Firewall Contracts in Chester
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 17 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 Chester 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 22 20 22
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs citing Firewall 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 1.460% 1.739% 0.625%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.143% 8.696% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £175 £150 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £326 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.38% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 28 23 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 20.44% 20.00% 7.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 7
Average daily rate £270 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £170 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £425 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £16.60 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Firewall
Cheshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco
3 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 4 (57.14%) SAN
3 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 4 (57.14%) Security Management
3 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
3 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (42.86%) Local Government
4 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
5 2 (28.57%) CISSP
5 2 (28.57%) Internet
5 2 (28.57%) Legal
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Security
5 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) EnCE
6 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
6 1 (14.29%) Finance
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (14.29%) Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
2 4 (57.14%) SAN
3 2 (28.57%) Internet
3 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Local Government
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Information Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Graduate
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
2 4 (57.14%) Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Security
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) EnCE
2 1 (14.29%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
Jnr Information Security Analyst
Chester, North West
Cyber Surveillance Job Description Business Unit Global Information Security helps to assess threats and set priorities and to create flexible programs to actively manage their specific risks. Cyber...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
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