The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Burton-upon-Trent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 23 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 Burton-upon-Trent 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank - - 6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Burton-upon-Trent - - 14.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Burton-upon-Trent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Burton-upon-Trent 12.50% 78.57% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 1
Average daily rate £425 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% +3.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.79%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Firewall
Staffordshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Burton-upon-Trent 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 Burton-upon-Trent region.

Burton-upon-Trent Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Burton-upon-Trent 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 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Burton-upon-Trent 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Support Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Consultant
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) XenServer
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware