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The table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Engineer role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Firewall Engineer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank190196
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.168 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£383£300
Average daily rate£400£300
% change on same period last year+33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£300
% change on same period last year+20.83 %
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-£26.50
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71556541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.17 %6.606 %
Daily rates quoted38782689
Average minimum daily rate£408£443
Average daily rate£444£471
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£499
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted310235
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£23.09
Average hourly rate£24.30£24.42
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.14£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Firewall Engineer LondonFirewall Engineer
London

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.

Firewall Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Firewall Engineer Demand Trend

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Firewall Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

City of London Firewall Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title.

120 (100.00 %)Firewall
215 (75.00 %)CheckPoint
313 (65.00 %)Cisco
411 (55.00 %)NetScreen
58 (40.00 %)DNS
67 (35.00 %)HTTP
67 (35.00 %)Nokia
67 (35.00 %)BGP
67 (35.00 %)Network Security
76 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
76 (30.00 %)SSL
85 (25.00 %)HTTPS
85 (25.00 %)WAN
85 (25.00 %)SMTP
85 (25.00 %)DHCP
85 (25.00 %)FTP
85 (25.00 %)Juniper
85 (25.00 %)Cisco ASA
85 (25.00 %)Finance
85 (25.00 %)CCSE
94 (20.00 %)CCSA
103 (15.00 %)Investment Banking
103 (15.00 %)Cisco PIX
103 (15.00 %)Banking
103 (15.00 %)Blue Coat
103 (15.00 %)CCNP
103 (15.00 %)Linux
103 (15.00 %)UNIX
112 (10.00 %)Solaris
112 (10.00 %)LAN

Firewall Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)MS PowerPoint
11 (5.000 %)MS Excel
11 (5.000 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (100.00 %)Firewall
211 (55.00 %)NetScreen
38 (40.00 %)DNS
47 (35.00 %)HTTP
47 (35.00 %)BGP
47 (35.00 %)Network Security
56 (30.00 %)SSL
65 (25.00 %)HTTPS
65 (25.00 %)WAN
65 (25.00 %)SMTP
65 (25.00 %)DHCP
65 (25.00 %)FTP
65 (25.00 %)Cisco ASA
73 (15.00 %)Cisco PIX
82 (10.00 %)LAN
82 (10.00 %)OSPF
82 (10.00 %)Internet
91 (5.000 %)Extranet
91 (5.000 %)MPLS
91 (5.000 %)Intranet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (25.00 %)Finance
23 (15.00 %)Investment Banking
23 (15.00 %)Banking
32 (10.00 %)Telecoms
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Equities
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (15.00 %)Linux
13 (15.00 %)UNIX
22 (10.00 %)Solaris
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.000 %)Load Balancing
11 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
25 (25.00 %)CCSE
34 (20.00 %)CCSA
43 (15.00 %)CCNP
52 (10.00 %)CCNA
52 (10.00 %)CCSP
52 (10.00 %)Check Point Certification
61 (5.000 %)CCDP
61 (5.000 %)CCIE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (75.00 %)CheckPoint
213 (65.00 %)Cisco
37 (35.00 %)Nokia
45 (25.00 %)Juniper
53 (15.00 %)Blue Coat
62 (10.00 %)Infovista
71 (5.000 %)Microsoft