The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Assurance 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 West 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
Information Assurance
Rank 74 110 120
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +10
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 34 26 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.686% 0.804% 0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.530% 1.180% 0.109%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 1
Average daily rate £425 £575 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.08% +35.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £426 £575 £463
% change year-on-year
-25.86% +24.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Information Assurance across the South West region.

South West Information Assurance Daily Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Information Assurance across the South West region.

South West Information Assurance Hourly Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the South West 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
Wiltshire +9 10 £433 -17.61%
Somerset - 9 £405 -
Gloucestershire +18 6 £475 -17.39%
Bristol +12 2 £350 -46.15%
Devon +3 2 - -
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Information Assurance 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 Information Assurance.

1 41 (67.21%) Security Cleared
2 28 (45.90%) Risk Management
3 27 (44.26%) Finance
4 24 (39.34%) SC Cleared
5 22 (36.07%) PRINCE2
6 19 (31.15%) Management Information System
6 19 (31.15%) Change Control
6 19 (31.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (27.87%) RMADS
8 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (24.59%) Information Security
9 15 (24.59%) Requirements Management
9 15 (24.59%) Document Management
9 15 (24.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (24.59%) DV Cleared
10 14 (22.95%) NAS
10 14 (22.95%) VMware Infrastructure
10 14 (22.95%) VMware
10 14 (22.95%) C
10 14 (22.95%) Oracle
10 14 (22.95%) WAN
10 14 (22.95%) VPN
10 14 (22.95%) SAN
11 13 (21.31%) LAN
11 13 (21.31%) CESG
12 12 (19.67%) ITIL
13 11 (18.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 11 (18.03%) Change Management
14 10 (16.39%) Configuration Management
15 9 (14.75%) Information Security Management

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (13.11%) Middleware
2 4 (6.557%) WebCenter
3 1 (1.639%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.11%) IIS
2 7 (11.48%) Oracle Application Server
2 7 (11.48%) Oracle 10gAS
Business Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle EBS R12
2 7 (11.48%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (4.918%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (3.279%) Sentinel
5 1 (1.639%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.95%) NAS
1 14 (22.95%) WAN
1 14 (22.95%) VPN
1 14 (22.95%) SAN
2 13 (21.31%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle 10g
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle BI EE
2 6 (9.836%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.639%) Oracle 11g
General
1 27 (44.26%) Finance
2 2 (3.279%) Avionics
2 2 (3.279%) Aerospace
2 2 (3.279%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Consultant
2 12 (19.67%) Team Leader
2 12 (19.67%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 10 (16.39%) Project Manager
3 10 (16.39%) CLAS Consultant
4 9 (14.75%) Security Officer
5 8 (13.11%) Project Support Officer
5 8 (13.11%) IT Security Officer
5 8 (13.11%) Project Officer
6 6 (9.836%) Junior Project Manager
6 6 (9.836%) Junior
7 5 (8.197%) Security Consultant
7 5 (8.197%) Information Assurance Leader
8 3 (4.918%) Data Centre Manager
8 3 (4.918%) Data Manager
8 3 (4.918%) Data Centre Project Manager
9 2 (3.279%) Information Assurance Analyst
9 2 (3.279%) Information Security Analyst
9 2 (3.279%) Information Analyst
9 2 (3.279%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) Management Information System
2 17 (27.87%) RMADS
3 13 (21.31%) CESG
4 4 (6.557%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.11%) Linux
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (45.90%) Risk Management
2 22 (36.07%) PRINCE2
3 19 (31.15%) Change Control
4 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (24.59%) Information Security
5 15 (24.59%) Requirements Management
5 15 (24.59%) Document Management
5 15 (24.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (19.67%) ITIL
7 11 (18.03%) Change Management
8 10 (16.39%) Configuration Management
9 9 (14.75%) Information Security Management
9 9 (14.75%) Security Management
10 8 (13.11%) Risk Assessment
10 8 (13.11%) BPEL
11 7 (11.48%) ISMS
11 7 (11.48%) Release Management
11 7 (11.48%) Service Delivery
12 6 (9.836%) ETL
13 5 (8.197%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.95%) C
2 1 (1.639%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (67.21%) Security Cleared
2 24 (39.34%) SC Cleared
3 15 (24.59%) DV Cleared
4 11 (18.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (3.279%) CISSP
6 1 (1.639%) CISA
6 1 (1.639%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (31.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.197%) JSP 440
3 4 (6.557%) SLA
4 1 (1.639%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.639%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 14 (22.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (13.11%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 14 (22.95%) VMware
1 14 (22.95%) Oracle
2 6 (9.836%) Informatica
3 4 (6.557%) Hyperion
3 4 (6.557%) Siebel
4 3 (4.918%) Primavera
Devon
The successful CLAS Consultant wll need to have SC Clearance as an Immediate start is required... * Able to provide a level of technical expertise commensurate with that of...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Taunton, South West
Work with project teams to produce the Risk Management Accredited Document Set (RMADS) required for successful accreditation... * Experience of producing and maintaining Risk Management Accredited Document Sets (RMADS)...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013