Firewall Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 20 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 of England 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 70 83 83
Rank change year-on-year
+13 0
Contract jobs citing Firewall 46 53 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.131% 1.804% 1.627%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.95% 10.10% 9.677%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 26 19
Average daily rate £325 £288 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -2.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £368 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.98% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 8
Average hourly rate £16.00 £23.25 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.18% -31.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.55 £12.54 £16.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.10 £47.50 £35.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 385 525 434
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.83% 17.87% 16.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 171 130
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 51 83
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +10.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Firewall
England

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East of England Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cambridgeshire +15 16 £224 -30.07%
Essex +9 12 £333 +66.25%
Norfolk +7 8 - -
Hertfordshire +4 7 £350 +36.58%
Suffolk -4 2 £191 -41.15%
East Anglia +13 1 - -
Firewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 79 (68.70%) Cisco
2 52 (45.22%) Windows
3 47 (40.87%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (38.26%) WAN
5 42 (36.52%) LAN
6 40 (34.78%) Wireless
7 37 (32.17%) ITIL
8 35 (30.43%) VoIP
8 35 (30.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 33 (28.70%) Active Directory
10 31 (26.96%) CCNP
11 30 (26.09%) VPN
11 30 (26.09%) Cisco ASA
12 29 (25.22%) VMware
13 28 (24.35%) DNS
13 28 (24.35%) SAN
14 25 (21.74%) DHCP
15 24 (20.87%) MS Exchange
16 23 (20.00%) Microsoft
17 21 (18.26%) HP
17 21 (18.26%) CheckPoint
18 20 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
18 20 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
19 18 (15.65%) Citrix
20 17 (14.78%) Project Management
20 17 (14.78%) PRINCE2
20 17 (14.78%) NAS
21 16 (13.91%) SQL Server 2008
21 16 (13.91%) Exchange Server 2010
21 16 (13.91%) SQL Server

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 4 (3.478%) HTML
1 4 (3.478%) CGI
2 3 (2.609%) CSS
2 3 (2.609%) JSP
2 3 (2.609%) .NET
3 1 (0.870%) ASP
3 1 (0.870%) COM+
3 1 (0.870%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 24 (20.87%) MS Exchange
2 16 (13.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
4 12 (10.43%) IIS
5 8 (6.957%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (6.087%) Lync
7 3 (2.609%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.870%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.870%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.870%) Windows Azure
8 1 (0.870%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.870%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.870%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 7 (6.087%) MS Office
2 5 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 44 (38.26%) WAN
2 42 (36.52%) LAN
3 40 (34.78%) Wireless
4 35 (30.43%) VoIP
5 30 (26.09%) VPN
5 30 (26.09%) Cisco ASA
6 28 (24.35%) DNS
6 28 (24.35%) SAN
7 25 (21.74%) DHCP
8 17 (14.78%) NAS
9 14 (12.17%) TCP/IP
10 13 (11.30%) WAAS
10 13 (11.30%) Network Security
11 12 (10.43%) VLAN
12 10 (8.696%) DMZ
12 10 (8.696%) Internet
12 10 (8.696%) MPLS
13 9 (7.826%) BGP
14 8 (6.957%) Cisco IOS
14 8 (6.957%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.91%) SQL Server
1 16 (13.91%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (3.478%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (2.609%) GIS
3 3 (2.609%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.870%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.870%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.870%) MySQL
4 1 (0.870%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.870%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.870%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.870%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (0.870%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.870%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (3.478%) JIRA
1 4 (3.478%) ClearCase
1 4 (3.478%) Trac
2 3 (2.609%) Subversion
3 2 (1.739%) WiX
3 2 (1.739%) MSBuild
3 2 (1.739%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.739%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.739%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.739%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.870%) Hudson
General
1 12 (10.43%) Telecoms
2 5 (4.348%) Finance
3 4 (3.478%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.609%) Back Office
4 3 (2.609%) Electronics
4 3 (2.609%) Retail
5 2 (1.739%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.739%) Banking
6 1 (0.870%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 27 (23.48%) Network Engineer
2 24 (20.87%) Analyst
3 11 (9.565%) Network Specialist
4 9 (7.826%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 9 (7.826%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (5.217%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (5.217%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (4.348%) Administrator
6 5 (4.348%) Software Developer
6 5 (4.348%) Developer
6 5 (4.348%) Head of IT
6 5 (4.348%) Firewall Engineer
7 4 (3.478%) E-Commerce Specialist
7 4 (3.478%) Network Security Specialist
7 4 (3.478%) Security Specialist
7 4 (3.478%) Security Engineer
7 4 (3.478%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (3.478%) Network Analyst
8 3 (2.609%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (2.609%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.087%) NHS
2 5 (4.348%) Thin Client
2 5 (4.348%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (4.348%) Fat Client
3 4 (3.478%) Clustering
4 3 (2.609%) Streaming Media
4 3 (2.609%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.739%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.739%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.739%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.870%) SaaS
6 1 (0.870%) PaaS
6 1 (0.870%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.870%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.870%) IaaS
6 1 (0.870%) Replication
6 1 (0.870%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.870%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 52 (45.22%) Windows
2 35 (30.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (12.17%) Windows 7
5 11 (9.565%) Linux
6 5 (4.348%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (4.348%) UNIX
7 3 (2.609%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.870%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.17%) ITIL
2 17 (14.78%) PRINCE2
2 17 (14.78%) Project Management
3 12 (10.43%) PRINCE
4 11 (9.565%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (8.696%) Migration
6 7 (6.087%) Load Balancing
7 6 (5.217%) E-Commerce
8 5 (4.348%) Service Management
8 5 (4.348%) Configuration Management
8 5 (4.348%) ITIL V3
9 4 (3.478%) Network Management
10 3 (2.609%) Infrastructure Management
10 3 (2.609%) PDCA
10 3 (2.609%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (2.609%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.609%) Change Management
10 3 (2.609%) Six Sigma
11 2 (1.739%) Software Engineering
11 2 (1.739%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.696%) SQL
2 9 (7.826%) C
3 4 (3.478%) Embedded C
3 4 (3.478%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.739%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.739%) Java
5 1 (0.870%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.870%) R
5 1 (0.870%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (40.87%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (26.96%) CCNP
3 16 (13.91%) CCNA
4 14 (12.17%) CCIE
5 13 (11.30%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (7.826%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (7.826%) Degree
6 9 (7.826%) Security Cleared
7 8 (6.957%) CCSE
7 8 (6.957%) MCSE
8 7 (6.087%) CCDP
9 6 (5.217%) CCIP
10 5 (4.348%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (4.348%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.478%) CCSA
11 4 (3.478%) CCSP
12 3 (2.609%) CISSP
12 3 (2.609%) DV Cleared
13 2 (1.739%) HND
13 2 (1.739%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.087%) SLA
2 3 (2.609%) JSP 440
3 2 (1.739%) QA
4 1 (0.870%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.870%) GAMP
4 1 (0.870%) GxP
System Software
1 33 (28.70%) Active Directory
2 20 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (13.04%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.087%) Forefront TMG
5 5 (4.348%) ProxySG
6 4 (3.478%) VMware ESX
6 4 (3.478%) vSphere
7 3 (2.609%) NFS
8 2 (1.739%) Xen
8 2 (1.739%) DFS Replication
8 2 (1.739%) XenApp
8 2 (1.739%) XenServer
8 2 (1.739%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.870%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.870%) Samba
9 1 (0.870%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.870%) Snort
9 1 (0.870%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.870%) UAG
Systems Management
1 6 (5.217%) Norton AntiVirus
2 4 (3.478%) NetBackup
2 4 (3.478%) Cisco UCCX
2 4 (3.478%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (2.609%) WhatsUp Gold
4 2 (1.739%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.739%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.870%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.870%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.870%) WSUS
5 1 (0.870%) SCCM
5 1 (0.870%) SCOM
5 1 (0.870%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.870%) Tivoli NetView
5 1 (0.870%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (0.870%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.870%) AppManager
Vendors
1 79 (68.70%) Cisco
2 29 (25.22%) VMware
3 23 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 21 (18.26%) CheckPoint
4 21 (18.26%) HP
5 18 (15.65%) Citrix
6 13 (11.30%) Juniper
7 7 (6.087%) Altiris
7 7 (6.087%) Brocade
7 7 (6.087%) F5
8 6 (5.217%) Riverbed
8 6 (5.217%) Symantec
9 5 (4.348%) Sophos
9 5 (4.348%) Blue Coat
9 5 (4.348%) Exinda
10 4 (3.478%) BT
10 4 (3.478%) Infoblox
10 4 (3.478%) Imperva
11 3 (2.609%) Acronis
11 3 (2.609%) Fortinet
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