The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Websense 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 Websense 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 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 Websense, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Websense
Rank - 65 71
Contract jobs citing Websense 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.125% 0.101%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.222% 0.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £301 £365
% change year-on-year
-16.80% -17.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £27.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-29.62% +100.00%
All Vendors
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
364 451 483
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 49.79% 56.52% 48.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 222 254
Average daily rate £370 £351 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.56% -1.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 12
Average hourly rate £39.00 £15.75 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+147.61% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £14.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Websense
North West

Websense
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Websense Jobs Demand Trend

Websense
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Websense Daily Rate Trend

Websense
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Websense Hourly Rate Trend

Websense
Top 7 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 6 (100.00%) Squid
1 6 (100.00%) Finjan
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
1 6 (100.00%) M86 Security

Websense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Websense 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 Websense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Deployment Specialist
2 5 (83.33%) Security Specialist
3 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Squid
1 6 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 6 (100.00%) Finjan
1 6 (100.00%) M86 Security