The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security 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 Network Security over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 101 106 112
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Contract jobs citing Network Security 14 23 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.650% 0.780% 0.761%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.684% 4.406% 4.525%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 6
Average daily rate £381 £325 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.30% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £296 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £353 £431
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +31.57%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
380 522 442
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.64% 17.71% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 173 132
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 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 50 85
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +18.18%
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 £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Network Security Daily Rate Trend

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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Essex +3 8 £413 -
Bedfordshire - 3 £338 -
Cambridgeshire +11 2 - -
Hertfordshire +4 1 £340 +0.74%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 22 (68.75%) Cisco
2 19 (59.38%) CheckPoint
3 14 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (40.63%) Firewall
4 13 (40.63%) F5
5 12 (37.50%) CCSE
6 11 (34.38%) BIG-IP
6 11 (34.38%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (34.38%) VPN
7 10 (31.25%) CCNP
8 9 (28.13%) Windows
8 9 (28.13%) CCIE
8 9 (28.13%) VMware
9 8 (25.00%) Citrix
9 8 (25.00%) Project Management
9 8 (25.00%) Linux
9 8 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (21.88%) E-Commerce
10 7 (21.88%) Juniper
10 7 (21.88%) Blue Coat
10 7 (21.88%) ProxySG
10 7 (21.88%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (21.88%) Load Balancing
11 6 (18.75%) Thin Client
11 6 (18.75%) VoIP
11 6 (18.75%) DHCP
11 6 (18.75%) DNS
11 6 (18.75%) SLA
11 6 (18.75%) Fat Client
12 5 (15.63%) Change Control

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 2 (6.250%) CSS
2 1 (3.125%) Web Services
2 1 (3.125%) XML
2 1 (3.125%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.250%) MS Exchange
1 2 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.125%) IIS
2 1 (3.125%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (3.125%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (40.63%) Firewall
2 11 (34.38%) VPN
2 11 (34.38%) BIG-IP
2 11 (34.38%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (21.88%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (18.75%) DNS
4 6 (18.75%) VoIP
4 6 (18.75%) DHCP
5 5 (15.63%) OSPF
5 5 (15.63%) Cisco PIX
5 5 (15.63%) DMVPN
6 4 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (12.50%) MPLS
6 4 (12.50%) NetScreen
6 4 (12.50%) LAN
6 4 (12.50%) WAN
6 4 (12.50%) SAN
7 3 (9.375%) BGP
7 3 (9.375%) Wireless
8 2 (6.250%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (3.125%) JIRA
General
1 3 (9.375%) Telecoms
1 3 (9.375%) Finance
2 2 (6.250%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Network Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Security Specialist
2 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Network Specialist
2 5 (15.63%) Network Security Specialist
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 4 (12.50%) E-Commerce Specialist
3 4 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
4 3 (9.375%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Security Officer
5 2 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Network Support
5 2 (6.250%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Wintel Support Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Wintel Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Thin Client
1 6 (18.75%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.125%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (3.125%) IaaS
2 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.125%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 9 (28.13%) Windows
2 8 (25.00%) Linux
3 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (12.50%) UNIX
4 3 (9.375%) Solaris
5 2 (6.250%) AIX
5 2 (6.250%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Project Management
2 7 (21.88%) Load Balancing
2 7 (21.88%) E-Commerce
3 5 (15.63%) Change Control
4 4 (12.50%) Build Automation
4 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 4 (12.50%) Programme Office Management
5 3 (9.375%) ITIL
5 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.250%) Network Design
6 2 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (6.250%) Release Management
7 1 (3.125%) Security Architecture
7 1 (3.125%) Network Load Balancing
7 1 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (3.125%) Migration
7 1 (3.125%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) C
2 2 (6.250%) SQL
3 1 (3.125%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.125%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (37.50%) CCSE
3 10 (31.25%) CCNP
4 9 (28.13%) CCIE
5 5 (15.63%) CCNA
5 5 (15.63%) CCSA
6 4 (12.50%) CCSP
7 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.125%) JNCIA
8 1 (3.125%) MCSE
8 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.125%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) SLA
2 3 (9.375%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.250%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (21.88%) ProxySG
3 5 (15.63%) Active Directory
4 2 (6.250%) NFS
4 2 (6.250%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.125%) ISA Server
5 1 (3.125%) Snort
5 1 (3.125%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.125%) XenApp
5 1 (3.125%) XenServer
5 1 (3.125%) XenDesktop
5 1 (3.125%) UAG
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Cisco UCCX
1 4 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (9.375%) NetBackup
3 2 (6.250%) WSUS
4 1 (3.125%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (3.125%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (68.75%) Cisco
2 19 (59.38%) CheckPoint
3 13 (40.63%) F5
4 9 (28.13%) VMware
5 8 (25.00%) Citrix
6 7 (21.88%) Juniper
6 7 (21.88%) Blue Coat
7 5 (15.63%) HP
8 4 (12.50%) Infoblox
8 4 (12.50%) Imperva
9 3 (9.375%) Fortinet
9 3 (9.375%) Crossbeam
9 3 (9.375%) EMC
10 2 (6.250%) Red Hat
10 2 (6.250%) Nokia
10 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
10 2 (6.250%) Oracle
11 1 (3.125%) SAP
11 1 (3.125%) Dell
11 1 (3.125%) NetApp
Essex
Network & Security Engineer - Cisco R&S / ASA Firewalls / VPN's... Core Responsibilities: *Support of Cisco / Checkpoint Products *Firewalls / ASA / PIX / *Cisco Core R&S - ISR - 6500's - MPLS /...
Stott & May
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Ideally CCNP/CCIE qualified but MUST be SC Cleared... Skills Required: CCNP - Routing & Switching Cisco Design Implementation - Network Security Voice / Wi-FI (Wireless) Excellent core R&S experience -...
Stott & May
Rate: £300 - £380 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013