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This section looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPenetration Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-121
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads05
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.294 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£420£393
% change on same period last year+6.82 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£37.50
% change on same period last year-29.33 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads17751700
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.366 %1.696 %
Daily rates quoted486459
Average minimum daily rate£337£318
Average daily rate£362£339
% change on same period last year+6.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted106192
Average minimum hourly rate£25.62£25.31
Average hourly rate£27.42£27.55
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.22£29.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Penetration Testing EnglandPenetration Testing
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Penetration Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Testing across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Penetration Testing Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Testing across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Penetration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Penetration Testing
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing.

12 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)Network Security
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)VB.NET
21 (25.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)ISO9000
21 (25.00 %)CISSP
21 (25.00 %)BS7799
21 (25.00 %)Service Delivery

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %).NET
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Network Security
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Tester
22 (50.00 %)Penetration Tester
22 (50.00 %)Applications Tester
22 (50.00 %)Web Tester
31 (25.00 %)Network Security Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Developer
31 (25.00 %)Network Consultant
31 (25.00 %)IT Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Security Consultant
31 (25.00 %).NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)IT Security Consultant
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)VB.NET
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)CISSP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)ISO9000
11 (25.00 %)BS7799