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Information Security Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security 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 Security over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 93 95 90
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Contract jobs citing Information Security 4 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.238% 0.352% 0.415%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.371% 0.538% 0.653%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 4
Average daily rate £480 £633 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.11% +58.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £440 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 £38.88 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-55.18% +23.41%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1077 1486 1226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.18% 65.43% 63.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 713 517
Average daily rate £350 £341 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.79% -2.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £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 48 66 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 Security
England

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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
Birmingham +7 2 £515 - 2
Warwickshire -4 1 £313 -65.27% 1
Coventry - 1 £480 -
Solihull - - - -
Shropshire - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
Information Security
England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 3 (33.33%) Security Management
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) SLA
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (11.11%) OWASP
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Information Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (11.11%) assyst
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Management

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 1 (11.11%) Flash
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 1 (11.11%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) DVB
General
1 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Assistant Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Problem Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Project Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) NHS
3 1 (11.11%) W3C
3 1 (11.11%) NPfIT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 3 (33.33%) Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) OWASP
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Information Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (11.11%) Postgraduate
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) SLA
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (11.11%) WAI
3 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 9000
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
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