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This section looks at the demand for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank137148
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.420 %0.620 %
Daily rates quoted71
Average minimum daily rate£346£250
Average daily rate£362£300
% change on same period last year+20.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£349
% change on same period last year-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£29.50
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads704806
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.938 %0.815 %
Daily rates quoted214203
Average minimum daily rate£312£338
Average daily rate£336£358
% change on same period last year-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted122155
Average minimum hourly rate£27.63£25.82
Average hourly rate£30.44£27.69
% change on same period last year+9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.24£29.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
IPsec EnglandIPsec
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

IPsec
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IPsec across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England IPsec Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IPsec across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England IPsec Daily Rate Histogram

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireNew entry-8£362-
CambridgeshireDown-22--
IPsec EnglandIPsec
England

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

117 (80.95 %)Firewall
216 (76.19 %)Cisco
216 (76.19 %)VPN
314 (66.67 %)Nokia
314 (66.67 %)CheckPoint
412 (57.14 %)Internet
412 (57.14 %)SSL
511 (52.38 %)NetScreen
511 (52.38 %)IBM
511 (52.38 %)Blue Coat
511 (52.38 %)Crossbeam
511 (52.38 %)Problem Management
511 (52.38 %)Cisco PIX
65 (23.81 %)Penetration Testing
65 (23.81 %)Telecoms
65 (23.81 %)MPLS
74 (19.05 %)Cisco Certification
74 (19.05 %)UMTS
74 (19.05 %)ATM
74 (19.05 %)LAN
83 (14.29 %)C
83 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
83 (14.29 %)DNS
83 (14.29 %)CCIE
83 (14.29 %)Nortel
83 (14.29 %)BGP
83 (14.29 %)Nortel Alteon
92 (9.524 %)Network Planning
92 (9.524 %)Network Security
92 (9.524 %)CCNP

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (9.524 %)STL
21 (4.762 %)Application Packaging
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (80.95 %)Firewall
216 (76.19 %)VPN
312 (57.14 %)SSL
312 (57.14 %)Internet
411 (52.38 %)NetScreen
411 (52.38 %)Cisco PIX
55 (23.81 %)MPLS
64 (19.05 %)UMTS
64 (19.05 %)ATM
64 (19.05 %)LAN
73 (14.29 %)DNS
73 (14.29 %)BGP
73 (14.29 %)Nortel Alteon
73 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
82 (9.524 %)Network Security
82 (9.524 %)SMTP
82 (9.524 %)SDH
82 (9.524 %)GPRS
82 (9.524 %)GSM
91 (4.762 %)ISDN
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.762 %)MSI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (23.81 %)Telecoms
21 (4.762 %)Finance
21 (4.762 %)Education
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (52.38 %)Analyst
111 (52.38 %)Security Analyst
29 (42.86 %)Firewall Analyst
33 (14.29 %)Software Engineer
42 (9.524 %)Senior Analyst
42 (9.524 %)Security Engineer
42 (9.524 %)Cisco Specialist
42 (9.524 %)Senior Security Analyst
51 (4.762 %)Network Specialist
51 (4.762 %)Novell Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Implementation Specialist
51 (4.762 %)C Software Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Embedded Software Engineer
51 (4.762 %)C++ Software Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Project Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Cisco Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Design Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Architect
51 (4.762 %)Technical Architect
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)Clustering
11 (4.762 %)German Language
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (9.524 %)Windows NT
21 (4.762 %)Embedded Linux
21 (4.762 %)UNIX
21 (4.762 %)Windows
21 (4.762 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (52.38 %)Problem Management
25 (23.81 %)Penetration Testing
32 (9.524 %)Network Planning
41 (4.762 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (4.762 %)ITIL
41 (4.762 %)Migration
41 (4.762 %)Network Design
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (14.29 %)C
22 (9.524 %)C++
31 (4.762 %)Embedded C
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (19.05 %)Cisco Certification
23 (14.29 %)CCIE
32 (9.524 %)CCNP
32 (9.524 %)CCIP
32 (9.524 %)CCDP
41 (4.762 %)MCSE
41 (4.762 %)CCNA
41 (4.762 %)CCSP
41 (4.762 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (4.762 %)CNA
41 (4.762 %)CNE
41 (4.762 %)Novell Certification
41 (4.762 %)CCSA
41 (4.762 %)CCSE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.762 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.762 %)Active Directory
11 (4.762 %)Terminal Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (76.19 %)Cisco
214 (66.67 %)Nokia
214 (66.67 %)CheckPoint
311 (52.38 %)IBM
311 (52.38 %)Blue Coat
311 (52.38 %)Crossbeam
43 (14.29 %)Nortel
51 (4.762 %)Microsoft
51 (4.762 %)HP
51 (4.762 %)3Com
51 (4.762 %)Novell
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