South West Security Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Security Analyst
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheltenham City of London Crawley Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Poole Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South West Staffordshire Telford UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	160
Rank change on same period last year	+28
Matching contract IT job ads	12	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.276 %	0.184 %
Daily rates quoted	5	7
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£214
Average daily rate	£405	£221
% change on same period last year	+83.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£229
UK excluding London average daily rate	£406	£277
% change on same period last year	+46.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.00	£26.10
% change on same period last year	+11.11 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4355	5974
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.887 %	5.891 %
Daily rates quoted	1350	1557
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£342
Average daily rate	£370	£361
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	593	736
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.60	£25.58
Average hourly rate	£27.40	£27.17
% change on same period last year	+0.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.21	£28.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Security Analyst 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Analyst across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Security Analyst across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst 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
Gloucestershire	-	3	£400	-
Dorset	-	2	£350	-
Bristol	0	1	-	-
Devon	-	1	£425	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Security Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (40.91 %) Security Cleared 2 8 (36.36 %) Information Security 3 7 (31.82 %) Service Management 3 7 (31.82 %) Active Directory 4 6 (27.27 %) Telecoms 4 6 (27.27 %) Finance 4 6 (27.27 %) Incident Management 5 5 (22.73 %) Management Information System 6 4 (18.18 %) Firewall 6 4 (18.18 %) DV Cleared 7 3 (13.64 %) SC Cleared 7 3 (13.64 %) CISSP 7 3 (13.64 %) ITIL 8 2 (9.091 %) IT Governance 8 2 (9.091 %) ISO27001

8 2 (9.091 %) Risk Management 8 2 (9.091 %) Risk Assessment 9 1 (4.545 %) Manufacturing 9 1 (4.545 %) Intrusion Detection 9 1 (4.545 %) Insurance 9 1 (4.545 %) Risk Analysis 9 1 (4.545 %) Network Security 9 1 (4.545 %) Pensions 9 1 (4.545 %) Business Analysis 9 1 (4.545 %) CISA 9 1 (4.545 %) CISM 9 1 (4.545 %) ITSM 9 1 (4.545 %) Data Security 9 1 (4.545 %) Wireless 9 1 (4.545 %) SAP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 4 (18.18 %) Firewall 2 1 (4.545 %) Wireless 2 1 (4.545 %) Intrusion Detection 2 1 (4.545 %) Network Security 2 1 (4.545 %) Internet	General 1 6 (27.27 %) Telecoms 1 6 (27.27 %) Finance 2 1 (4.545 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (4.545 %) Insurance 2 1 (4.545 %) Pensions
Miscellaneous 1 5 (22.73 %) Management Information System 2 1 (4.545 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (40.91 %) Security Cleared 2 8 (36.36 %) Information Security 3 7 (31.82 %) Service Management 4 6 (27.27 %) Incident Management 5 4 (18.18 %) DV Cleared 6 3 (13.64 %) ITIL 6 3 (13.64 %) SC Cleared 7 2 (9.091 %) IT Governance 7 2 (9.091 %) Risk Management 7 2 (9.091 %) Risk Assessment 8 1 (4.545 %) ITSM 8 1 (4.545 %) Data Security 8 1 (4.545 %) Risk Analysis 8 1 (4.545 %) Business Analysis
Qualifications 1 3 (13.64 %) CISSP 2 1 (4.545 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (4.545 %) CISA 2 1 (4.545 %) CISM	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (9.091 %) ISO27001 2 1 (4.545 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 7 (31.82 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 1 (4.545 %) SAP