The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 21 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 Communications & Networking category for the Bedford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 9.524% 5.000% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £325 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £10.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Firewall
Bedfordshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedford Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedford Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedford Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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.

1 4 (80.00%) DHCP
1 4 (80.00%) DMZ
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) Back Office
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Symantec
3 2 (40.00%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 2 (40.00%) SAN
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) IIS
3 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) VoIP
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) WhatsUp Gold

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) IIS
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DHCP
1 4 (80.00%) DMZ
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) SAN
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) VoIP
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Network Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
1 2 (40.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (40.00%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Symantec
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft