The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridge 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing IPsec 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.893% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.054% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £298 - -
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
74 74 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.02% 17.29% 22.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 20
Average daily rate £285 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 22 12
Average hourly rate £37.00 £41.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.30% +17.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £10.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
IPsec
Cambridgeshire

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) SNMP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Nagios
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (100.00%) Cacti
1 3 (100.00%) WhatsUp Gold
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (100.00%) HSRP
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) SNMP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) HSRP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nagios
1 3 (100.00%) Cacti
1 3 (100.00%) WhatsUp Gold
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco