The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Security Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Officer
Rank 496 561 565
Rank change year-on-year
+65 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 33 23 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.071% 0.039% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.043% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 5
Average daily rate £375 £306 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.44% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £277 £341
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £463 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £445 £500 £350
% change year-on-year
-11.10% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £24.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +81.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
- +62.96%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
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 2112 2572 2930
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 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Security Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Security Officer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Officer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Security Officer Daily Rate Trend

Security Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Officer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Security Officer Daily Rate Histogram

Security Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Security Officer Hourly Rate Trend

Security Officer
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +55 32 £375 +22.44%
South West +39 13 £405 -19.00%
London +34 12 £325 +6.55%
Somerset - 9 £405 -
Taunton - 9 £405 -
South East +15 5 £505 -
Bristol - 4 - -
Hampshire - 3 £438 -
Hammersmith - 2 £325 -
East of England - 2 £325 -
Bedfordshire - 2 £325 -
Luton - 2 £325 -
Berkshire +14 1 £1,000 -
Surrey +13 1 £484 -
City of London +10 1 £175 -40.67%
Wales - 1 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £484 -

Security Officer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 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 Security Officer in their job title.

1 34 (66.67%) Information Security
2 22 (43.14%) Risk Management
3 21 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (39.22%) Security Cleared
5 18 (35.29%) SC Cleared
5 18 (35.29%) Finance
6 17 (33.33%) Management Information System
7 14 (27.45%) Security Management
8 12 (23.53%) RMADS
8 12 (23.53%) Information Assurance
8 12 (23.53%) CISSP
9 11 (21.57%) Risk Assessment
9 11 (21.57%) Information Security Management
10 9 (17.65%) CESG
10 9 (17.65%) Data Protection
10 9 (17.65%) ISMS
11 8 (15.69%) CISM
11 8 (15.69%) IIS
12 7 (13.73%) Project Management
12 7 (13.73%) Firewall
12 7 (13.73%) Service Delivery
12 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
13 6 (11.76%) Degree
14 5 (9.804%) JSP 440
14 5 (9.804%) CISA
15 4 (7.843%) Business Continuity
15 4 (7.843%) Law
15 4 (7.843%) ITIL
15 4 (7.843%) PCI DSS
15 4 (7.843%) Avionics

Security Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 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 Security Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (5.882%) JSP
2 1 (1.961%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.961%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (15.69%) IIS
2 1 (1.961%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.961%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.922%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.961%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.961%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) Firewall
2 4 (7.843%) Network Security
3 2 (3.922%) NetScreen
3 2 (3.922%) SSL
3 2 (3.922%) OSPF
3 2 (3.922%) VoIP
4 1 (1.961%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.961%) VPN
4 1 (1.961%) BGP
4 1 (1.961%) Intranet
4 1 (1.961%) Internet
4 1 (1.961%) MPLS
4 1 (1.961%) IPsec
General
1 18 (35.29%) Finance
2 4 (7.843%) Law
2 4 (7.843%) Avionics
3 3 (5.882%) Legal
4 2 (3.922%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.922%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.922%) Electronics
4 2 (3.922%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.922%) Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Arabic Language
5 1 (1.961%) Retail
5 1 (1.961%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 12 (23.53%) RMADS
3 9 (17.65%) CESG
4 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
5 3 (5.882%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.922%) CESG CLAS
6 2 (3.922%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.961%) SCADA
7 1 (1.961%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.961%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.922%) UNIX
1 2 (3.922%) Windows
2 1 (1.961%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (66.67%) Information Security
2 22 (43.14%) Risk Management
3 14 (27.45%) Security Management
4 12 (23.53%) Information Assurance
5 11 (21.57%) Risk Assessment
5 11 (21.57%) Information Security Management
6 9 (17.65%) Data Protection
6 9 (17.65%) ISMS
7 7 (13.73%) Project Management
7 7 (13.73%) Service Delivery
8 4 (7.843%) Business Continuity
8 4 (7.843%) ITIL
8 4 (7.843%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (5.882%) E-Commerce
9 3 (5.882%) CRM
9 3 (5.882%) Data Security
10 2 (3.922%) Process Management
10 2 (3.922%) Risk Analysis
10 2 (3.922%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 2 (3.922%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.961%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (39.22%) Security Cleared
2 18 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 12 (23.53%) CISSP
4 8 (15.69%) CISM
5 6 (11.76%) Degree
6 5 (9.804%) CISA
7 2 (3.922%) MBA
7 2 (3.922%) CRISC
8 1 (1.961%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.961%) ISEB
8 1 (1.961%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.804%) JSP 440
3 4 (7.843%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.922%) BS7799
4 2 (3.922%) COBIT
5 1 (1.961%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.961%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.961%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (1.961%) WSUS
1 1 (1.961%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (5.882%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.922%) Juniper
3 1 (1.961%) SAP
3 1 (1.961%) McAfee
3 1 (1.961%) Symantec
3 1 (1.961%) Cisco
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