The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term RMADS in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RMADS over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
Rank 491 545 571
Rank change year-on-year
+54 +26
Contract jobs citing RMADS 50 34 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.102% 0.059% 0.031%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.379% 0.242% 0.110%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 7
Average daily rate £508 £525 £565
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -7.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £415 £415
10% offered a daily rate of more than £566 £625 £620
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £520 £425
% change year-on-year
-11.05% +22.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
13177 14046 17216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.95% 24.57% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7944 8170 10388
Average daily rate £425 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 578 682 685
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.18
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.45 £12.00 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

RMADS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

RMADS Jobs Demand Trend

RMADS
Daily Rate Trend

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

RMADS Daily Rate Trend

RMADS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RMADS within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

RMADS Daily Rate Histogram

RMADS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

RMADS Hourly Rate Trend

RMADS
Top 22 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RMADS within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +42 45 £500 -4.76% 16
South West +31 17 £410 -21.15% 1
South East +29 13 £425 -18.26% 6
London +26 10 £550 -8.33% 8
Somerset - 10 £405 -
Berkshire +14 8 £425 - 1
Hampshire -5 5 £438 -15.86% 2
Reading - 4 £425 - 1
Bristol +19 2 - -
City of London 0 2 £453 -27.60% 1
Wiltshire +2 1 - - 1
Aldershot - - - -
Midlands - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
Surrey - - - - 3
Cheltenham - - - -
Guildford - - - - 1
Gloucestershire - - - -
Stevenage - - - -
Swindon - - - -
East of England - - - -
Farnborough - - - -

RMADS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing RMADS 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 RMADS.

1 63 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 55 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 37 (48.05%) Information Security
4 32 (41.56%) Information Assurance
5 27 (35.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (35.06%) Risk Management
6 23 (29.87%) CESG
7 19 (24.68%) Management Information System
8 16 (20.78%) Security Management
9 15 (19.48%) JSP 440
10 12 (15.58%) Service Delivery
10 12 (15.58%) Risk Assessment
10 12 (15.58%) IIS
11 11 (14.29%) CISSP
11 11 (14.29%) DV Cleared
12 10 (12.99%) CESG CLAS
12 10 (12.99%) JSP
12 10 (12.99%) Firewall
13 9 (11.69%) Finance
13 9 (11.69%) Security Architecture
14 8 (10.39%) ISMS
14 8 (10.39%) TOGAF
14 8 (10.39%) Information Security Management
14 8 (10.39%) ITIL
15 7 (9.091%) Incident Management
15 7 (9.091%) Network Security
16 6 (7.792%) Service Management
16 6 (7.792%) CISM
17 5 (6.494%) Oracle
17 5 (6.494%) Linux

RMADS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 10 (12.99%) JSP
2 1 (1.299%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.58%) IIS
2 2 (2.597%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.299%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.99%) Firewall
2 7 (9.091%) Network Security
3 4 (5.195%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (5.195%) SAN
4 3 (3.896%) Internet
5 1 (1.299%) Wireless
5 1 (1.299%) X.509
5 1 (1.299%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.597%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (2.597%) Oracle Discoverer
1 2 (2.597%) RDBMS
1 2 (2.597%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.299%) MySQL
2 1 (1.299%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (2.597%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (11.69%) Finance
2 4 (5.195%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.299%) Law
3 1 (1.299%) Legal
3 1 (1.299%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.299%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (54.55%) Consultant
2 33 (42.86%) CLAS Consultant
3 13 (16.88%) Security Officer
4 12 (15.58%) Architect
5 9 (11.69%) IT Security Officer
6 8 (10.39%) Security Analyst
6 8 (10.39%) Analyst
7 7 (9.091%) Security Architect
7 7 (9.091%) Security Consultant
8 5 (6.494%) Infrastructure Architect
8 5 (6.494%) Technical Architect
9 4 (5.195%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
9 4 (5.195%) Technical Security Analyst
9 4 (5.195%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (2.597%) Information Assurance Consultant
10 2 (2.597%) Information Security Analyst
10 2 (2.597%) Information Analyst
10 2 (2.597%) Security Specialist
11 1 (1.299%) Security Engineer
11 1 (1.299%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.87%) CESG
2 19 (24.68%) Management Information System
3 10 (12.99%) CESG CLAS
4 3 (3.896%) PKI
5 2 (2.597%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.597%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.299%) Smartcard
6 1 (1.299%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.494%) Linux
2 3 (3.896%) Windows
3 1 (1.299%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (48.05%) Information Security
2 32 (41.56%) Information Assurance
3 27 (35.06%) Risk Management
4 16 (20.78%) Security Management
5 12 (15.58%) Service Delivery
5 12 (15.58%) Risk Assessment
6 9 (11.69%) Security Architecture
7 8 (10.39%) ISMS
7 8 (10.39%) TOGAF
7 8 (10.39%) Information Security Management
7 8 (10.39%) ITIL
8 7 (9.091%) Incident Management
9 6 (7.792%) Service Management
10 5 (6.494%) Load Balancing
10 5 (6.494%) Change Control
11 4 (5.195%) Risk Analysis
11 4 (5.195%) Security Testing
11 4 (5.195%) Data Protection
11 4 (5.195%) Technical Architecture
11 4 (5.195%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.299%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 55 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.29%) CISSP
3 11 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.792%) CISM
5 2 (2.597%) Degree
5 2 (2.597%) MBA
5 2 (2.597%) CISA
6 1 (1.299%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (35.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (19.48%) JSP 440
3 3 (3.896%) HMG Infosec
3 3 (3.896%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.597%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.299%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.494%) Puppet
2 3 (3.896%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 5 (6.494%) Oracle
2 4 (5.195%) CA
3 3 (3.896%) Citrix
3 3 (3.896%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.597%) ArcSight
4 2 (2.597%) TippingPoint
5 1 (1.299%) VMware
5 1 (1.299%) EMC
5 1 (1.299%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.299%) JBoss
5 1 (1.299%) Cisco
City of London
Develop robust infrastructure and application architecture patterns supporting the functional and non-functional requirements of the application. Ensure that the Technical Design and Delivery Team create appropriately secure...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £600 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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