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Security+ Certification Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Security+ Certification in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security+ Certification 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 Qualifications 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA Security+ Certification
Rank 534 567 588
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +21
Contract jobs citing Security+ Certification 7 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.014% 0.021% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.079% 0.122% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
Average daily rate £325 £725 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.17% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £125 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 8879 9800 9840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.16% 17.14% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4722 5078 4824
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £536 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 504 508 670
Average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.32% -4.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.43 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -14.00%

Security+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security+ Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Security+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Security+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Security+ Certification Daily Rate Trend

Security+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Security+ Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Security+ Certification
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security+ Certification 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 +29 6 £325 -55.17% 3
London +22 6 £325 -55.17% 1
City of London -3 1 £325 +8.33% 1
South East - - - - 2
East of England - - - -
Luton - - - -
Bedfordshire - - - -
Berkshire - - - -
Surrey - - - -
Guildford - - - -

Security+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
2 11 (91.67%) CISSP
3 10 (83.33%) Security Management
3 10 (83.33%) SQL
3 10 (83.33%) LDAP
3 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
4 9 (75.00%) Management Information System
5 8 (66.67%) McAfee
5 8 (66.67%) LAN
5 8 (66.67%) WAN
5 8 (66.67%) VBScript
5 8 (66.67%) SecurID
5 8 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
6 7 (58.33%) Network Design
6 7 (58.33%) VB
6 7 (58.33%) VPN
6 7 (58.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (58.33%) Perl
7 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
7 6 (50.00%) Client/Server
8 2 (16.67%) Windows
8 2 (16.67%) GCIH
8 2 (16.67%) CEH
9 1 (8.333%) ArcSight
9 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
9 1 (8.333%) Analytics
9 1 (8.333%) Cyber Security
9 1 (8.333%) GSEC

Security+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) LDAP
2 8 (66.67%) LAN
2 8 (66.67%) WAN
3 7 (58.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (8.333%) Banking
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Administrator
1 10 (83.33%) Security Administrator
2 8 (66.67%) IT Administrator
2 8 (66.67%) IT Security Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (66.67%) SecurID
3 6 (50.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (8.333%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
2 10 (83.33%) Security Management
3 7 (58.33%) Network Design
4 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (8.333%) Analytics
4 1 (8.333%) Cyber Security
4 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.333%) Use Case
4 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.333%) Service Management
4 1 (8.333%) CMMI
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
2 8 (66.67%) VBScript
3 7 (58.33%) VB
3 7 (58.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) GCIH
2 2 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (8.333%) GSEC
3 1 (8.333%) ACSA
3 1 (8.333%) SSCP
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.333%) GIAC
3 1 (8.333%) CISM
3 1 (8.333%) MCSE
3 1 (8.333%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (8.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (8.333%) OVSD
2 1 (8.333%) OpenView
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) McAfee
3 1 (8.333%) ArcSight
3 1 (8.333%) HP
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