The first table below looks at the demand for Information Assurance skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Assurance 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Assurance
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.352% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.549% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £570 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £575 £425
% change year-on-year
-23.47% +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.50 £25.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+58.00% -25.37%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1092 1474 1223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.12% 65.02% 63.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 704 518
Average daily rate £350 £348 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -0.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 65 76
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Information Assurance Jobs Demand Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Information Assurance Daily Rate Trend

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Assurance across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

West Midlands Information Assurance Daily Rate Histogram

Information Assurance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the West Midlands region 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
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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
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Vacancies
Warwickshire - - - - 1
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance.

1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) CESG
3 3 (42.86%) CESG CLAS
3 3 (42.86%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) RMADS
4 2 (28.57%) Network Design
5 1 (14.29%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (14.29%) UAG
5 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) ISEB
5 1 (14.29%) NHS

Information Assurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Information Assurance 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 Assurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Consultant
2 5 (71.43%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 5 (71.43%) CLAS Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) CESG
1 3 (42.86%) CESG CLAS
2 2 (28.57%) RMADS
3 1 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (14.29%) UAG
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft