The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Qualys products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Qualys over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Qualys.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Qualys
Rank 515 569 584
Rank change year-on-year
+54 +15
Contract jobs citing Qualys 15 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.032% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Vendors category 0.069% 0.033% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
Average daily rate £456 £451 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.27% +8.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £451 £334
10% offered a daily rate of more than £496 £451 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £451 £450
% change year-on-year
-8.43% +0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Qualys
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Qualys within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Qualys Jobs Demand Trend

Qualys
Daily Rate Trend

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

Qualys Daily Rate Trend

Qualys
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Qualys Hourly Rate Trend

Qualys
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Qualys within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +48 9 £456 +1.27%
South East +28 5 £400 -
Berkshire +19 4 £400 -
London +23 3 £494 -
Reading - 3 - -
South West +24 1 £425 -5.66%
City of London - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £425 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Windsor - 1 £400 -
Swindon - 1 £425 -
Havant - 1 - -

Qualys
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Qualys 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 Qualys.

1 12 (63.16%) PCI DSS
2 11 (57.89%) SIEM
3 10 (52.63%) Firewall
4 9 (47.37%) Management Information System
4 9 (47.37%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (47.37%) Incident Management
5 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
6 7 (36.84%) Internet
6 7 (36.84%) Windows
6 7 (36.84%) Change Control
7 6 (31.58%) Analytics
7 6 (31.58%) Security Testing
7 6 (31.58%) Client/Server
8 5 (26.32%) ITIL
8 5 (26.32%) UNIX
8 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (21.05%) Linux
9 4 (21.05%) CISSP
9 4 (21.05%) Information Security
10 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
10 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
10 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
10 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
10 3 (15.79%) Symantec
10 3 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
11 2 (10.53%) VPN
11 2 (10.53%) CCNA
11 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification

Qualys
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Qualys 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 Qualys. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) Firewall
2 9 (47.37%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (36.84%) Internet
4 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
5 2 (10.53%) VPN
General
1 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Analyst
2 9 (47.37%) Security Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Operations Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (21.05%) Senior Security Analyst
6 3 (15.79%) Security Manager
7 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
7 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Analyst
7 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Manager
7 2 (10.53%) Operations Manager
7 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
7 2 (10.53%) Consultant
8 1 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (5.263%) Support Analyst
8 1 (5.263%) Security Consultant
8 1 (5.263%) Administrator
8 1 (5.263%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (5.263%) Information Security Engineer
8 1 (5.263%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (5.263%) Principal Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Management Information System
2 6 (31.58%) Client/Server
3 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (10.53%) Freedom of Information Act
3 2 (10.53%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (5.263%) Statistics
4 1 (5.263%) Clustering
4 1 (5.263%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) UNIX
3 4 (21.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) SIEM
2 9 (47.37%) Incident Management
3 7 (36.84%) Change Control
4 6 (31.58%) Analytics
4 6 (31.58%) Security Testing
5 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (21.05%) Information Security
7 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
7 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
7 2 (10.53%) Security Management
7 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 2 (10.53%) ITIL V3
8 1 (5.263%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.263%) Business Continuity
8 1 (5.263%) Change Management
8 1 (5.263%) Information Security Management
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CISSP
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CCNA
2 2 (10.53%) CCSA
2 2 (10.53%) CCSE
2 2 (10.53%) JNCIA
3 1 (5.263%) MCITP
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (63.16%) PCI DSS
2 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.263%) COBIT
3 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (5.263%) SCCM
2 1 (5.263%) SCOM
2 1 (5.263%) HP SIM
2 1 (5.263%) MOM
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
1 3 (15.79%) Symantec
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
2 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
2 2 (10.53%) F5
3 1 (5.263%) ArcSight
3 1 (5.263%) Q1 Labs
3 1 (5.263%) Altiris
3 1 (5.263%) Tripwire
3 1 (5.263%) HP
3 1 (5.263%) BMC
3 1 (5.263%) Remedy
3 1 (5.263%) McAfee
3 1 (5.263%) Sophos
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