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This section looks at the demand for Security Management skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecurity Management
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank462542
Rank change on same period last yearUp+80
Matching contract IT job ads124113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.165 %0.114 %
As % of the category below0.307 %0.230 %
Daily rates quoted2828
Average minimum daily rate£365£432
Average daily rate£403£475
% change on same period last year-15.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£519
UK excluding London average daily rate£398£450
% change on same period last year-11.55 %
Hourly rates quoted153
Average minimum hourly rate£26.93£19.33
Average hourly rate£30.13£21.00
% change on same period last year+43.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.33£22.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.57£21.00
% change on same period last year+40.81 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4043049188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled53.89 %49.76 %
Daily rates quoted1470316173
Average minimum daily rate£388£393
Average daily rate£415£418
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted23872984
Average minimum hourly rate£27.12£28.72
Average hourly rate£28.90£30.53
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.67£32.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Security Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Security Management within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Security Management Demand Trend

Security Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Security Management Daily Rate Trend

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Management within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Security Management Daily Rate Histogram

Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Security Management Hourly Rate Trend

Security Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Management within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Security Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Security Management
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+86111£414-13.97 %
LondonUp+7647£442-15.07 %
South EastUp+3918£381-13.96 %
East MidlandsUp+1914£300-
LeicestershireNew entry-12£300-
LeicesterNew entry-10--
East of EnglandNew entry-10£452-
ScotlandUp+239£250-19.35 %
ReadingUp+99£400-
BerkshireUp+359£400-3.03 %
EdinburghUp+178£250-
EssexNew entry-5£443-
HertfordshireNew entry-5£459-
MidlandsNew entry-5£425-
City of LondonDown-205£500+3.44 %
North WestDown-155£650-7.14 %
YorkshireUp+144£325-
West MidlandsUp+104£225-
South WestUp+143£400+1.52 %
HampshireUp+183£355-29.00 %
ShropshireNew entry-3--
SurreyDown-43--
West YorkshireNew entry-3--
ShrewsburyNew entry-3--
LeedsNew entry-3--
FarehamNew entry-2£333-
Southend-on-SeaNew entry-2£650-
CumbriaNew entry-2--
North WalesNew entry-2--
WalesNew entry-2--

Security Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Security Management 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 Security Management.

164 (29.91 %)Information Security
256 (26.17 %)Finance
351 (23.83 %)Information Security Management
448 (22.43 %)UNIX
533 (15.42 %)Windows
533 (15.42 %)HP
631 (14.49 %)Oracle
730 (14.02 %)HPUX
730 (14.02 %)TCP/IP
829 (13.55 %)WAN
829 (13.55 %)LAN
829 (13.55 %)ISO27001
928 (13.08 %)CISSP
928 (13.08 %)SAN
928 (13.08 %)Shell Script
928 (13.08 %)Firewall
1027 (12.62 %)SQL
1126 (12.15 %)Management Information System
1224 (11.21 %)Government
1323 (10.75 %)OpenView
1323 (10.75 %)HP Data Protector
1421 (9.813 %)Performance Management
1519 (8.879 %)Active Directory
1617 (7.944 %)Solaris
1716 (7.477 %)Cisco
1716 (7.477 %)Security Cleared
1815 (7.009 %)Microsoft
1815 (7.009 %)AIX
1815 (7.009 %)ITIL
1815 (7.009 %)Legal

Security Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Security Management 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 Security Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (5.140 %)Middleware
111 (5.140 %)WebSphere
26 (2.804 %)XML
34 (1.869 %)J2EE
42 (0.935 %)WebServices
42 (0.935 %)XHTML
42 (0.935 %)UDDI
42 (0.935 %)Dojo
42 (0.935 %)AJAX
51 (0.467 %)LAMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (5.607 %)MS Exchange
210 (4.673 %)WebSphere Application Server
37 (3.271 %)Exchange Server 2000
37 (3.271 %)Exchange Server 2003
45 (2.336 %)WebLogic
45 (2.336 %)Apache
54 (1.869 %)Tomcat
54 (1.869 %)MQSeries
54 (1.869 %)IIS
63 (1.402 %)JBoss
63 (1.402 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (0.935 %)Oracle Application Server
72 (0.935 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.467 %)Oracle 9iAS
81 (0.467 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (3.271 %)MS Office
17 (3.271 %)MS Excel
23 (1.402 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.935 %)Oracle Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (14.02 %)TCP/IP
229 (13.55 %)LAN
229 (13.55 %)WAN
328 (13.08 %)SAN
328 (13.08 %)Firewall
411 (5.140 %)Network Security
510 (4.673 %)Internet
510 (4.673 %)DNS
67 (3.271 %)VPN
67 (3.271 %)LDAP
76 (2.804 %)DHCP
76 (2.804 %)MPLS
76 (2.804 %)VLAN
84 (1.869 %)VoIP
93 (1.402 %)HTTP
102 (0.935 %)HTTPS
102 (0.935 %)X.500
102 (0.935 %)Wireless
102 (0.935 %)Intrusion Detection
111 (0.467 %)BIG-IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (5.607 %)SQL Server
210 (4.673 %)Oracle 9i
36 (2.804 %)DTS
36 (2.804 %)Oracle 10g
36 (2.804 %)SQL Server Integration Services
44 (1.869 %)Oracle 8/8i
53 (1.402 %)ETL
53 (1.402 %)Datawarehouse
62 (0.935 %)MySQL
62 (0.935 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (0.935 %)GIS
71 (0.467 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (0.467 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.467 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.935 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
156 (26.17 %)Finance
224 (11.21 %)Government
315 (7.009 %)Legal
48 (3.738 %)Banking
57 (3.271 %)Telecoms
64 (1.869 %)Health
64 (1.869 %)Retail
64 (1.869 %)Investment Banking
64 (1.869 %)Auditing
72 (0.935 %)Local Government
72 (0.935 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.467 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
144 (20.56 %)Administrator
243 (20.09 %)Analyst
331 (14.49 %)Consultant
430 (14.02 %)Systems Administrator
526 (12.15 %)UNIX Administrator
625 (11.68 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
723 (10.75 %)Security Analyst
822 (10.28 %)Security Consultant
918 (8.411 %)Security Manager
1017 (7.944 %)DBA
1113 (6.075 %)Architect
1212 (5.607 %)Business Analyst
1212 (5.607 %)Information Analyst
1212 (5.607 %)Information Security Analyst
1310 (4.673 %)Information Manager
1310 (4.673 %)Information Security Manager
149 (4.206 %)Oracle DBA
157 (3.271 %)SQL DBA
166 (2.804 %)Information Security Consultant
166 (2.804 %)Network Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (12.15 %)Management Information System
213 (6.075 %)PKI
35 (2.336 %)NHS
44 (1.869 %)Smartcard
44 (1.869 %)Data Protection Act
53 (1.402 %)Cryptography
53 (1.402 %)Freedom of Information
62 (0.935 %)Blackberry
62 (0.935 %)Mainframe
62 (0.935 %)NPfIT
62 (0.935 %)Firmware
62 (0.935 %)Tandem
71 (0.467 %)Biometrics
71 (0.467 %)Client/Server
71 (0.467 %)N-Tier
71 (0.467 %)CLARiiON
71 (0.467 %)Clustering
71 (0.467 %)CMDB
71 (0.467 %)RMADS
71 (0.467 %)PDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (22.43 %)UNIX
233 (15.42 %)Windows
330 (14.02 %)HPUX
417 (7.944 %)Solaris
515 (7.009 %)AIX
611 (5.140 %)Linux
710 (4.673 %)Windows Server 2003
87 (3.271 %)Windows XP
96 (2.804 %)Windows 2000
104 (1.869 %)Windows NT
113 (1.402 %)SUSE
121 (0.467 %)Tru64
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
164 (29.91 %)Information Security
251 (23.83 %)Information Security Management
321 (9.813 %)Performance Management
416 (7.477 %)Security Cleared
515 (7.009 %)ITIL
614 (6.542 %)Risk Assessment
713 (6.075 %)Risk Management
811 (5.140 %)ISMS
910 (4.673 %)Business Analysis
109 (4.206 %)Data Protection
118 (3.738 %)Configuration Management
118 (3.738 %)Data Management
118 (3.738 %)Data Modelling
127 (3.271 %)Benchmarking
127 (3.271 %)Change Management
127 (3.271 %)Disaster Recovery
127 (3.271 %)Data Security
127 (3.271 %)Project Management
136 (2.804 %)Migration
136 (2.804 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (13.08 %)Shell Script
227 (12.62 %)SQL
39 (4.206 %)PL/SQL
48 (3.738 %)Perl
55 (2.336 %)VB
64 (1.869 %)Transact-SQL
64 (1.869 %)Java
73 (1.402 %)REXX
73 (1.402 %)Tcl
82 (0.935 %)PHP
91 (0.467 %)JavaScript
91 (0.467 %)VBA
91 (0.467 %)AWK
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (13.08 %)CISSP
210 (4.673 %)CISA
210 (4.673 %)CISM
35 (2.336 %)Degree
35 (2.336 %)MCP
35 (2.336 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (1.869 %)Cisco Certification
44 (1.869 %)ITIL Certification
53 (1.402 %)ISEB
62 (0.935 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (0.935 %)MCSE
62 (0.935 %)CCIE
62 (0.935 %)ISSMP
71 (0.467 %)Oracle Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (13.55 %)ISO27001
214 (6.542 %)COBIT
214 (6.542 %)BS7799
38 (3.738 %)PCI DSS
45 (2.336 %)SLA
45 (2.336 %)ISO17799
52 (0.935 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.467 %)ISO9001
61 (0.467 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (8.879 %)Active Directory
24 (1.869 %)ISA Server
32 (0.935 %)VMware ESX
32 (0.935 %)Oracle RMAN
32 (0.935 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.467 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
123 (10.75 %)OpenView
123 (10.75 %)HP Data Protector
24 (1.869 %)Netcool
33 (1.402 %)OpenView Configuration Management
33 (1.402 %)Unicenter
42 (0.935 %)Tivoli
42 (0.935 %)NNM
42 (0.935 %)OVOW
42 (0.935 %)OVIS
42 (0.935 %)OVPA
51 (0.467 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (15.42 %)HP
231 (14.49 %)Oracle
316 (7.477 %)Cisco
415 (7.009 %)Microsoft
512 (5.607 %)SAP
610 (4.673 %)IBM
76 (2.804 %)Citrix
85 (2.336 %)Sun
85 (2.336 %)Red Hat
94 (1.869 %)CheckPoint
94 (1.869 %)VMware
94 (1.869 %)CA
103 (1.402 %)Intel
103 (1.402 %)Dell
112 (0.935 %)EMC
112 (0.935 %)VERITAS
112 (0.935 %)Lotus
112 (0.935 %)Altiris
121 (0.467 %)Blue Coat
121 (0.467 %)Crossbeam
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