The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills 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 Network Security over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 76 77 76
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 7 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.558% 0.219% 0.574%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.636% 1.852% 4.819%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
Average daily rate £425 £438 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +113.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £388 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £221
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
151 162 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 12.04% 11.82% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 73 47
Average daily rate £310 £250 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -18.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £165 £146
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £463 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 23 18
Average hourly rate £15.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire - 5 £350 -
Derbyshire +11 2 £450 -10.00%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 12 (80.00%) Cisco
2 10 (66.67%) Firewall
3 8 (53.33%) CheckPoint
3 8 (53.33%) Juniper
3 8 (53.33%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 5 (33.33%) Blue Coat
5 5 (33.33%) Sourcefire
5 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 5 (33.33%) Cisco PIX
5 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 5 (33.33%) F5
5 5 (33.33%) FWSM
6 4 (26.67%) CCNP
6 4 (26.67%) BGP
6 4 (26.67%) Clearswift
7 3 (20.00%) Finance
7 3 (20.00%) ProxySG
7 3 (20.00%) CCNA
7 3 (20.00%) Nortel
7 3 (20.00%) McAfee
7 3 (20.00%) VLAN
8 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
8 2 (13.33%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (13.33%) Degree
8 2 (13.33%) PlateSpin
8 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (13.33%) IP Telephony

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) Firewall
2 8 (53.33%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 5 (33.33%) Cisco PIX
3 5 (33.33%) FWSM
4 4 (26.67%) BGP
5 3 (20.00%) VLAN
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (13.33%) IP Telephony
6 2 (13.33%) Internet
6 2 (13.33%) OSPF
6 2 (13.33%) DNS
6 2 (13.33%) SSL
6 2 (13.33%) SMTP
6 2 (13.33%) HTTP
6 2 (13.33%) SNMP
6 2 (13.33%) LAN
6 2 (13.33%) PBX
6 2 (13.33%) Wireless
6 2 (13.33%) BIG-IP
General
1 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Security Engineer
1 6 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Network Security Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Network Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Network Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Network Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (13.33%) UNIX
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) HPUX
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) PRINCE
1 2 (13.33%) ITIL
1 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
1 2 (13.33%) Migration
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security Management
1 2 (13.33%) Security Management
1 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (6.667%) Network Management
2 1 (6.667%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) CCNP
4 3 (20.00%) CCNA
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) CCSP
5 2 (13.33%) CCSA
5 2 (13.33%) CCSE
6 1 (6.667%) CCIE
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) ProxySG
2 2 (13.33%) vSphere
2 2 (13.33%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) CheckPoint
2 8 (53.33%) Juniper
3 5 (33.33%) Blue Coat
3 5 (33.33%) Sourcefire
3 5 (33.33%) F5
4 4 (26.67%) Clearswift
5 3 (20.00%) Nortel
5 3 (20.00%) McAfee
6 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
6 2 (13.33%) PlateSpin
6 2 (13.33%) Crossbeam
6 2 (13.33%) Red Hat
6 2 (13.33%) HP
6 2 (13.33%) EMC
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (13.33%) VMware
7 1 (6.667%) Websense
7 1 (6.667%) IBM
7 1 (6.667%) Avaya