The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security 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 Swindon 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 Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 39 37 29
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -8
Contract jobs citing Information Security 1 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 0.333% 1.377% 2.524%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.441% 2.024% 3.509%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
Average daily rate - £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £380
% change year-on-year
- +11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £47.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-62.71% +57.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
227 247 228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 75.67% 68.04% 71.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 180 139
Average daily rate £425 £425 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 10
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% +3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £15.70 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £30.50 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Information Security
Wiltshire

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) CESG
2 1 (33.33%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 1 (33.33%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) CLAS Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CESG
1 1 (33.33%) CESG CLAS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001