The first table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Security Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Officer
Rank 526 561 600
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +39
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Officer 15 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.031% 0.016% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.017% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
Average daily rate £325 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £500 -
% change year-on-year
-35.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £13.50
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
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 2099 2560 2964
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 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

IT Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IT Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Officer
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Security Officer Daily Rate Trend

IT Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Security Officer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

IT Security Officer Daily Rate Histogram

IT Security Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IT Security Officer Hourly Rate Trend

IT Security Officer
Top 18 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 Officer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +18 14 £325 +1.56%
South West - 9 - -
London +23 4 £281 -12.10%
Cardiff - 1 - - 1
City of London - 1 £175 -
Wales - 1 - - 1
South Wales - 1 - - 1
Bristol - - - -
Scotland - - - -
North West - - - -
South East - - - -
Croydon - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - -
Reading - - - -
Stirling - - - -
Berkshire - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -

IT Security Officer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Security Officer in their job title.

1 18 (72.00%) Information Security
2 15 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 14 (56.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (52.00%) Management Information System
5 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
5 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
5 12 (48.00%) Information Assurance
6 11 (44.00%) Finance
7 10 (40.00%) Information Security Management
7 10 (40.00%) Security Management
8 9 (36.00%) RMADS
8 9 (36.00%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (32.00%) CESG
9 8 (32.00%) ISMS
9 8 (32.00%) Service Delivery
9 8 (32.00%) IIS
10 6 (24.00%) Firewall
11 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
11 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
12 2 (8.000%) Vulnerability Management
12 2 (8.000%) Data Protection
12 2 (8.000%) CISM
12 2 (8.000%) Freedom of Information
12 2 (8.000%) Network Security
12 2 (8.000%) SSL
12 2 (8.000%) CISSP
12 2 (8.000%) Juniper
12 2 (8.000%) MS Visio
12 2 (8.000%) VoIP
12 2 (8.000%) UNIX

IT Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Security Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.000%) COM
1 1 (4.000%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (32.00%) IIS
2 1 (4.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.000%) Network Security
2 2 (8.000%) SSL
2 2 (8.000%) VoIP
2 2 (8.000%) NetScreen
2 2 (8.000%) OSPF
3 1 (4.000%) BGP
3 1 (4.000%) IPsec
3 1 (4.000%) VPN
3 1 (4.000%) Intranet
3 1 (4.000%) Internet
3 1 (4.000%) MPLS
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.000%) Front Office
2 1 (4.000%) Arabic Language
2 1 (4.000%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (36.00%) RMADS
3 8 (32.00%) CESG
4 2 (8.000%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (4.000%) Blackberry
5 1 (4.000%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) UNIX
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
2 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Information Security
2 15 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 12 (48.00%) Information Assurance
4 10 (40.00%) Information Security Management
4 10 (40.00%) Security Management
5 9 (36.00%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (32.00%) ISMS
6 8 (32.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.000%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (8.000%) Data Protection
8 1 (4.000%) Project Management
8 1 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (4.000%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (4.000%) Investment Management
8 1 (4.000%) Time Management
8 1 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (4.000%) Business Analysis
8 1 (4.000%) Asset Management
8 1 (4.000%) Market Research
8 1 (4.000%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.000%) CISM
2 2 (8.000%) CISSP
3 1 (4.000%) CISA
3 1 (4.000%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (56.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.000%) BS7799
3 1 (4.000%) JSP 440
3 1 (4.000%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) SCCM
1 1 (4.000%) WSUS
1 1 (4.000%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.000%) Juniper
3 1 (4.000%) McAfee
3 1 (4.000%) Symantec
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
With responsibility for the successful management of Information Security across the business the ideal candidate will work on risk management, gap analysis, security policy implementation and the reduction...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 14 June 2013