The first table below looks at the demand for Vulnerability Management 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 Management over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Vulnerability Management
Rank 216 244 251
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +7
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.010% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.015% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £188 £438 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+34.61% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5367 6583 6648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.75% 64.80% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2775 3152 3028
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 357
Average hourly rate £27.00 £25.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.93% -27.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Vulnerability Management Jobs Demand Trend

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Vulnerability Management Daily Rate Trend

Vulnerability Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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 +12 3 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £188 -
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Vulnerability Management 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 Management.

1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) Remedy
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) PKI
4 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
4 1 (14.29%) SCCM
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection

Vulnerability Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Vulnerability Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
General
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Security Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Information Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
3 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
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