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This section looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 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 SSL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5059
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.002 %
As % of the category below8.734 %1.504 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£425£320
Average daily rate£427£320
% change on same period last year+33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£323
% change on same period last year+20.67 %
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£36.63£36.28
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads229133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.135 %
Daily rates quoted6438
Average minimum daily rate£324£277
Average daily rate£350£283
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2210
Average minimum hourly rate£20.93£20.36
Average hourly rate£21.94£21.80
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.95£23.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SSL North WestSSL
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.

SSL
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSL across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cheshire SSL Daily Rate Histogram

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SSL Hourly Rate Trend

SSL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
KnutsfordDown-119£455-
ChesterNew entry-1--
SSL North WestSSL
North West

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SSL 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 SSL.

138 (86.36 %)Middleware
235 (79.55 %)Shell Script
235 (79.55 %)WebSphere MQ
235 (79.55 %)UNIX
333 (75.00 %)Windows
432 (72.73 %)AIX
531 (70.45 %)Mainframe
531 (70.45 %)WBIMB
630 (68.18 %)Tivoli
630 (68.18 %)OMEGAMON
729 (65.91 %)Solaris
729 (65.91 %)Tandem
828 (63.64 %)HPUX
924 (54.55 %)Change Management
1016 (36.36 %)WebSphere
1113 (29.55 %)Finance
1210 (22.73 %)Gentran
138 (18.18 %)Cisco
146 (13.64 %)WebSphere Application Server
146 (13.64 %)Banking
146 (13.64 %)Firewall
155 (11.36 %)MQSeries
163 (6.818 %)SQL Server 2005
163 (6.818 %)SQL Server
172 (4.545 %)MS Excel
172 (4.545 %)LAN
172 (4.545 %)WAN
172 (4.545 %)Microsoft
172 (4.545 %)Oracle 10g
172 (4.545 %)HP

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
138 (86.36 %)Middleware
231 (70.45 %)WBIMB
316 (36.36 %)WebSphere
42 (4.545 %)ASP.NET 2.0
42 (4.545 %).NET
42 (4.545 %)ASP
42 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
42 (4.545 %)CSS
42 (4.545 %)WebServices
42 (4.545 %)XML
51 (2.273 %)WMI
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (79.55 %)WebSphere MQ
210 (22.73 %)Gentran
36 (13.64 %)WebSphere Application Server
45 (11.36 %)MQSeries
52 (4.545 %)Oracle Application Server
52 (4.545 %)Oracle 10gAS
61 (2.273 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.545 %)MS Excel
12 (4.545 %)Doxygen
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (13.64 %)Firewall
22 (4.545 %)LAN
22 (4.545 %)WAN
31 (2.273 %)VPN
31 (2.273 %)IPsec
31 (2.273 %)ATM
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.818 %)SQL Server
13 (6.818 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (4.545 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.273 %)SQL Server 7
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.545 %)NUnit
12 (4.545 %)Selenium
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (29.55 %)Finance
26 (13.64 %)Banking
32 (4.545 %)Retail
32 (4.545 %)Local Government
32 (4.545 %)Retail Banking
32 (4.545 %)Government
41 (2.273 %)Financial Institution
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
210 (22.73 %)Consultant
35 (11.36 %)WebSphere Consultant
44 (9.091 %)WebSphere Specialist
52 (4.545 %)Technical Manager
52 (4.545 %)Technical Project Manager
52 (4.545 %)Administrator
52 (4.545 %)Project Manager
52 (4.545 %)Developer
52 (4.545 %)WebSphere Administrator
61 (2.273 %)Software Developer
61 (2.273 %)C# Developer
61 (2.273 %)Infrastructure Consultant
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (70.45 %)Mainframe
229 (65.91 %)Tandem
32 (4.545 %)Replication
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (79.55 %)UNIX
233 (75.00 %)Windows
332 (72.73 %)AIX
429 (65.91 %)Solaris
528 (63.64 %)HPUX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (54.55 %)Change Management
22 (4.545 %)PRINCE2
22 (4.545 %)UML
31 (2.273 %)Operations Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135 (79.55 %)Shell Script
22 (4.545 %)C#
31 (2.273 %)C++
31 (2.273 %)SQL
31 (2.273 %)VBScript
31 (2.273 %)PowerShell
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
130 (68.18 %)Tivoli
130 (68.18 %)OMEGAMON
21 (2.273 %)SCOM
21 (2.273 %)MOM
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (18.18 %)Cisco
22 (4.545 %)Microsoft
22 (4.545 %)HP
22 (4.545 %)Oracle
31 (2.273 %)CA
31 (2.273 %)IBM
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