The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 24 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 Bracknell 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 25 20 17
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Contract jobs citing Firewall 14 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 5.761% 3.871% 5.389%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.42% 28.57% 24.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £165 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.98% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
76 21 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 31.28% 13.55% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 11
Average daily rate £165 £225 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% -52.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 10
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £36.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 - £13.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 - £37.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Firewall
Berkshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bracknell Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bracknell Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) IPsec
3 6 (40.00%) Document Management
3 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (40.00%) LAN
3 6 (40.00%) VPN
3 6 (40.00%) SLA
4 5 (33.33%) Cisco
4 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 5 (33.33%) Migration
5 4 (26.67%) Oracle
5 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
5 4 (26.67%) Windows
5 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
5 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (20.00%) OSPF
6 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
6 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (20.00%) BGP
6 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (20.00%) MS Office
6 3 (20.00%) Web Services
6 3 (20.00%) CCIE
6 3 (20.00%) CCNP
6 3 (20.00%) CCNA
6 3 (20.00%) Degree
6 3 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (13.33%) Data Migration

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 Development
1 3 (20.00%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) IPsec
2 6 (40.00%) LAN
2 6 (40.00%) VPN
3 3 (20.00%) OSPF
3 3 (20.00%) BGP
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (6.667%) NetScreen
4 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.667%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.667%) VLAN
4 1 (6.667%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Network Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Designer
4 2 (13.33%) Security Designer
5 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support
5 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
5 1 (6.667%) Applications Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Network Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
1 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Document Management
2 5 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (20.00%) CCIE
3 3 (20.00%) CCNP
3 3 (20.00%) CCNA
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (6.667%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 4 (26.67%) Oracle
4 2 (13.33%) Juniper
4 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
4 2 (13.33%) McAfee
5 1 (6.667%) NetApp
5 1 (6.667%) VMware
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Posted: 21 May 2013