67%) CEH
5 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint

Vulnerability Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Vulnerability Assessment 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 Vulnerability Assessment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) JSP
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Security Officer
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IT Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CESG
1 2 (33.33%) CESG CLAS
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) RMADS
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) ISMS
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) CISA
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) MBA
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft