The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wales region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 38 49 58
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +9
Contract jobs citing Information Security 5 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.238% 0.901% 0.154%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.812% 1.362% 0.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £293 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £384
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 £43.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-59.52% +15.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
276 367 400
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.32% 66.13% 61.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 178 176
Average daily rate £365 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Information Security across the Wales region.

Wales Information Security Daily Rate Trend

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Security across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales Information Security Daily Rate Histogram

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Information Security across the Wales region.

Wales Information Security Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales 0 4 £293 -10.00%
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Information Security 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 Information Security.

1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 2 (18.18%) Retail Banking
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.091%) Firewall
5 1 (9.091%) ITSM
5 1 (9.091%) Mainframe
5 1 (9.091%) Service Management
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (9.091%) BCP
5 1 (9.091%) IIS
5 1 (9.091%) MS Office
5 1 (9.091%) Windows
5 1 (9.091%) MCSE
5 1 (9.091%) MCSA
5 1 (9.091%) DHCP
5 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
5 1 (9.091%) DNS
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Information Security 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 Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) DHCP
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
1 1 (9.091%) DNS
1 1 (9.091%) Firewall
1 1 (9.091%) Network Security
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Retail Banking
3 1 (9.091%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Server Support Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Server Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Information Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Business Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Server Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Security Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (9.091%) Security Officer
3 1 (9.091%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Mainframe
1 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Service Management
4 1 (9.091%) BCP
4 1 (9.091%) ITSM
4 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
4 1 (9.091%) Information Management
4 1 (9.091%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
4 1 (9.091%) Requirements Management
4 1 (9.091%) Information Assurance
4 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.091%) MCTS
2 1 (9.091%) MCSE
2 1 (9.091%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
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