The first table below looks at the demand for ProxySG 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 ProxySG 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat Proxy SG
Rank 107 128 -
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 7 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.327% 0.135% -
As % of the System Software category 2.397% 1.329% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £200 £275
% change year-on-year
+106.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
292 301 286
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 13.65% 10.19% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 116 109
Average daily rate £310 £308 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.81% +11.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 64 80
Average hourly rate £16.25 £17.43 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.76% +2.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.15 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £38.00 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
ProxySG
England

ProxySG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England ProxySG Jobs Demand Trend

ProxySG
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England ProxySG Daily Rate Trend

ProxySG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ProxySG within the East of England 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
Essex +2 7 £413 -
ProxySG
England

ProxySG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ProxySG 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 ProxySG.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 8 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 8 (100.00%) CCSE
1 8 (100.00%) Network Security
1 8 (100.00%) F5
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (87.50%) BIG-IP
2 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 7 (87.50%) E-Commerce
3 6 (75.00%) CCNP
3 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 6 (75.00%) Juniper
3 6 (75.00%) Thin Client
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (75.00%) Fat Client
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (62.50%) Infoblox
4 5 (62.50%) Imperva
4 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (62.50%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (62.50%) Cisco CUCM
4 5 (62.50%) DMVPN
4 5 (62.50%) HP
4 5 (62.50%) Citrix
4 5 (62.50%) VMware
4 5 (62.50%) NetScreen
4 5 (62.50%) OSPF
4 5 (62.50%) CCIE
4 5 (62.50%) Linux

ProxySG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ProxySG 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 ProxySG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Network Security
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (87.50%) BIG-IP
3 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (62.50%) DMVPN
4 5 (62.50%) NetScreen
4 5 (62.50%) OSPF
4 5 (62.50%) DNS
4 5 (62.50%) VoIP
4 5 (62.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) FWSM
5 1 (12.50%) WAAS
5 1 (12.50%) IPsec
5 1 (12.50%) MPLS
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Security Specialist
1 5 (62.50%) Network Specialist
1 5 (62.50%) Security Specialist
1 5 (62.50%) E-Commerce Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Thin Client
1 6 (75.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
1 7 (87.50%) E-Commerce
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) Release Management
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Change Control
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Office Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CCSE
2 6 (75.00%) CCNP
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (62.50%) CCIE
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
5 1 (12.50%) CCSA
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (12.50%) MCSE
5 1 (12.50%) CCSP
5 1 (12.50%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Snort
2 1 (12.50%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 8 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 8 (100.00%) F5
2 6 (75.00%) Juniper
3 5 (62.50%) Infoblox
3 5 (62.50%) Imperva
3 5 (62.50%) HP
3 5 (62.50%) Citrix
3 5 (62.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Sourcefire
4 1 (12.50%) Crossbeam
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) SAP