The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security 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 Cambridgeshire 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
Network Security
Rank 49 62 44
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -18
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.365% 0.429% 0.772%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.709% 2.752% 4.494%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
117 109 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 21.35% 15.57% 17.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 47 32
Average daily rate £275 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £425 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 25
Average hourly rate £20.00 £41.25 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.51% +122.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £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%
Network Security
East of England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Security across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Peterborough - 2 - -
Network Security
East of England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (42.86%) F5
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Juniper
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
3 2 (28.57%) BIG-IP
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) WSUS
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (14.29%) SCCM
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) SLA
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (14.29%) R
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) ISA Server

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (28.57%) BIG-IP
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) MPLS
4 1 (14.29%) OSPF
4 1 (14.29%) BGP
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Network Specialist
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) R
1 1 (14.29%) C
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCSA
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (14.29%) ISA Server
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
2 3 (42.86%) F5
3 2 (28.57%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) Dell