The first table below looks at the demand for GCSC in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GCSC over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Security Consultant (GCSC)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing GCSC 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
8360 10099 9690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.02% 17.33% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4481 5262 4618
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 547 662
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -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 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%

GCSC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GCSC Jobs Demand Trend

GCSC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

GCSC Hourly Rate Trend

GCSC
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCSC 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 GCSC.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) SNMP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 4 (100.00%) MPLS
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) German Language
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Network Management
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) TACACS
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel

GCSC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCSC 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 GCSC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SNMP
1 4 (100.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) TACACS
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) IBM