The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the City of London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 175 155 211
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +56
Contract jobs citing Network Security 24 64 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.378% 0.813% 0.341%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.920% 6.337% 3.343%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 40 16
Average daily rate £300 £406 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.15% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £305 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
822 1010 1017
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 12.94% 12.83% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 687 654
Average daily rate £400 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £265 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 76
Average hourly rate £44.00 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Network Security
London

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Security across the City of London region.

City of London Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Security across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Network Security Daily Rate Histogram

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Security across the City of London region.

City of London Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

1 33 (52.38%) Cisco
2 27 (42.86%) Firewall
3 21 (33.33%) Juniper
4 20 (31.75%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (28.57%) WAN
6 17 (26.98%) Windows
7 16 (25.40%) LAN
7 16 (25.40%) CheckPoint
8 14 (22.22%) MPLS
9 13 (20.63%) Active Directory
10 12 (19.05%) CCNA
10 12 (19.05%) Linux
11 11 (17.46%) UNIX
12 10 (15.87%) ITIL
13 9 (14.29%) Microsoft
13 9 (14.29%) VPN
13 9 (14.29%) CCNP
13 9 (14.29%) Finance
13 9 (14.29%) Information Security
14 8 (12.70%) Migration
14 8 (12.70%) Banking
14 8 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 8 (12.70%) Project Management
15 7 (11.11%) CISSP
15 7 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
15 7 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
15 7 (11.11%) Blue Coat
15 7 (11.11%) Telecoms
15 7 (11.11%) Business Continuity
16 6 (9.524%) VMware

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (4.762%) JSP
2 2 (3.175%) jQuery
3 1 (1.587%) REST
3 1 (1.587%) SOAP
3 1 (1.587%) Web Services
3 1 (1.587%) XML
3 1 (1.587%) J2EE
3 1 (1.587%) HTML5
3 1 (1.587%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.937%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (3.175%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (3.175%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (3.175%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (3.175%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.587%) Apache
4 1 (1.587%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (1.587%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.587%) AquaLogic
Applications
1 4 (6.349%) MS Excel
1 4 (6.349%) MS Office
2 3 (4.762%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.175%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.175%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.587%) AquaLogic BPM
2 1 (1.587%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.587%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (42.86%) Firewall
2 18 (28.57%) WAN
3 16 (25.40%) LAN
4 14 (22.22%) MPLS
5 9 (14.29%) VPN
6 6 (9.524%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (9.524%) BGP
7 5 (7.937%) OSPF
7 5 (7.937%) SAN
7 5 (7.937%) SSL
8 4 (6.349%) HTTP
8 4 (6.349%) SDH
8 4 (6.349%) ATM
8 4 (6.349%) IPsec
9 3 (4.762%) Wireless
9 3 (4.762%) TCP/IP
9 3 (4.762%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (3.175%) IP Telephony
10 2 (3.175%) Cisco PIX
10 2 (3.175%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.349%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (3.175%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.587%) MySQL
3 1 (1.587%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (4.762%) GDB
2 2 (3.175%) WinRunner
2 2 (3.175%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (14.29%) Finance
2 8 (12.70%) Banking
3 7 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.937%) Legal
5 4 (6.349%) Retail
5 4 (6.349%) Investment Banking
5 4 (6.349%) Advertising
5 4 (6.349%) Law
6 2 (3.175%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.587%) Back Office
7 1 (1.587%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.587%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.587%) Games
7 1 (1.587%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Network Engineer
2 12 (19.05%) Architect
3 11 (17.46%) Security Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) Consultant
5 7 (11.11%) Security Consultant
5 7 (11.11%) Security Architect
6 6 (9.524%) Analyst
7 5 (7.937%) Network Consultant
7 5 (7.937%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (6.349%) Network Security Consultant
9 3 (4.762%) Tester
9 3 (4.762%) Service Analyst
9 3 (4.762%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.762%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.762%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (4.762%) Penetration Tester
9 3 (4.762%) Information Security Consultant
10 2 (3.175%) Network Design Engineer
10 2 (3.175%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.937%) Blackberry
1 5 (7.937%) PKI
2 3 (4.762%) Mainframe
2 3 (4.762%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.175%) Data Conversion
3 2 (3.175%) Smartphone
3 2 (3.175%) Ergonomics
3 2 (3.175%) PMI
3 2 (3.175%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.587%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.587%) EFT
4 1 (1.587%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.587%) SaaS
4 1 (1.587%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.587%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (1.587%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (26.98%) Windows
2 12 (19.05%) Linux
3 11 (17.46%) UNIX
4 3 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (4.762%) Debian
5 1 (1.587%) NetWare
5 1 (1.587%) Solaris
5 1 (1.587%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.87%) ITIL
2 9 (14.29%) Information Security
3 8 (12.70%) Migration
3 8 (12.70%) Project Management
4 7 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (11.11%) Business Continuity
5 6 (9.524%) Security Architecture
5 6 (9.524%) Network Management
5 6 (9.524%) Identity Management
6 5 (7.937%) PRINCE2
6 5 (7.937%) Load Balancing
6 5 (7.937%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (6.349%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (6.349%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (6.349%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (6.349%) Risk Management
7 4 (6.349%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.762%) Change Management
8 3 (4.762%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.349%) Python
2 3 (4.762%) Shell Script
2 3 (4.762%) SQL
2 3 (4.762%) Bash shell
3 2 (3.175%) VBScript
3 2 (3.175%) VB
3 2 (3.175%) C++
4 1 (1.587%) C
4 1 (1.587%) Java
4 1 (1.587%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.587%) Perl
4 1 (1.587%) PHP
4 1 (1.587%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.587%) Lua
Qualifications
1 20 (31.75%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (19.05%) CCNA
3 9 (14.29%) CCNP
4 7 (11.11%) CISSP
5 6 (9.524%) CCSA
6 5 (7.937%) CCIE
6 5 (7.937%) Degree
7 4 (6.349%) JNCIE
7 4 (6.349%) CCSP
8 3 (4.762%) CCDA
8 3 (4.762%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.762%) Security Cleared
8 3 (4.762%) CCSE
9 2 (3.175%) CAPM
9 2 (3.175%) CCDP
9 2 (3.175%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.175%) PMP
9 2 (3.175%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.587%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.587%) CNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (20.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.937%) Forefront TMG
2 5 (7.937%) UAG
3 4 (6.349%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.762%) VMware ESX
4 3 (4.762%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.587%) NDS
5 1 (1.587%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.175%) SCCM
1 2 (3.175%) SCOM
1 2 (3.175%) CA SiteMinder
1 2 (3.175%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.587%) OpenView
2 1 (1.587%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (52.38%) Cisco
2 21 (33.33%) Juniper
3 16 (25.40%) CheckPoint
4 9 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 7 (11.11%) Blue Coat
6 6 (9.524%) VMware
6 6 (9.524%) F5
7 4 (6.349%) Sourcefire
7 4 (6.349%) Riverbed
8 3 (4.762%) Avaya
8 3 (4.762%) Reuters
8 3 (4.762%) Bloomberg
8 3 (4.762%) IronPort
9 2 (3.175%) Oracle
9 2 (3.175%) HP
9 2 (3.175%) NetApp
10 1 (1.587%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 1 (1.587%) Nokia
10 1 (1.587%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.587%) Websense
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