The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Manager 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Manager
Rank 518 564 574
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 11 20 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.034% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.037% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 2
Average daily rate £475 £550 £531
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% +3.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £367 £516
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £664 £546
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £503 -
% change year-on-year
-12.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £36.38 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.38 -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
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 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
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 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Information Security Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Information Security Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Information Security Manager Daily Rate Trend

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Information Security Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Information Security Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security Manager
Top 12 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 Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +37 10 £475 -13.63%
London +35 7 £500 -9.09%
North West +16 3 £388 -14.83%
Manchester - 3 £388 -
East of England +18 1 £475 -
Berkshire +15 1 £475 -13.63%
Reading +14 1 £475 -13.63%
South East +12 1 £475 -13.63%
Hertfordshire +7 1 £475 -
Watford - 1 £475 -
Salford - 1 £400 -
Hounslow - 1 £475 -

Information Security Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information Security Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (46.43%) Project Management
2 13 (46.43%) Finance
3 11 (39.29%) Risk Management
4 10 (35.71%) Banking
4 10 (35.71%) PRINCE2
4 10 (35.71%) CISSP
5 9 (32.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (28.57%) CISM
7 6 (21.43%) ITIL
8 5 (17.86%) Business Continuity
8 5 (17.86%) Investment Banking
8 5 (17.86%) Supplier Management
9 4 (14.29%) Change Management
9 4 (14.29%) Data Security
9 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
10 3 (10.71%) Security Architecture
10 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (10.71%) PRINCE
11 2 (7.143%) E-Commerce
11 2 (7.143%) VPN
11 2 (7.143%) SAP
11 2 (7.143%) CISA
11 2 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
11 2 (7.143%) Firewall
11 2 (7.143%) PMI
11 2 (7.143%) PMP
11 2 (7.143%) PMI Certification
11 2 (7.143%) Legal

Information Security Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information Security Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Project
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.571%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.571%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) VPN
1 2 (7.143%) Firewall
2 1 (3.571%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 13 (46.43%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Banking
3 5 (17.86%) Investment Banking
4 2 (7.143%) Legal
5 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.571%) Law
5 1 (3.571%) Retail
5 1 (3.571%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) PMI
2 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.571%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (46.43%) Project Management
3 11 (39.29%) Risk Management
4 10 (35.71%) PRINCE2
5 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (21.43%) ITIL
7 5 (17.86%) Business Continuity
7 5 (17.86%) Supplier Management
8 4 (14.29%) Change Management
8 4 (14.29%) Data Security
9 3 (10.71%) Security Architecture
9 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (10.71%) PRINCE
10 2 (7.143%) E-Commerce
10 2 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (7.143%) ISMS
10 2 (7.143%) Resource Management
10 2 (7.143%) Time Management
11 1 (3.571%) CRAMM
11 1 (3.571%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) CISSP
2 8 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (7.143%) CISA
3 2 (7.143%) PMP
3 2 (7.143%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.571%) APMP
4 1 (3.571%) ISACA
4 1 (3.571%) CEH
4 1 (3.571%) Degree
4 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.571%) QA
3 1 (3.571%) COBIT
3 1 (3.571%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (7.143%) SAP
2 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.571%) Symantec