ISO27001 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for ISO 27001 skills across the UK with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ISO27001 over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ISO 27001
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cheltenham City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Huddersfield Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire South Coast South East South West Surrey Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	396	590
Rank change on same period last year	+194
Matching contract IT job ads	204	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.269 %	0.063 %
As % of the category below	6.832 %	1.358 %
Daily rates quoted	70	21
Average minimum daily rate	£387	£359
Average daily rate	£415	£382
% change on same period last year	+8.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£442	£405
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£385
% change on same period last year	+7.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.64	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£16.46	£27.50
% change on same period last year	-40.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.29	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.88	£27.50
% change on same period last year	-20.45 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance UK
Matching contract IT job ads	2986	4344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.937 %	4.608 %
Daily rates quoted	1003	1505
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£395
Average daily rate	£401	£421
% change on same period last year	-4.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£428	£447
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£376
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	305	438
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.10	£23.93
Average hourly rate	£24.78	£25.55
% change on same period last year	-2.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.46	£27.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.52	£24.90
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ISO27001
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISO27001 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

ISO27001
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISO27001 within the UK.

ISO27001
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO27001 within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

ISO27001
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISO27001 within the UK.

ISO27001
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISO27001 within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

ISO27001
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ISO27001 within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	+190	198	£420	+11.21 %
London	+138	76	£421	+13.23 %
South East	+68	54	£414	+7.71 %
Hampshire	+39	25	£414	-
Yorkshire	-	14	£363	-
Berkshire	+49	13	-	-
West Yorkshire	-	11	£388	-
City of London	-	11	£600	-
Midlands	+8	11	£517	+129.62 %
South West	+34	10	£417	-
Uxbridge	-	10	£288	-
Reading	-	10	-	-
Leeds	-	10	£375	-
North West	-16	8	£417	+4.16 %
West Midlands	+2	8	£393	-12.61 %
Telford	-	7	£393	-
Shropshire	-	7	£393	-
Buckinghamshire	-	6	£490	-
Tyne and Wear	-	6	£425	-
Middlesex	+7	6	£310	-
Basingstoke	-	6	£350	-
North East	+14	6	£425	-
Manchester	-26	5	£375	-6.25 %
Newcastle	-	5	£433	-
Gloucestershire	-	4	£400	-
East of England	-5	4	£372	+6.19 %
Scotland	+28	3	£363	+3.57 %
Hertfordshire	-4	3	£383	+9.28 %
Milton Keynes	-	3	£475	-
Cheltenham	-	3	£400	-

ISO27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ISO27001 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 ISO27001.

1 130 (42.35 %) Information Security 2 99 (32.25 %) Government 3 82 (26.71 %) CISSP 4 78 (25.41 %) BS7799 4 78 (25.41 %) Security Cleared 5 57 (18.57 %) ITIL 6 56 (18.24 %) SC Cleared 7 52 (16.94 %) Risk Management 8 43 (14.01 %) Finance 8 43 (14.01 %) Risk Assessment 9 41 (13.36 %) ISO17799 10 37 (12.05 %) Telecoms 11 31 (10.10 %) COBIT 11 31 (10.10 %) RMADS 12 28 (9.121 %) Security Management

13 26 (8.469 %) Project Management 14 22 (7.166 %) CISM 14 22 (7.166 %) Firewall 15 21 (6.840 %) Service Management 15 21 (6.840 %) ITIL Certification 15 21 (6.840 %) Risk Analysis 15 21 (6.840 %) MS PowerPoint 16 20 (6.515 %) MS Excel 16 20 (6.515 %) CISA 17 19 (6.189 %) Data Protection 18 18 (5.863 %) PKI 19 16 (5.212 %) PCI DSS 20 15 (4.886 %) Change Management 20 15 (4.886 %) Network Security 21 14 (4.560 %) Management Information System

ISO27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ISO27001 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 ISO27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (1.303 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 5 (1.629 %) Apache 1 5 (1.629 %) Tomcat 2 2 (0.651 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (0.326 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (0.326 %) SharePoint 3 1 (0.326 %) WebLogic 3 1 (0.326 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (0.326 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 21 (6.840 %) MS PowerPoint 2 20 (6.515 %) MS Excel 3 11 (3.583 %) MS Project 4 7 (2.280 %) MS Office 5 5 (1.629 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.651 %) S-PLUS	Business Applications 1 1 (0.326 %) Oracle EBS 1 1 (0.326 %) Oracle Applications 1 1 (0.326 %) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking 1 22 (7.166 %) Firewall 2 15 (4.886 %) Network Security 3 8 (2.606 %) Internet 3 8 (2.606 %) LDAP 3 8 (2.606 %) TCP/IP 4 7 (2.280 %) VPN 5 5 (1.629 %) DNS 5 5 (1.629 %) DHCP 6 4 (1.303 %) MPLS 6 4 (1.303 %) Intrusion Detection 6 4 (1.303 %) SSL 6 4 (1.303 %) X.509 7 3 (0.977 %) NGN 8 2 (0.651 %) X.500 8 2 (0.651 %) Ethernet 8 2 (0.651 %) ATM 8 2 (0.651 %) ISDN 9 1 (0.326 %) LAN 9 1 (0.326 %) VoIP 9 1 (0.326 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (0.651 %) SQL Server 1 2 (0.651 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (0.326 %) Datawarehouse
General 1 99 (32.25 %) Government 2 43 (14.01 %) Finance 3 37 (12.05 %) Telecoms 4 11 (3.583 %) Legal 5 10 (3.257 %) Banking 6 9 (2.932 %) Auditing 7 6 (1.954 %) Investment Banking 7 6 (1.954 %) Health 8 5 (1.629 %) Aerospace 8 5 (1.629 %) Education 8 5 (1.629 %) Electronics 9 4 (1.303 %) Financial Institution 10 3 (0.977 %) Criminal Justice 10 3 (0.977 %) Retail 11 2 (0.651 %) Insurance 12 1 (0.326 %) Local Government 12 1 (0.326 %) Retail Banking 12 1 (0.326 %) Military	Job Titles 1 81 (26.38 %) Consultant 2 69 (22.48 %) Analyst 3 60 (19.54 %) Security Consultant 4 42 (13.68 %) Security Manager 5 32 (10.42 %) Security Analyst 6 23 (7.492 %) Information Manager 7 17 (5.537 %) Information Security Manager 8 16 (5.212 %) Project Manager 9 15 (4.886 %) Information Security Consultant 10 14 (4.560 %) Risk Analyst 10 14 (4.560 %) Security Specialist 11 13 (4.235 %) Risk Manager 12 12 (3.909 %) Architect 12 12 (3.909 %) Business Analyst 13 10 (3.257 %) Data Consultant 14 9 (2.932 %) IT Security Specialist 14 9 (2.932 %) Service Manager 14 9 (2.932 %) Service Analyst 14 9 (2.932 %) Service Desk Manager 15 8 (2.606 %) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 31 (10.10 %) RMADS 2 18 (5.863 %) PKI 3 14 (4.560 %) Management Information System 4 13 (4.235 %) Data Protection Act 5 8 (2.606 %) CESG 6 7 (2.280 %) NHS 7 6 (1.954 %) CESG CLAS 8 5 (1.629 %) Freedom of Information 9 4 (1.303 %) Biometrics 9 4 (1.303 %) Smartcard 9 4 (1.303 %) CMDB 9 4 (1.303 %) Wiki 10 3 (0.977 %) Freedom of Information Act 10 3 (0.977 %) NPfIT 11 1 (0.326 %) Thin Client 11 1 (0.326 %) APACS 11 1 (0.326 %) French Language 11 1 (0.326 %) Fat Client 11 1 (0.326 %) EFT	Operating Systems 1 13 (4.235 %) Unix 2 11 (3.583 %) Solaris 3 10 (3.257 %) Linux 4 8 (2.606 %) Windows 5 1 (0.326 %) AIX 5 1 (0.326 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (0.326 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 130 (42.35 %) Information Security 2 78 (25.41 %) Security Cleared 3 57 (18.57 %) ITIL 4 56 (18.24 %) SC Cleared 5 52 (16.94 %) Risk Management 6 43 (14.01 %) Risk Assessment 7 28 (9.121 %) Security Management 8 26 (8.469 %) Project Management 9 21 (6.840 %) Service Management 9 21 (6.840 %) Risk Analysis 10 19 (6.189 %) Data Protection 11 15 (4.886 %) Change Management 12 14 (4.560 %) Business Continuity 13 12 (3.909 %) Information Security Management 13 12 (3.909 %) PRINCE2 14 11 (3.583 %) Project Planning 15 10 (3.257 %) GAP Analysis 16 9 (2.932 %) Technical Architecture 17 8 (2.606 %) ITSM 17 8 (2.606 %) Data Security	Programming Languages 1 4 (1.303 %) C 2 3 (0.977 %) VB 3 1 (0.326 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 82 (26.71 %) CISSP 2 22 (7.166 %) CISM 3 21 (6.840 %) ITIL Certification 4 20 (6.515 %) CISA 5 12 (3.909 %) Degree 6 3 (0.977 %) PMP 6 3 (0.977 %) PMI Certification 7 2 (0.651 %) ISSMP 7 2 (0.651 %) CISMP 7 2 (0.651 %) HNC 8 1 (0.326 %) MCSE 8 1 (0.326 %) MCSA 8 1 (0.326 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 78 (25.41 %) BS7799 2 41 (13.36 %) ISO17799 3 31 (10.10 %) COBIT 4 16 (5.212 %) PCI DSS 5 12 (3.909 %) ISO9001 6 11 (3.583 %) ISO9000 7 8 (2.606 %) JSP 440 8 7 (2.280 %) BS25999 9 4 (1.303 %) SLA 10 3 (0.977 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 10 3 (0.977 %) CESG Infosec 11 2 (0.651 %) ISO14001 11 2 (0.651 %) HMG Infosec 12 1 (0.326 %) QA 12 1 (0.326 %) PCI QSA 12 1 (0.326 %) Basel II 12 1 (0.326 %) BS15000
System Software 1 5 (1.629 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.326 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 3 (0.977 %) BMC PATROL 2 1 (0.326 %) BMC Performance Manager
Vendors 1 14 (4.560 %) Remedy 2 13 (4.235 %) BMC 3 10 (3.257 %) Oracle 4 7 (2.280 %) Microsoft 5 6 (1.954 %) Sun 5 6 (1.954 %) Cisco 6 4 (1.303 %) CheckPoint 7 2 (0.651 %) Nokia 7 2 (0.651 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.326 %) PeopleSoft 8 1 (0.326 %) Sybase 8 1 (0.326 %) HP 8 1 (0.326 %) Dell 8 1 (0.326 %) Nortel 8 1 (0.326 %) Citrix 8 1 (0.326 %) BEA 8 1 (0.326 %) VERITAS 8 1 (0.326 %) Lotus