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The table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Firewall Specialist
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank176-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.035 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£475-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£525-
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
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-£29.50
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads57705867
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.088 %6.287 %
Daily rates quoted30262493
Average minimum daily rate£400£451
Average daily rate£433£477
% change on same period last year-9.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted267232
Average minimum hourly rate£22.85£22.62
Average hourly rate£24.72£23.87
% change on same period last year+3.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.60£25.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Firewall Specialist LondonFirewall Specialist
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 Specialist
Demand Trend

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

City of London Firewall Specialist Demand Trend

Firewall Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Firewall Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Firewall Specialist
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Firewall Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

18 (100.00 %)Cisco
18 (100.00 %)Juniper
18 (100.00 %)Firewall
18 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
27 (87.50 %)Finance
27 (87.50 %)CCNP
27 (87.50 %)Cisco Certification
36 (75.00 %)VPN
45 (62.50 %)SSL
45 (62.50 %)CCIE
45 (62.50 %)CiscoWorks
45 (62.50 %)Nokia
45 (62.50 %)CheckPoint
45 (62.50 %)OSPF
45 (62.50 %)BGP
45 (62.50 %)Network Design
53 (37.50 %)Banking
53 (37.50 %)Derivative
53 (37.50 %)NNM
53 (37.50 %)Fixed Income
53 (37.50 %)NetScreen
53 (37.50 %)HP
62 (25.00 %)Investment Banking

Firewall Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Firewall Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (100.00 %)Firewall
18 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
26 (75.00 %)VPN
35 (62.50 %)SSL
35 (62.50 %)OSPF
35 (62.50 %)BGP
43 (37.50 %)NetScreen
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (87.50 %)Finance
23 (37.50 %)Banking
32 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (37.50 %)Fixed Income
13 (37.50 %)Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)Network Design
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (87.50 %)CCNP
17 (87.50 %)Cisco Certification
25 (62.50 %)CCIE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (62.50 %)CiscoWorks
23 (37.50 %)NNM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
18 (100.00 %)Juniper
25 (62.50 %)Nokia
25 (62.50 %)CheckPoint
33 (37.50 %)HP