South West Data Security Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Data Security skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Security over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Data Security
Location Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Devon East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire London Lytham St Annes Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes North West Northampton Northamptonshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Swansea Swindon Telford Twickenham UK Wales West Midlands West Wales Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	161
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	6	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.213 %	0.288 %
Daily rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£400
Average daily rate	£425	£413
% change on same period last year	+3.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£500	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£479	£389
% change on same period last year	+23.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.00
Average hourly rate	-	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£50.00	£22.33
% change on same period last year	+123.88 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2821	3478
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.813 %	3.430 %
Daily rates quoted	953	1125
Average minimum daily rate	£368	£363
Average daily rate	£391	£383
% change on same period last year	+2.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£415	£402
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	323	405
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.43	£29.31
Average hourly rate	£32.97	£31.19
% change on same period last year	+5.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.52	£33.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Data Security England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Data Security
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Security across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Security across the South West region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Security across the South West region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	+7	4	-	-
Bristol	+5	1	-	-
Devon	-	1	£425	-

Data Security England

Data Security
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Data Security 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 Data Security.

1 7 (53.85 %) Finance 2 5 (38.46 %) Insurance 3 2 (15.38 %) PCI DSS 3 2 (15.38 %) Retail 3 2 (15.38 %) Information Security 3 2 (15.38 %) Extranet 3 2 (15.38 %) Workflow 4 1 (7.692 %) Practice Management 4 1 (7.692 %) Risk Assessment 4 1 (7.692 %) Service Management 4 1 (7.692 %) Firewall 4 1 (7.692 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (7.692 %) RAD 4 1 (7.692 %) Datawarehouse 4 1 (7.692 %) MS Visio

4 1 (7.692 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft 4 1 (7.692 %) CommVault 4 1 (7.692 %) VERITAS 4 1 (7.692 %) Banking 4 1 (7.692 %) Business Analysis 4 1 (7.692 %) Supplier Management 4 1 (7.692 %) Pensions 4 1 (7.692 %) IT Governance 4 1 (7.692 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (7.692 %) Wholesale Banking

Data Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Data Security 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 Data Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (7.692 %) MS Exchange	Applications 1 1 (7.692 %) MS Visio
Communications & Networking 1 2 (15.38 %) Extranet 2 1 (7.692 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (7.692 %) Datawarehouse
General 1 7 (53.85 %) Finance 2 5 (38.46 %) Insurance 3 2 (15.38 %) Retail 4 1 (7.692 %) Pensions 4 1 (7.692 %) Wholesale Banking 4 1 (7.692 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 7 (53.85 %) Analyst 2 6 (46.15 %) Business Analyst 3 4 (30.77 %) Project Manager 4 3 (23.08 %) Financial Business Analyst 4 3 (23.08 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 5 2 (15.38 %) Contracts Manager 6 1 (7.692 %) Information Security Analyst 6 1 (7.692 %) Security Analyst 6 1 (7.692 %) Data Analyst 6 1 (7.692 %) Information Analyst 6 1 (7.692 %) Information Security Officer 6 1 (7.692 %) Security Officer
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (15.38 %) Workflow 1 2 (15.38 %) Information Security 2 1 (7.692 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (7.692 %) Supplier Management 2 1 (7.692 %) IT Governance 2 1 (7.692 %) Requirements Analysis 2 1 (7.692 %) Practice Management 2 1 (7.692 %) Risk Assessment 2 1 (7.692 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (7.692 %) RAD 2 1 (7.692 %) Service Management	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (15.38 %) PCI DSS
Vendors 1 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft 1 1 (7.692 %) CommVault 1 1 (7.692 %) VERITAS