The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec 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 IPsec 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
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 31 25 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing IPsec 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 3.292% 0.645% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.53% 4.762% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £165 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
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%
IPsec
Berkshire

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) Document Management
2 6 (75.00%) LAN
2 6 (75.00%) VPN
2 6 (75.00%) SLA
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) PKI
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) CESG
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) McAfee
4 1 (12.50%) NetScreen
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Junos
4 1 (12.50%) DMVPN
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) LAN
2 6 (75.00%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) NetScreen
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (12.50%) Junos
3 1 (12.50%) DMVPN
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Document Management
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) McAfee