Information Security Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security 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 Security 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 99 92 97
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +5
Contract jobs citing Information Security 16 47 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.781% 1.418% 0.714%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.182% 2.083% 1.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 8
Average daily rate £485 £450 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.71% +24.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £308 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £627 £475 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £384
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £43.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-59.52% +15.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the South West 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
Somerset +10 6 - -
Wiltshire +8 6 £475 +65.21%
Gloucestershire +8 1 - -
Bristol +4 1 - -
Dorset -8 1 £685 +44.21%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Information 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 Information Security.

1 18 (56.25%) Finance
2 14 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (34.38%) Risk Management
3 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
4 9 (28.13%) Information Assurance
4 9 (28.13%) IIS
4 9 (28.13%) Service Delivery
4 9 (28.13%) Security Management
4 9 (28.13%) Management Information System
5 8 (25.00%) CESG
5 8 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 8 (25.00%) ISMS
5 8 (25.00%) RMADS
6 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
6 7 (21.88%) Information Security Management
6 7 (21.88%) Legal
7 6 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (18.75%) CISM
7 6 (18.75%) CISSP
8 5 (15.63%) Degree
8 5 (15.63%) PCI DSS
9 4 (12.50%) Data Security
10 3 (9.375%) Firewall
10 3 (9.375%) Military
10 3 (9.375%) TOGAF
10 3 (9.375%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 3 (9.375%) Software Engineering
10 3 (9.375%) Systems Analysis
10 3 (9.375%) ITIL
10 3 (9.375%) CISA

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Information 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.125%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (28.13%) IIS
2 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Project
1 1 (3.125%) MS Office
1 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.125%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.375%) Firewall
2 1 (3.125%) ATM
2 1 (3.125%) VPN
General
1 18 (56.25%) Finance
2 7 (21.88%) Legal
3 3 (9.375%) Military
4 1 (3.125%) Banking
4 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Consultant
2 11 (34.38%) Security Consultant
3 6 (18.75%) Information Security Consultant
3 6 (18.75%) IT Security Officer
3 6 (18.75%) Security Officer
4 3 (9.375%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Architect
5 2 (6.250%) Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) IT Consultant
5 2 (6.250%) IT Security Consultant
5 2 (6.250%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.125%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) IT Risk Consultant
6 1 (3.125%) Information Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Trainer
6 1 (3.125%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Management Information System
2 8 (25.00%) CESG
2 8 (25.00%) RMADS
3 3 (9.375%) Mathematics
3 3 (9.375%) Computer Science
3 3 (9.375%) Visualisation
3 3 (9.375%) Open Source
3 3 (9.375%) SaaS
4 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.125%) PMI
4 1 (3.125%) Smart Meter
4 1 (3.125%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (3.125%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.125%) Statistics
4 1 (3.125%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.125%) UNIX
1 1 (3.125%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Risk Management
2 9 (28.13%) Security Management
2 9 (28.13%) Service Delivery
2 9 (28.13%) Information Assurance
3 8 (25.00%) ISMS
3 8 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 7 (21.88%) Information Security Management
5 6 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (12.50%) Data Security
7 3 (9.375%) ITIL
7 3 (9.375%) TOGAF
7 3 (9.375%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (9.375%) Requirements Engineering
7 3 (9.375%) Software Engineering
7 3 (9.375%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (9.375%) Incident Management
8 2 (6.250%) Service Management
8 2 (6.250%) Change Control
9 1 (3.125%) Vulnerability Management
9 1 (3.125%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) CISSP
3 6 (18.75%) CISM
4 5 (15.63%) Degree
5 3 (9.375%) CISA
5 3 (9.375%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.125%) CRISC
6 1 (3.125%) CCVP
6 1 (3.125%) CEH
6 1 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.125%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.125%) CCSP
6 1 (3.125%) CCNP
6 1 (3.125%) CCIP
6 1 (3.125%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.63%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.125%) SLA
3 1 (3.125%) BS25999
System Software
1 1 (3.125%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.125%) Cisco
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