The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Engineer
Rank 529 570 -
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.005% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £440 £190 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+131.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £190 -
% change year-on-year
+131.57% -
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
42921 54032 55868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24602 29796 30366
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2138 2561 2889
Average hourly rate £18.53 £18.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.74 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Information Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Information Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Information Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Information Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Information Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security Engineer
Top 8 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 Engineer 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
Glasgow - 2 £440 -
Scotland - 2 £440 -
England +61 1 - -
Gloucestershire +31 1 - -
South West +23 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
South Wales - 1 - -
Gloucester - 1 - -

Information Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information Security Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) BC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Lumension
5 1 (16.67%) Network Management
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (16.67%) Statistics
5 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (16.67%) Qualys
5 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) RMADS
5 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
5 1 (16.67%) Tripwire
5 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Military

Information Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Statistics
1 1 (16.67%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Network Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) BC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCVP
3 1 (16.67%) CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Lumension
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Tripwire
3 1 (16.67%) Qualys
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