Firewall Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 47 42 30
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -12
Contract jobs citing Firewall 15 24 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.052% 3.008% 4.343%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.72% 14.91% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 32
Average daily rate £313 £318 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.57% -9.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £228 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £495 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £39.00 £22.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+73.33% +4.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 128 161 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.51% 20.18% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 83 129
Average daily rate £325 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £488 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 4
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Knutsford -5 4 £300 -5.51%
Warrington -2 3 £313 -
Chester -4 2 £175 +16.66%
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 14 (36.84%) Cisco
1 14 (36.84%) Juniper
2 11 (28.95%) Finance
3 9 (23.68%) Active Directory
4 8 (21.05%) Citrix
4 8 (21.05%) Windows
4 8 (21.05%) VMware
4 8 (21.05%) Information Security
5 7 (18.42%) TCP/IP
5 7 (18.42%) NetScreen
6 6 (15.79%) UNIX
6 6 (15.79%) F5
7 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (13.16%) Security Management
7 5 (13.16%) Middleware
7 5 (13.16%) VPN
7 5 (13.16%) DNS
7 5 (13.16%) WAN
7 5 (13.16%) Solaris
7 5 (13.16%) Linux
8 4 (10.53%) AIX
8 4 (10.53%) SSL
8 4 (10.53%) IBM
8 4 (10.53%) Internet
8 4 (10.53%) SAN
8 4 (10.53%) TOGAF
8 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (7.895%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
9 3 (7.895%) Tivoli Directory Server
9 3 (7.895%) Computer Science

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 5 (13.16%) Middleware
2 3 (7.895%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.895%) IIS
2 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.632%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) TCP/IP
1 7 (18.42%) NetScreen
2 5 (13.16%) VPN
2 5 (13.16%) DNS
2 5 (13.16%) WAN
3 4 (10.53%) SSL
3 4 (10.53%) Internet
3 4 (10.53%) SAN
4 3 (7.895%) Network Security
4 3 (7.895%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (7.895%) OSPF
4 3 (7.895%) BGP
4 3 (7.895%) LAN
5 2 (5.263%) PBX
5 2 (5.263%) VoIP
5 2 (5.263%) EIGRP
5 2 (5.263%) IGRP
6 1 (2.632%) Wireless
6 1 (2.632%) IPsec
6 1 (2.632%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.895%) DB2
2 1 (2.632%) GIS
2 1 (2.632%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (28.95%) Finance
2 3 (7.895%) Local Government
2 3 (7.895%) Banking
3 2 (5.263%) Legal
4 1 (2.632%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.632%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.632%) Retail
4 1 (2.632%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Architect
2 6 (15.79%) Firewall Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Security Architect
3 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Designer
3 4 (10.53%) Designer
4 3 (7.895%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 3 (7.895%) Analyst
4 3 (7.895%) Information Architect
4 3 (7.895%) Identity Management Specialist
4 3 (7.895%) Information Security Architect
5 2 (5.263%) Firewall Administrator
5 2 (5.263%) Graduate
5 2 (5.263%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.263%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.263%) Consultant
5 2 (5.263%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.263%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (5.263%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.263%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (5.263%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.263%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.263%) IVR
3 1 (2.632%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.632%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 6 (15.79%) UNIX
3 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (13.16%) Solaris
3 5 (13.16%) Linux
4 4 (10.53%) AIX
5 1 (2.632%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.632%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.632%) VMS
5 1 (2.632%) HPUX
5 1 (2.632%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) Information Security
2 5 (13.16%) Security Management
3 4 (10.53%) TOGAF
4 3 (7.895%) Computer Security
4 3 (7.895%) Identity Management
5 2 (5.263%) ITIL
5 2 (5.263%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.263%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.263%) Migration
5 2 (5.263%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.263%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.263%) Network Architecture
6 1 (2.632%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.632%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (2.632%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (2.632%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.632%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (2.632%) Network Design
6 1 (2.632%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (2.632%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.895%) Java
1 3 (7.895%) JavaScript
1 3 (7.895%) Perl
2 2 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.895%) Degree
1 3 (7.895%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (7.895%) CCNP
2 2 (5.263%) CCNA
2 2 (5.263%) CISSP
3 1 (2.632%) EnCE
3 1 (2.632%) JNCIA
3 1 (2.632%) CEH
3 1 (2.632%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.895%) QA
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.895%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 3 (7.895%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.263%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.632%) XenApp
4 1 (2.632%) XenServer
4 1 (2.632%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 3 (7.895%) BladeLogic
1 3 (7.895%) Tivoli
1 3 (7.895%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 1 (2.632%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (36.84%) Cisco
1 14 (36.84%) Juniper
2 8 (21.05%) Citrix
2 8 (21.05%) VMware
3 6 (15.79%) F5
4 4 (10.53%) IBM
5 3 (7.895%) CheckPoint
5 3 (7.895%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.632%) LANDesk
6 1 (2.632%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.632%) FatWire
6 1 (2.632%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.632%) Sourcefire
6 1 (2.632%) McAfee
6 1 (2.632%) Avaya
6 1 (2.632%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.632%) Nortel
6 1 (2.632%) Oracle
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