The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Security Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Security Analyst
Rank 542 584 585
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 12 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.025% 0.009% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.009% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
Average daily rate £390 £394 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.95% +1.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £380 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £479 £542 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £408 £388
% change year-on-year
-7.97% +5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2132 2587 2980
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 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Security Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Security Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Senior Security Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Security Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Security Analyst
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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 +17 7 £390 -0.95%
London +24 6 £393 +3.28%
East Midlands - 1 £338 -
North West - - - -
South East - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Cambridge - - - -
Chester - - - -
Coventry - - - -
Edinburgh - - - -
Marlow - - - -
Solihull - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Cheshire - - - -
Derbyshire - - - -
Shropshire - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
East Anglia - - - -
Scotland - - - -
East of England - - - -

Senior Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Security Analyst 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 Senior Security Analyst in their job title.

1 13 (50.00%) Symantec
2 12 (46.15%) ITIL
3 11 (42.31%) Firewall
4 10 (38.46%) Information Security
4 10 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (30.77%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (30.77%) Freedom of Information
5 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
5 8 (30.77%) Data Protection
5 8 (30.77%) SIEM
5 8 (30.77%) Windows
5 8 (30.77%) CISSP
6 7 (26.92%) PCI DSS
6 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
7 6 (23.08%) Freedom of Information Act
7 6 (23.08%) Q1 Labs
7 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 6 (23.08%) Information Security Management
7 6 (23.08%) Security Management
7 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
7 6 (23.08%) Remedy
8 5 (19.23%) Internet
8 5 (19.23%) Finance
8 5 (19.23%) GIAC
8 5 (19.23%) ITIL V3
8 5 (19.23%) ArcSight
8 5 (19.23%) LogLogic
8 5 (19.23%) DV Cleared
8 5 (19.23%) Mathematics
8 5 (19.23%) Degree

Senior Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Security Analyst 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 Senior Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) .NET
2 1 (3.846%) SAP XI
2 1 (3.846%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.692%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Firewall
2 5 (19.23%) Internet
3 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
3 3 (11.54%) VPN
4 1 (3.846%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.846%) SAP BW
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Banking
3 1 (3.846%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.846%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Freedom of Information
1 8 (30.77%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (23.08%) Freedom of Information Act
2 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 5 (19.23%) Mathematics
4 1 (3.846%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (3.846%) AS400
4 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) UNIX
3 2 (7.692%) Linux
4 1 (3.846%) Windows NT
4 1 (3.846%) NetWare
4 1 (3.846%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) ITIL
2 10 (38.46%) Information Security
3 8 (30.77%) Data Protection
3 8 (30.77%) SIEM
4 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
5 6 (23.08%) Information Security Management
5 6 (23.08%) Security Management
6 5 (19.23%) ITIL V3
7 4 (15.38%) ISMS
7 4 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
9 2 (7.692%) SAP Implementation
9 2 (7.692%) SAP Security
9 2 (7.692%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (7.692%) Workflow
9 2 (7.692%) Workflow Management
9 2 (7.692%) Software Engineering
9 2 (7.692%) Systems Analysis
9 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
9 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Java
2 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.846%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) CISSP
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) DV Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) GIAC
2 5 (19.23%) Degree
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) GCIH
5 2 (7.692%) CCSE
5 2 (7.692%) JNCIA
5 2 (7.692%) CCSA
5 2 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.692%) CCNA
6 1 (3.846%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (26.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Snort
2 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Symantec
2 6 (23.08%) Remedy
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Q1 Labs
3 5 (19.23%) ArcSight
3 5 (19.23%) LogLogic
4 4 (15.38%) Qualys
5 3 (11.54%) VMware
6 2 (7.692%) Fortinet
6 2 (7.692%) F5
6 2 (7.692%) SAP
6 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.846%) IBM
7 1 (3.846%) Oracle
7 1 (3.846%) Sybase
7 1 (3.846%) Sun
7 1 (3.846%) Compaq
7 1 (3.846%) Juniper
7 1 (3.846%) Novell