The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Specialist
Rank 538 571 577
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +6
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 2 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.017% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.018% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 1
Average daily rate £468 £513 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.78% +20.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £410 - £425
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
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
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 2174 2589 2882
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 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

IT Security Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IT Security Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Security Specialist Daily Rate Trend

IT Security Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IT Security Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

IT Security Specialist
Top 4 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 Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 2 £468 -8.78%
City of London +12 1 £525 -
London +9 1 £525 +2.43%
South West - 1 £410 -

IT Security Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Database Security
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) International Banking
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (20.00%) RMADS
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

IT Security Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Database Security
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec
1 1 (20.00%) McAfee
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle