The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Forefront TMG 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 System Software category for the Buckinghamshire 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
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 67 - 74
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Forefront TMG 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% - 0.375%
As % of the System Software category 1.000% - 5.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £215
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-21.73% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £14.25 -
% change year-on-year
+75.43% -
All System Software
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
100 94 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.35% 9.631% 6.835%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 27 21
Average daily rate £368 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.50% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £103 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £325 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 25
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -19.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.02 £10.48 £10.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £15.00 £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Forefront TMG
South East

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Forefront TMG across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Buckinghamshire Forefront TMG Jobs Demand Trend

Forefront TMG
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Forefront TMG Daily Rate Trend

Forefront TMG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Forefront TMG within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Milton Keynes - 1 - -
Forefront TMG
South East

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) VMware ESX
2 1 (33.33%) NetBackup
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Websense
2 1 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp
2 1 (33.33%) DMZ
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) DMZ
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Support
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) XenApp
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
1 1 (33.33%) NetBackup
1 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Websense
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp
2 1 (33.33%) HP