The first table below looks at the demand for CHFI in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CHFI over the 3 months to 20 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
Rank 532 559 -
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -
Contract jobs citing CHFI 1 14 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.024% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.012% 0.139% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 0
Average daily rate £365 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8421 10091 9517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.10% 17.30% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4511 5263 4536
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 547 656
Average hourly rate £23.20 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%

CHFI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CHFI within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CHFI Jobs Demand Trend

CHFI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CHFI within the UK.

CHFI Daily Rate Trend

CHFI
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CHFI within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +50 1 £365 -14.11%
London +8 1 £365 -14.11%

CHFI
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CHFI 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 CHFI.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source

CHFI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CHFI 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 CHFI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CEH