The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security 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 Surrey 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
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 72 90 94
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +4
Contract jobs citing Information Security 8 7 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.688% 0.431% 0.494%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.957% 0.631% 0.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 9
Average daily rate £400 £323 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.93% -4.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £301 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £345 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £380
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £43.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-59.52% +15.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
836 1109 1321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 71.94% 68.33% 72.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 621 683
Average daily rate £415 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 56 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £15.55 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £41.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Sunbury-on-Thames - 2 £477 -
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) CISSP
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (27.27%) CISM
3 3 (27.27%) Supplier Management
4 2 (18.18%) SCADA
4 2 (18.18%) SAP Security
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) IIS
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (9.091%) CISA
5 1 (9.091%) Finance
5 1 (9.091%) Migration
5 1 (9.091%) PCI DSS
5 1 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (9.091%) COBIT

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Security Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Wintel Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Risk Management Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Management Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (9.091%) Security Officer
5 1 (9.091%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (27.27%) Supplier Management
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Security
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) CISM
3 1 (9.091%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) PCI DSS
1 1 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.091%) COBIT
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP