The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG 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 System Software 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Forefront TMG 9 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.425% - -
As % of the System Software category 3.158% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £278 £275
% change year-on-year
-18.91% +0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £14.25 -
% change year-on-year
+75.43% -
All System Software
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
285 302 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 13.44% 10.24% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 114 113
Average daily rate £310 £305 £287
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.63% +6.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £116 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 65 81
Average hourly rate £16.50 £17.22 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.15% +1.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £37.75 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Forefront TMG across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

East of England Forefront TMG Jobs Demand Trend

Forefront TMG
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Forefront TMG across the East of England region.

East of England Forefront TMG Daily Rate Trend

Forefront TMG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Forefront TMG Hourly Rate Trend

Forefront TMG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Forefront TMG within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Norfolk - 6 £225 -
Essex - 2 - -
Suffolk - 1 - -
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG.

1 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) SQL
2 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (77.27%) Exchange Server 2007
3 17 (77.27%) MS Exchange
3 17 (77.27%) HP
4 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
5 15 (68.18%) Active Directory
5 15 (68.18%) DNS
5 15 (68.18%) IIS
5 15 (68.18%) VMware
6 14 (63.64%) Exchange Server 2010
7 10 (45.45%) Hyper-V
7 10 (45.45%) UAG
7 10 (45.45%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (40.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (40.91%) MCITP
8 9 (40.91%) ITIL
8 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2
8 9 (40.91%) PRINCE
8 9 (40.91%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (40.91%) SAN
8 9 (40.91%) VCP5
9 8 (36.36%) Windows 8
9 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
10 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (31.82%) MCSE
10 7 (31.82%) Firewall
11 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
12 5 (22.73%) Cisco

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 17 (77.27%) Exchange Server 2007
1 17 (77.27%) MS Exchange
2 15 (68.18%) IIS
3 14 (63.64%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 15 (68.18%) DNS
2 9 (40.91%) SAN
3 7 (31.82%) Firewall
4 4 (18.18%) DMZ
4 4 (18.18%) DHCP
4 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 3 (13.64%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (4.545%) WAAS
6 1 (4.545%) NAS
6 1 (4.545%) LAN
6 1 (4.545%) VoIP
6 1 (4.545%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (13.64%) Back Office
2 2 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Consultant
2 4 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) Network Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Network Support
5 1 (4.545%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Clustering
1 4 (18.18%) PACS
2 1 (4.545%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (36.36%) Windows 8
3 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
4 3 (13.64%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Disaster Recovery
2 9 (40.91%) ITIL
2 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2
2 9 (40.91%) PRINCE
3 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) Performance Management
4 3 (13.64%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (81.82%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) VBScript
2 4 (18.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 9 (40.91%) MCITP
1 9 (40.91%) ITIL Certification
1 9 (40.91%) VCP5
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (31.82%) MCSE
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (13.64%) CCNP
3 3 (13.64%) CCNA
4 2 (9.091%) Degree
5 1 (4.545%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (68.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (45.45%) Hyper-V
2 10 (45.45%) UAG
3 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (18.18%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Backup Exec
2 3 (13.64%) WhatsUp Gold
2 3 (13.64%) NetBackup
2 3 (13.64%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (4.545%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) HP
2 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 15 (68.18%) VMware
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco
5 4 (18.18%) Compaq
5 4 (18.18%) Dell
5 4 (18.18%) Citrix
5 4 (18.18%) ADIC
5 4 (18.18%) CommVault
5 4 (18.18%) Veritas
5 4 (18.18%) Oracle
6 3 (13.64%) Symantec
7 1 (4.545%) Brocade
7 1 (4.545%) Sophos
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