The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 96 104 84
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -20
Contract jobs citing Information Security 16 6 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.860% 0.267% 1.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.244% 0.378% 1.617%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 13
Average daily rate £500 £408 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.69% +16.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £132 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £482 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £424 £380
% change year-on-year
+0.29% +11.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 £43.75 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-60.18% +44.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1286 1586 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.14% 70.58% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 877 557
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 41 60
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £170.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire +6 9 £325 +15.55%
South Yorkshire +7 7 £525 +28.83%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 11 (36.67%) Windows
3 9 (30.00%) Oracle
4 7 (23.33%) CISSP
5 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 5 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.33%) UNIX
6 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
6 4 (13.33%) Degree
6 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
7 3 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (10.00%) Business Continuity
7 3 (10.00%) Internet
7 3 (10.00%) BCP
8 2 (6.667%) Project Management
8 2 (6.667%) Mainframe
8 2 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (6.667%) CISA
8 2 (6.667%) SQL
8 2 (6.667%) Linux
8 2 (6.667%) MCP
8 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.667%) Cisco
8 2 (6.667%) Handset
8 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
8 2 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 5 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.333%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (3.333%) Network Security
2 1 (3.333%) Firewall
2 1 (3.333%) LAN
2 1 (3.333%) VPN
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.333%) Legal
3 1 (3.333%) Banking
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Consultant
2 7 (23.33%) Security Consultant
3 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 5 (16.67%) Security Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Information Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Security Specialist
7 1 (3.333%) Information Specialist
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Information Security Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Information Security Project Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Business Continuity Consultant
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Information Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Information Security Specialist
7 1 (3.333%) Security Project Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Security Investigator
7 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Project Leader
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.667%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.667%) Handset
2 2 (6.667%) CESG
3 1 (3.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) UNIX
3 2 (6.667%) Linux
4 1 (3.333%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (10.00%) BCP
4 2 (6.667%) Project Management
4 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2
4 2 (6.667%) SIEM
4 2 (6.667%) Cyber Security
5 1 (3.333%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.333%) Load Balancing
5 1 (3.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.333%) Data Security
5 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
5 1 (3.333%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (3.333%) Supplier Management
5 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (3.333%) CRM
5 1 (3.333%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) CISSP
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.667%) CISA
3 2 (6.667%) MCP
3 2 (6.667%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.333%) QA
2 1 (3.333%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Identity Management
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Oracle
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.667%) Cisco
4 1 (3.333%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.333%) VMware
4 1 (3.333%) Citrix