The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 22 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 Docklands, 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank - 30 50
Contract jobs citing Firewall 0 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London - 0.926% 1.701%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 10.00% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
Average daily rate - £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.88% +1.92%
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
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21 20 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 12.21% 9.259% 8.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 28
Average daily rate £375 £455 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.58% +7.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £220 £329
10% offered a daily rate of more than £497 £625 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £47.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +106.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Firewall
London

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Reuters
3 1 (25.00%) Bloomberg
3 1 (25.00%) BCP
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) SWIFT
3 1 (25.00%) F5

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) OWASP
1 2 (50.00%) SIEM
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 17799
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) Reuters
1 1 (25.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (25.00%) F5