The first table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the East Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall Engineer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £318 £270
% change year-on-year
-0.78% +17.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1159 1278 1262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.19% 93.49% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 644 496
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £179 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 96 129
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.90 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Firewall Engineer
England

Firewall Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Midlands Firewall Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Firewall Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Firewall Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Firewall Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) CCSP
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
3 2 (50.00%) McAfee
3 2 (50.00%) Clearswift
3 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 2 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (50.00%) CCSE
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (50.00%) Crossbeam
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (50.00%) F5
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) CCSA
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL

Firewall Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) CCSE
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CCSA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) McAfee
3 2 (50.00%) Clearswift
3 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 2 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (50.00%) Crossbeam
3 2 (50.00%) F5