The first table below looks at the demand for FWSM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FWSM 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 Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire 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
Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM)
Rank 119 105 -
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -
Contract jobs citing FWSM 4 34 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.165% 1.115% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.649% 3.232% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £400 £355 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.67% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £425 £325
% change year-on-year
-26.47% +30.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.25
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
616 1052 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.45% 34.50% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 204 193
Average daily rate £285 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 45 54
Average hourly rate £17.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
FWSM
South East

FWSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire FWSM Jobs Demand Trend

FWSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire FWSM Daily Rate Trend

FWSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FWSM within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Reading -10 3 £400 +12.67%
FWSM
South East

FWSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing FWSM 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 FWSM.

1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco PIX
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) F5
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (50.00%) BIG-IP
4 1 (25.00%) JNCIS
4 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (25.00%) ProxySG
4 1 (25.00%) Network Design
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (25.00%) Redback
4 1 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Check Point Certification
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) 3G
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) CCIE
4 1 (25.00%) CCSP

FWSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing FWSM 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 FWSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco PIX
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) 3G
3 1 (25.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) SMTP
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) SNMP
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (25.00%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Check Point Certification
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIS
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) F5
3 2 (50.00%) Blue Coat
4 1 (25.00%) Redback