The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec 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 IPsec 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 104 80 121
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +41
Contract jobs citing IPsec 14 65 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.592% 2.031% 0.400%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.262% 5.920% 1.747%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 7
Average daily rate £215 £368 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.49% -8.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £146 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £440 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £33.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
619 1098 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.20% 34.30% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 225 196
Average daily rate £285 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 46 67
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.51 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IPsec across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire IPsec Daily Rate Histogram

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bracknell -4 6 £165 - 3
Newbury +2 2 £375 -
Reading -28 2 £400 +8.84% 1
Slough - - - - 1
Maidenhead - - - - 1
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (70.00%) Firewall
2 13 (65.00%) LAN
3 12 (60.00%) VPN
4 9 (45.00%) Cisco
5 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (35.00%) Juniper
6 6 (30.00%) SAN
6 6 (30.00%) SLA
6 6 (30.00%) Document Management
6 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
7 5 (25.00%) CCNP
7 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (25.00%) Windows
8 4 (20.00%) Linux
8 4 (20.00%) PBX
8 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
8 4 (20.00%) Avaya
8 4 (20.00%) CheckPoint
8 4 (20.00%) SSL
8 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (15.00%) McAfee
9 3 (15.00%) Migration
9 3 (15.00%) LDAP
9 3 (15.00%) Apache
9 3 (15.00%) WAN
9 3 (15.00%) UNIX
9 3 (15.00%) Network Security
9 3 (15.00%) PKI
10 2 (10.00%) Junos

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (10.00%) SAML
2 1 (5.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) Apache
2 2 (10.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (10.00%) GlassFish
Communications & Networking
1 14 (70.00%) Firewall
2 13 (65.00%) LAN
3 12 (60.00%) VPN
4 6 (30.00%) SAN
5 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 4 (20.00%) PBX
5 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (20.00%) SSL
6 3 (15.00%) Network Security
6 3 (15.00%) WAN
6 3 (15.00%) LDAP
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (10.00%) Junos
7 2 (10.00%) VLAN
7 2 (10.00%) NetScreen
8 1 (5.000%) LLU
8 1 (5.000%) FWSM
8 1 (5.000%) DMVPN
8 1 (5.000%) HSRP
8 1 (5.000%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architect
5 1 (5.000%) Network Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Network Security Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Security Designer
5 1 (5.000%) Deployment Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Network Technician
5 1 (5.000%) Deployment Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) PKI
2 1 (5.000%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Linux
3 3 (15.00%) UNIX
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Document Management
2 3 (15.00%) Migration
3 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (10.00%) Network Design
4 1 (5.000%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.000%) Release Management
4 1 (5.000%) Network Architecture
4 1 (5.000%) Change Control
4 1 (5.000%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Java
1 2 (10.00%) Perl
1 2 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) CCNP
2 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.000%) CCSA
4 1 (5.000%) JNCIS
4 1 (5.000%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) SCCM
1 1 (5.000%) SCOM
1 1 (5.000%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) Juniper
3 4 (20.00%) Avaya
3 4 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (15.00%) McAfee
5 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 2 (10.00%) Oracle
5 2 (10.00%) JBoss
5 2 (10.00%) F5
5 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
6 1 (5.000%) HP
6 1 (5.000%) Blue Coat
6 1 (5.000%) Sourcefire