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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3655
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.003 %
As % of the category below7.368 %1.515 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£315-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£380-
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£345
% change on same period last year+9.73 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£13.75-
Average hourly rate£14.88-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.79£26.29
% change on same period last year+5.69 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads95198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.133 %0.199 %
Daily rates quoted1122
Average minimum daily rate£230£290
Average daily rate£256£313
% change on same period last year-18.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted3938
Average minimum hourly rate£25.61£32.30
Average hourly rate£27.92£34.94
% change on same period last year-20.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.23£37.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Firewall CambridgeshireFirewall
Cambridgeshire

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Cambridge Firewall Hourly Rate Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

118 (75.00 %)WAN
118 (75.00 %)LAN
217 (70.83 %)Windows
316 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
413 (54.17 %)Microsoft
413 (54.17 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (50.00 %)DNS
512 (50.00 %)Linux
610 (41.67 %)Active Directory
610 (41.67 %)VoIP
79 (37.50 %)ITIL
88 (33.33 %)MPLS
97 (29.17 %)Microsoft Certification
97 (29.17 %)Telecoms
97 (29.17 %)MCSE
97 (29.17 %)Exchange Server 2003
97 (29.17 %)Exchange Server 2007
106 (25.00 %)Cisco
115 (20.83 %)TCP/IP
115 (20.83 %)MS Excel
115 (20.83 %)Intrusion Detection
124 (16.67 %)Apache
124 (16.67 %)MySQL
124 (16.67 %)VMware
124 (16.67 %)VMware ESX
133 (12.50 %)McAfee Security
133 (12.50 %)OpenView
133 (12.50 %)HP
133 (12.50 %)Dell
133 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (8.333 %)HTML
12 (8.333 %)XML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
27 (29.17 %)Exchange Server 2003
27 (29.17 %)Exchange Server 2007
34 (16.67 %)Apache
43 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
43 (12.50 %)SharePoint
52 (8.333 %)Tomcat
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (20.83 %)MS Excel
23 (12.50 %)MS Office
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (75.00 %)LAN
118 (75.00 %)WAN
212 (50.00 %)DNS
310 (41.67 %)VoIP
48 (33.33 %)MPLS
55 (20.83 %)TCP/IP
55 (20.83 %)Intrusion Detection
63 (12.50 %)ADSL
63 (12.50 %)ISDN
72 (8.333 %)SMTP
72 (8.333 %)Ethernet
72 (8.333 %)FTP
72 (8.333 %)SSH
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (16.67 %)MySQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (8.333 %)Bugzilla
12 (8.333 %)Subversion
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (29.17 %)Telecoms
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (45.83 %)Support Engineer
28 (33.33 %)3rd Line Support
34 (16.67 %)Coordinator
43 (12.50 %)Network Engineer
43 (12.50 %)Network Support Engineer
43 (12.50 %)Network Support
43 (12.50 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
52 (8.333 %)IT Support Engineer
52 (8.333 %)Project Manager
61 (4.167 %)Analyst
61 (4.167 %)IT Manager
61 (4.167 %)Systems Administrator
61 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
61 (4.167 %)Server Support
61 (4.167 %)Technical Support
61 (4.167 %)IT Project Manager
61 (4.167 %)Support Specialist
61 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support
61 (4.167 %)Administrator
61 (4.167 %)Operations Manager
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)Data Protection Act
21 (4.167 %)Mathematics
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (70.83 %)Windows
213 (54.17 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (50.00 %)Linux
43 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
43 (12.50 %)Windows NT
52 (8.333 %)SUSE
52 (8.333 %)CentOS
52 (8.333 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (8.333 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
52 (8.333 %)UNIX
61 (4.167 %)Windows XP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (37.50 %)ITIL
23 (12.50 %)Change Management
32 (8.333 %)Data Protection
32 (8.333 %)Project Management
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (8.333 %)Perl
12 (8.333 %)PHP
12 (8.333 %)Python
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (29.17 %)MCSE
17 (29.17 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
32 (8.333 %)CCNA
41 (4.167 %)CCIE
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (41.67 %)Active Directory
24 (16.67 %)VMware ESX
31 (4.167 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (12.50 %)OpenView
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (54.17 %)Microsoft
26 (25.00 %)Cisco
34 (16.67 %)VMware
43 (12.50 %)McAfee Security
43 (12.50 %)3Com
43 (12.50 %)HP
43 (12.50 %)Dell
52 (8.333 %)Red Hat
61 (4.167 %)Oracle