The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Officer 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 Officer 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 Officer
Rank 523 577 572
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 6 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.012% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.013% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
Average daily rate £325 £725 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.17% +70.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £484 - £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +46.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.00 -
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 Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Information Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Information Security Officer Daily Rate Trend

Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Information Security Officer Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Information Security Officer Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security Officer
Top 7 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 Officer 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 +44 5 £325 -55.17%
London +41 4 £325 -55.17%
Hammersmith - 2 £325 -
Surrey +13 1 £484 -
South East +11 1 £484 -
Wales - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £484 -

Information Security Officer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (92.86%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) CISSP
3 5 (35.71%) CISM
3 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
3 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
4 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 4 (28.57%) Law
5 3 (21.43%) Legal
5 3 (21.43%) Data Security
5 3 (21.43%) CISA
5 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
6 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) ISMS
6 2 (14.29%) CRISC
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Media
6 2 (14.29%) CRM
6 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (14.29%) Process Management
6 2 (14.29%) Security Management
6 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
6 2 (14.29%) Electronics
6 2 (14.29%) Telecoms

Information Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Firewall
1 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Law
2 3 (21.43%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.143%) Banking
4 1 (7.143%) Retail
4 1 (7.143%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Media
3 1 (7.143%) Fixed Income
3 1 (7.143%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.143%) SCADA
3 1 (7.143%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Information Security
2 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 3 (21.43%) Data Security
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) ISMS
5 2 (14.29%) CRM
5 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Process Management
5 2 (14.29%) Security Management
6 1 (7.143%) Business Continuity
6 1 (7.143%) Information Management
6 1 (7.143%) Change Management
6 1 (7.143%) Quality Management
6 1 (7.143%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) CISSP
2 5 (35.71%) CISM
3 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 3 (21.43%) CISA
5 2 (14.29%) CRISC
6 1 (7.143%) ISEB
6 1 (7.143%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.143%) BS7799
2 1 (7.143%) ISO 9001
2 1 (7.143%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) SAP