The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing 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 Penetration Testing 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank - 99 93
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 0 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.179% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.288% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £190 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -45.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1111 1388 1199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.29% 62.21% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 653 558
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 69
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 £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Penetration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Penetration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight