The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Juniper products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Juniper 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Juniper Networks.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Juniper
Rank 55 49 45
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Contract jobs citing Juniper 8 16 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.088% 1.975% 2.708%
As % of the Vendors category 2.186% 3.486% 5.579%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 20
Average daily rate £313 £334 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.36% +0.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £274 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £332 £374 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £365
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+4.83% -6.06%
All Vendors
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
366 459 466
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 49.80% 56.67% 48.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 227 244
Average daily rate £370 £351 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.56% -1.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £494 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 13
Average hourly rate £37.50 £15.75 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.09% +26.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £14.00 £8.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Juniper
North West

Juniper
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Juniper Jobs Demand Trend

Juniper
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Juniper Daily Rate Trend

Juniper
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Juniper Hourly Rate Trend

Juniper
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Juniper within the Cheshire 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
Knutsford -7 3 £300 -5.51%
Warrington - 3 £313 -
Juniper
North West

Juniper
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Juniper 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 Juniper.

1 15 (93.75%) Firewall
2 8 (50.00%) NetScreen
3 7 (43.75%) Cisco
4 5 (31.25%) F5
5 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 2 (12.50%) Banking
6 2 (12.50%) BGP
6 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
6 2 (12.50%) Middleware
6 2 (12.50%) OSPF
6 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 2 (12.50%) UNIX
6 2 (12.50%) Windows
6 2 (12.50%) WAN
6 2 (12.50%) Network Security
7 1 (6.250%) Fortinet
7 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
7 1 (6.250%) Network Architecture
7 1 (6.250%) SIEM
7 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
7 1 (6.250%) SSL
7 1 (6.250%) Linux
7 1 (6.250%) LAN
7 1 (6.250%) PBX
7 1 (6.250%) VoIP
7 1 (6.250%) McAfee
7 1 (6.250%) Internet
7 1 (6.250%) IBM
7 1 (6.250%) CCNP
7 1 (6.250%) CCNA

Juniper
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 15 (93.75%) Firewall
2 8 (50.00%) NetScreen
3 2 (12.50%) BGP
3 2 (12.50%) OSPF
3 2 (12.50%) WAN
3 2 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.250%) SSL
4 1 (6.250%) LAN
4 1 (6.250%) PBX
4 1 (6.250%) VoIP
4 1 (6.250%) Internet
4 1 (6.250%) EIGRP
4 1 (6.250%) IGRP
4 1 (6.250%) IPsec
4 1 (6.250%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (6.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Designer
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Designer
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) UNIX
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
2 1 (6.250%) Network Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) SIEM
2 1 (6.250%) Security Management
2 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.250%) Change Management
2 1 (6.250%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) CCNP
1 1 (6.250%) CCNA
1 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (6.250%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco
2 5 (31.25%) F5
3 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.250%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.250%) McAfee
4 1 (6.250%) IBM
4 1 (6.250%) Nortel
4 1 (6.250%) Blue Coat
4 1 (6.250%) Sourcefire
4 1 (6.250%) FatWire
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