Computer Forensics Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Forensics skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Forensics 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.

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
Computer Forensics
Rank - 573 575
Contract jobs citing Computer Forensics 0 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.014% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.020% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £85 £165
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -48.48%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £85 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

Computer Forensics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Forensics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Computer Forensics Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Computer Forensics Daily Rate Trend

Computer Forensics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Computer Forensics within the UK.

Computer Forensics Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Forensics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics.

1 5 (62.50%) Perl
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) ASP
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Python
1 5 (62.50%) Internet
1 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Ajax
2 4 (50.00%) PKI
2 4 (50.00%) E-Discovery
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) SMTP
2 4 (50.00%) HTTP
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) SSL
2 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) Big Data
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) OLE
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Forensics
3 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Sourcefire
4 2 (25.00%) Snort
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Security
4 2 (25.00%) ArcSight
4 2 (25.00%) LogLogic

Computer Forensics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Computer Forensics 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 Computer Forensics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) ASP
2 4 (50.00%) Ajax
3 3 (37.50%) OLE
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Internet
2 4 (50.00%) SMTP
2 4 (50.00%) HTTP
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) SSL
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) RIP
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Big Data
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Forensic Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) E-Discovery
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Forensics
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Security
4 2 (25.00%) SIEM
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) ITSM
5 1 (12.50%) Information Security Management
5 1 (12.50%) Security Management
5 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Reverse Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Perl
1 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) GCIH
3 1 (12.50%) GIAC
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 17799
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Snort
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Sourcefire
1 2 (25.00%) ArcSight
1 2 (25.00%) LogLogic
1 2 (25.00%) Symantec
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