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The table below looks at the demand for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank58-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.840 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£291
% change on same period last year+36.59 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.54£40.00
% change on same period last year+1.35 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads119154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.168 %0.156 %
Daily rates quoted3233
Average minimum daily rate£336£337
Average daily rate£345£349
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted249
Average minimum hourly rate£27.45£24.46
Average hourly rate£30.28£24.73
% change on same period last year+22.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.11£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.44£28.92
% change on same period last year-5.09 %
IPsec North WestIPsec
North West

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.

IPsec
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire IPsec Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

12 (100.00 %)VPN
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Frame Relay
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)WMI
21 (50.00 %)Operations Management
21 (50.00 %)SCOM
21 (50.00 %)PowerShell
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)SSL
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Tivoli
21 (50.00 %)MOM
21 (50.00 %)MPLS
21 (50.00 %)BGP
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)VBScript
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)ATM
21 (50.00 %)WLAN

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)WMI
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)VPN
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Frame Relay
21 (50.00 %)ATM
21 (50.00 %)WLAN
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)SSL
21 (50.00 %)MPLS
21 (50.00 %)BGP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Network Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Network Support
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Operations Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)VBScript
11 (50.00 %)PowerShell
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)Tivoli
11 (50.00 %)MOM
11 (50.00 %)SCOM
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft