IT 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 IT 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 IT Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Consultant
Rank 518 564 571
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Consultant 16 22 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.034% 0.037% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.040% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 8
Average daily rate £450 £600 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +37.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £335 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £600 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
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		 43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
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 2155 2623 2895
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 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

IT Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IT Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Security Consultant Daily Rate Trend

IT Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Security Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

IT Security Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

IT Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IT Security Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

IT Security Consultant
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +53 15 £450 -25.00%
North West +11 8 £350 +13.82%
London +24 6 £513 -14.58%
Manchester - 6 £375 -
City of London - 2 £500 -
Cheshire -1 1 - -
Chester -5 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
Lancashire - 1 £300 -
Halifax - 1 £325 -

IT Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Security Consultant in their job title.

1 16 (59.26%) Information Security
2 10 (37.04%) CISSP
3 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 7 (25.93%) CISM
3 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
4 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (18.52%) CISA
4 5 (18.52%) Banking
4 5 (18.52%) Windows
5 4 (14.81%) Juniper
5 4 (14.81%) Cisco
5 4 (14.81%) Security Management
5 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
5 4 (14.81%) PKI
5 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
5 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
5 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (14.81%) Security Testing
6 3 (11.11%) ISMS
6 3 (11.11%) SIEM
6 3 (11.11%) Q1 Labs
6 3 (11.11%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (11.11%) McAfee
6 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 3 (11.11%) Linux
6 3 (11.11%) UNIX
7 2 (7.407%) ITIL
7 2 (7.407%) IIS

IT Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.704%) Ajax
1 1 (3.704%) OLE
1 1 (3.704%) ASP
1 1 (3.704%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) LAN
1 2 (7.407%) HTTP
1 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
1 2 (7.407%) Internet
1 2 (7.407%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.704%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (3.704%) Network Security
2 1 (3.704%) Firewall
2 1 (3.704%) VPN
2 1 (3.704%) SSL
2 1 (3.704%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) Big Data
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Banking
3 2 (7.407%) International Banking
4 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.704%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.704%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
1 4 (14.81%) PKI
2 2 (7.407%) Cryptography
2 2 (7.407%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.704%) SCADA
3 1 (3.704%) Smart Meter
3 1 (3.704%) Open Source
3 1 (3.704%) SaaS
3 1 (3.704%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Information Security
2 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (14.81%) Security Management
3 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (14.81%) Security Testing
4 3 (11.11%) ISMS
4 3 (11.11%) SIEM
4 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.407%) ITIL
5 2 (7.407%) Information Security Management
5 2 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.407%) Business Continuity
5 2 (7.407%) Project Management
5 2 (7.407%) Computer Security
5 2 (7.407%) Information Assurance
6 1 (3.704%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.704%) Python
1 1 (3.704%) Java
1 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.704%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) CISSP
2 7 (25.93%) CISM
2 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) CISA
4 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
5 2 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.407%) CEH
6 1 (3.704%) MCITP
6 1 (3.704%) CHFI
6 1 (3.704%) CCSE
6 1 (3.704%) CCSA
6 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.704%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.704%) CCSP
6 1 (3.704%) CCNP
6 1 (3.704%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.407%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.704%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.704%) BS7799
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (3.704%) UAG
1 1 (3.704%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Juniper
1 4 (14.81%) Cisco
2 3 (11.11%) Q1 Labs
2 3 (11.11%) McAfee
3 2 (7.407%) IBM
3 2 (7.407%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 2 (7.407%) Nortel
3 2 (7.407%) Sonus
3 2 (7.407%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.704%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
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