The first table below looks at the demand for DMZ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DMZ over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Bedfordshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing DMZ 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £450
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £25.75 -
% change year-on-year
-26.21% -
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
32 41 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 16.33% 15.41% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 11
Average daily rate £325 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £325 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £425 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
DMZ
East of England

DMZ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire DMZ Jobs Demand Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire DMZ Daily Rate Trend

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire DMZ Hourly Rate Trend

DMZ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing DMZ 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 DMZ.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) DHCP
1 7 (100.00%) DNS
2 6 (85.71%) SAN
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) IIS
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
3 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (71.43%) Back Office
3 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (57.14%) Forefront TMG
4 4 (57.14%) NetBackup
4 4 (57.14%) HP
4 4 (57.14%) Firewall
5 3 (42.86%) Change Management
5 3 (42.86%) Symantec
5 3 (42.86%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (42.86%) Project Management
5 3 (42.86%) WhatsUp Gold
5 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
6 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (14.29%) Wireless
7 1 (14.29%) Juniper
7 1 (14.29%) SCOM
7 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
7 1 (14.29%) Cisco

DMZ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing DMZ 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 DMZ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) IIS
2 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
2 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) DHCP
1 7 (100.00%) DNS
2 6 (85.71%) SAN
3 4 (57.14%) Firewall
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) VoIP
4 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Back Office
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Analyst
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) NetBackup
2 3 (42.86%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (42.86%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) HP
3 3 (42.86%) Symantec
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
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