Ethical Hacking Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Ethical Hacking skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ethical Hacking over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethical Hacking
Rank 516 555 582
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +27
Contract jobs citing Ethical Hacking 25 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.054% 0.017% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.025% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 3
Average daily rate £419 £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.94% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £288 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £497 £450 £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 - £300
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		 32894 39591 41969
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.99% 67.83% 67.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19661 22733 23826
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 1284 1487
Average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.68 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%

Ethical Hacking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ethical Hacking Jobs Demand Trend

Ethical Hacking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Ethical Hacking Daily Rate Trend

Ethical Hacking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Ethical Hacking Daily Rate Histogram

Ethical Hacking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ethical Hacking Hourly Rate Trend

Ethical Hacking
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +56 22 £475 +5.55%
South East +33 15 £419 -
Berkshire - 9 £475 -
Reading - 9 £475 -
London +31 5 £485 +7.77%
Hampshire +1 3 - -
Southampton - 3 - -
Middlesex - 2 £363 -
North West - 2 £175 -
City of London - 1 £490 -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £188 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £188 -
Manchester - 1 £175 -
Hounslow - 1 - -
Chester - 1 - -

Ethical Hacking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Ethical Hacking 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 Ethical Hacking.

1 18 (52.94%) Information Security
2 17 (50.00%) Firewall
3 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
4 11 (32.35%) CISSP
4 11 (32.35%) Penetration Testing
4 11 (32.35%) PCI DSS
4 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared
5 10 (29.41%) Network Security
6 9 (26.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (26.47%) TOGAF
6 9 (26.47%) CESG
6 9 (26.47%) CA
6 9 (26.47%) Tivoli
6 9 (26.47%) Finance
6 9 (26.47%) Oracle
7 8 (23.53%) Internet
7 8 (23.53%) CEH
7 8 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (23.53%) Security Testing
8 7 (20.59%) Technical Architecture
8 7 (20.59%) Automated Testing
8 7 (20.59%) Service Delivery
9 5 (14.71%) CISA
9 5 (14.71%) CISM
9 5 (14.71%) Linux
9 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
9 5 (14.71%) CESG CLAS
9 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
9 5 (14.71%) Data Protection
10 4 (11.76%) Degree

Ethical Hacking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Ethical Hacking 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 Ethical Hacking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) J2EE
1 1 (2.941%) JDBC
1 1 (2.941%) JSP
1 1 (2.941%) Servlets
1 1 (2.941%) XML
1 1 (2.941%) J2SE
1 1 (2.941%) Spring
1 1 (2.941%) WebSphere
1 1 (2.941%) Spring Security
1 1 (2.941%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) WebLogic
1 1 (2.941%) Apache
1 1 (2.941%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS Office
2 1 (2.941%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 17 (50.00%) Firewall
2 10 (29.41%) Network Security
3 8 (23.53%) Internet
3 8 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (5.882%) HTTP
5 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.941%) SSL
5 1 (2.941%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (8.824%) AppScan
2 2 (5.882%) GDB
3 1 (2.941%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.941%) IntelliJ
3 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (26.47%) Finance
2 4 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (5.882%) Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.941%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Security Analyst
1 12 (35.29%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Security Architect
2 7 (20.59%) Architect
3 4 (11.76%) Ethical Hacker
3 4 (11.76%) Test Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Penetration Tester
3 4 (11.76%) Applications Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Tester
3 4 (11.76%) Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Penetration Test Consultant
4 3 (8.824%) Security Specialist
4 3 (8.824%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) Technical Security Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Forensic Investigator
5 2 (5.882%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (2.941%) Testing Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Information Security Architect
6 1 (2.941%) Junior
6 1 (2.941%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) CESG
2 5 (14.71%) CESG CLAS
3 3 (8.824%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.824%) Cryptography
3 3 (8.824%) RMADS
3 3 (8.824%) PKI
4 2 (5.882%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.941%) Clustering
5 1 (2.941%) STB
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Linux
2 4 (11.76%) UNIX
3 3 (8.824%) Windows
4 2 (5.882%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Information Security
2 11 (32.35%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (26.47%) TOGAF
4 8 (23.53%) Security Testing
5 7 (20.59%) Technical Architecture
5 7 (20.59%) Automated Testing
5 7 (20.59%) Service Delivery
6 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
6 5 (14.71%) Data Protection
7 4 (11.76%) Computer Security
7 4 (11.76%) Software Testing
7 4 (11.76%) Change Control
8 3 (8.824%) SIEM
8 3 (8.824%) Security Management
8 3 (8.824%) ITIL
8 3 (8.824%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (8.824%) Security Architecture
9 2 (5.882%) OWASP
9 2 (5.882%) Reverse Engineering
9 2 (5.882%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) C++
2 3 (8.824%) Java
3 2 (5.882%) Python
3 2 (5.882%) C
3 2 (5.882%) SQL
3 2 (5.882%) Shell Script
3 2 (5.882%) Bash shell
4 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (32.35%) CISSP
2 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared
3 8 (23.53%) CEH
4 5 (14.71%) CISA
4 5 (14.71%) CISM
5 4 (11.76%) Degree
5 4 (11.76%) EnCE
6 1 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.941%) MCSE
6 1 (2.941%) CCNA
6 1 (2.941%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) PCI DSS
2 9 (26.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.882%) COSO
3 2 (5.882%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Tivoli
2 2 (5.882%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) CA
1 9 (26.47%) Oracle
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.824%) VMware
3 3 (8.824%) Citrix
4 2 (5.882%) HP
4 2 (5.882%) IBM
5 1 (2.941%) Remedy
5 1 (2.941%) JBoss
5 1 (2.941%) Cisco
5 1 (2.941%) F5
5 1 (2.941%) ArcSight
Penetration Tester
Hounslow, Middlesex
Key Skills Ethical hacking (CREST Certified) Linux. Programming languages: C and Java... netcat, hping, gdb, etc... Proficient with neat, maintainable and documented bash shell scripting, ASM (preferably MIPS),...
Experis IT
Rate: TBC
Posted: 17 May 2013
Jnr Information Security Analyst
Chester, North West
Cyber Surveillance Job Description Business Unit Global Information Security helps to assess threats and set priorities and to create flexible programs to actively manage their specific risks. Cyber...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
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