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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2920
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below2.703 %12.90 %
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£347£346
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£14.00
Average hourly rate-£16.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.60£28.17
% change on same period last year-9.13 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads3762
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted89
Average minimum daily rate£224£462
Average daily rate£237£466
% change on same period last year-49.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£251£471
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted67
Average minimum hourly rate£28.07£13.50
Average hourly rate£30.00£14.58
% change on same period last year+105.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.93£15.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
Firewall ScotlandFirewall
Scotland

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Aberdeen Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Firewall 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 Firewall.

13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)LAN
22 (66.67 %)WAN
22 (66.67 %)Citrix
31 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
31 (33.33 %)SAN
31 (33.33 %)CommVault
31 (33.33 %)Symantec
31 (33.33 %)DHCP
31 (33.33 %)RIP
31 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
31 (33.33 %)DNS
31 (33.33 %)VLAN
31 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (33.33 %)Degree
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
31 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (33.33 %)VMware ESX
31 (33.33 %)CCSP
31 (33.33 %)Active Directory
31 (33.33 %)MS Exchange

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Firewall 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 Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)LAN
12 (66.67 %)WAN
21 (33.33 %)SAN
21 (33.33 %)DHCP
21 (33.33 %)RIP
21 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
21 (33.33 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)VLAN
21 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Analyst
13 (100.00 %)Network Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Network Support
21 (33.33 %)Support Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Network Support Analyst
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
11 (33.33 %)Degree
11 (33.33 %)CCSP
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)VMware ESX
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)Citrix
31 (33.33 %)CommVault
31 (33.33 %)Symantec