Birmingham IPsec Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Docklands, London East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Manchester North East North West Reading Redditch Scotland South East South West Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Warwickshire Watford West Midlands Worcestershire	3 months to 28 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£319
% change on same period last year	+9.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.50	£23.00
% change on same period last year	-2.17 %
Communications & Networking Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	93	109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.124 %	0.109 %
Daily rates quoted	23	13
Average minimum daily rate	£292	£288
Average daily rate	£307	£300
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£312
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	22
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.07	£20.20
Average hourly rate	£26.13	£21.78
% change on same period last year	+19.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.18	£23.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.72	£28.75
% change on same period last year	-10.55 %
IPsec West Midlands

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.

IPsec
Demand Trend

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

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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