Information Security Consultant 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 the Information Security Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles 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
Information Security Consultant
Rank 495 560 578
Rank change year-on-year
+65 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 35 18 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.075% 0.031% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.033% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 6
Average daily rate £450 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £250 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £475 £400
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Information Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Information Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Information Security Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Information Security Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Information Security Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security Consultant
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +65 35 £450 -10.00%
London +34 22 £450 -12.19%
South East +22 5 £450 -5.26%
City of London +13 5 £450 -12.19%
Yorkshire - 4 £325 -
West Yorkshire - 4 £325 -
North West - 4 £425 -
Milton Keynes - 3 £450 -
Cheshire - 3 £425 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £450 -
Berkshire +16 2 - -
Reading +12 2 - -
Chester - 2 - -
Bradford - 2 £325 -
Leeds - 1 - -

Information Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Information Security Consultant in their job title.

1 66 (98.51%) Information Security
2 31 (46.27%) CISSP
3 23 (34.33%) CISM
3 23 (34.33%) Finance
3 23 (34.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (26.87%) Risk Management
5 15 (22.39%) Risk Assessment
6 13 (19.40%) PCI DSS
7 11 (16.42%) Legal
8 10 (14.93%) Risk Analysis
9 9 (13.43%) Data Protection
9 9 (13.43%) Banking
9 9 (13.43%) CISA
9 9 (13.43%) Cisco
9 9 (13.43%) UNIX
10 8 (11.94%) Windows
10 8 (11.94%) ITIL
10 8 (11.94%) Security Management
11 7 (10.45%) GAP Analysis
11 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (10.45%) Telecoms
11 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
12 6 (8.955%) SC Cleared
12 6 (8.955%) Data Security
12 6 (8.955%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (8.955%) Management Information System
13 5 (7.463%) MPLS
13 5 (7.463%) Linux
13 5 (7.463%) Juniper
13 5 (7.463%) Release Management

Information Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information Security Consultant in their job title 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 with Information Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.985%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.493%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.463%) MPLS
2 4 (5.970%) Firewall
3 3 (4.478%) ATM
3 3 (4.478%) Network Security
3 3 (4.478%) SDH
4 2 (2.985%) Internet
4 2 (2.985%) LAN
5 1 (1.493%) Wireless
5 1 (1.493%) VoIP
5 1 (1.493%) WLAN
5 1 (1.493%) WAN
5 1 (1.493%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.493%) VPN
5 1 (1.493%) DNS
5 1 (1.493%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.985%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 23 (34.33%) Finance
2 11 (16.42%) Legal
3 9 (13.43%) Banking
4 7 (10.45%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.478%) Advertising
5 3 (4.478%) Retail
6 2 (2.985%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.985%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.493%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.493%) Local Government
7 1 (1.493%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.955%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.463%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.478%) SWIFT
4 2 (2.985%) RMADS
4 2 (2.985%) NHS
4 2 (2.985%) SaaS
5 1 (1.493%) PKI
5 1 (1.493%) FMCG
5 1 (1.493%) Video on Demand
5 1 (1.493%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.43%) UNIX
2 8 (11.94%) Windows
3 5 (7.463%) Linux
4 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (98.51%) Information Security
2 18 (26.87%) Risk Management
3 15 (22.39%) Risk Assessment
4 10 (14.93%) Risk Analysis
5 9 (13.43%) Data Protection
6 8 (11.94%) Security Management
6 8 (11.94%) ITIL
7 7 (10.45%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (8.955%) Data Security
8 6 (8.955%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (7.463%) Business Continuity
9 5 (7.463%) Information Assurance
9 5 (7.463%) Network Management
9 5 (7.463%) Release Management
10 4 (5.970%) Information Security Management
11 3 (4.478%) Quality Management
11 3 (4.478%) Project Management
11 3 (4.478%) Security Architecture
11 3 (4.478%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.478%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (46.27%) CISSP
2 23 (34.33%) CISM
3 9 (13.43%) CISA
4 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.955%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.478%) Degree
6 3 (4.478%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.493%) CEH
7 1 (1.493%) CRISC
7 1 (1.493%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (34.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (19.40%) PCI DSS
3 4 (5.970%) COBIT
4 3 (4.478%) ISO 9001
4 3 (4.478%) BS7799
5 2 (2.985%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.985%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.985%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.493%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.493%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Cisco
2 5 (7.463%) Juniper
3 4 (5.970%) VMware
3 4 (5.970%) Oracle
4 3 (4.478%) Citrix
4 3 (4.478%) Symantec
5 2 (2.985%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.985%) IBM
5 2 (2.985%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.493%) Tripwire
6 1 (1.493%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (1.493%) Qualys
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