The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 486 530 529
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -1
Contract jobs citing Forefront TMG 26 27 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.061% 0.050% 0.047%
As % of the System Software category 0.646% 0.626% 0.647%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 18
Average daily rate £225 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.41% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £129 £209 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £456 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £278 £288
% change year-on-year
-18.91% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £14.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.43% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £14.25 -
% change year-on-year
+75.43% -
All System Software
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4022 4316 4021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 9.507% 8.067% 7.259%
Number of daily rates quoted 1957 2091 1790
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 591 604
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.04 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Forefront TMG
UK

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Forefront TMG Daily Rate Trend

Forefront TMG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Forefront TMG across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Forefront TMG Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 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
East of England - 9 £225 -
London +7 7 £438 +41.12%
South East - 7 £128 -
North West +10 2 - -
West Midlands +11 1 - -
Forefront TMG
UK

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 52 (68.42%) Windows
2 41 (53.95%) Microsoft
3 36 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
4 35 (46.05%) Active Directory
5 34 (44.74%) VMware
6 31 (40.79%) MS Exchange
7 30 (39.47%) ISA Server
8 25 (32.89%) Firewall
8 25 (32.89%) Hyper-V
9 24 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2010
9 24 (31.58%) ITIL
10 23 (30.26%) DNS
10 23 (30.26%) HP
10 23 (30.26%) SAN
11 22 (28.95%) SQL
11 22 (28.95%) UAG
12 21 (27.63%) VMware Infrastructure
12 21 (27.63%) Exchange Server 2007
13 20 (26.32%) Cisco
14 18 (23.68%) IIS
15 16 (21.05%) MS Excel
16 15 (19.74%) MCITP
17 14 (18.42%) Security Cleared
17 14 (18.42%) TCP/IP
17 14 (18.42%) CommVault
18 13 (17.11%) Websense
18 13 (17.11%) SharePoint
18 13 (17.11%) Windows 2000 Server
19 12 (15.79%) MS Office
19 12 (15.79%) LAN

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 Development
1 2 (2.632%) .NET
2 1 (1.316%) XML
Application Platforms
1 31 (40.79%) MS Exchange
2 24 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (27.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 18 (23.68%) IIS
5 13 (17.11%) SharePoint
6 7 (9.211%) Lync
7 6 (7.895%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (6.579%) Office Communications Server
8 5 (6.579%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (3.947%) Apache
9 3 (3.947%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (2.632%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 12 (15.79%) MS Office
3 1 (1.316%) Office 365
3 1 (1.316%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 25 (32.89%) Firewall
2 23 (30.26%) DNS
2 23 (30.26%) SAN
3 14 (18.42%) TCP/IP
4 12 (15.79%) LAN
4 12 (15.79%) WAN
4 12 (15.79%) DMZ
5 8 (10.53%) VPN
6 7 (9.211%) DHCP
7 6 (7.895%) MPLS
7 6 (7.895%) BGP
8 5 (6.579%) Network Security
9 4 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (5.263%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (3.947%) Wireless
10 3 (3.947%) SSL
11 2 (2.632%) VoIP
11 2 (2.632%) HTTP
11 2 (2.632%) IP Telephony
11 2 (2.632%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.53%) SQL Server
1 8 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (6.579%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.316%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.632%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (5.263%) Back Office
2 3 (3.947%) Banking
2 3 (3.947%) Publishing
3 2 (2.632%) Finance
3 2 (2.632%) Law
3 2 (2.632%) Legal
3 2 (2.632%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.316%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.316%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (17.11%) Consultant
2 12 (15.79%) Network Engineer
3 11 (14.47%) Support Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Analyst
5 8 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
5 8 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (9.211%) Deployment Specialist
6 7 (9.211%) Security Specialist
6 7 (9.211%) Technical Support
7 5 (6.579%) Network Specialist
7 5 (6.579%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (6.579%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (6.579%) Security Architect
7 5 (6.579%) Architect
8 4 (5.263%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.263%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (5.263%) Server Engineer
8 4 (5.263%) IT Support
9 3 (3.947%) Windows Server Engineer
9 3 (3.947%) Senior Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.211%) PKI
2 6 (7.895%) Clustering
3 5 (6.579%) Blackberry
4 4 (5.263%) PACS
5 3 (3.947%) Open Source
6 2 (2.632%) Replication
7 1 (1.316%) SaaS
7 1 (1.316%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (1.316%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 52 (68.42%) Windows
2 36 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (17.11%) Windows 2000 Server
4 8 (10.53%) Windows XP
4 8 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (10.53%) Windows 8
5 3 (3.947%) Windows 2000
6 2 (2.632%) Linux
6 2 (2.632%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (1.316%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.58%) ITIL
2 11 (14.47%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (11.84%) PRINCE
3 9 (11.84%) PRINCE2
4 8 (10.53%) Load Balancing
5 7 (9.211%) Migration
6 6 (7.895%) Change Management
7 5 (6.579%) Performance Management
7 5 (6.579%) Project Management
8 4 (5.263%) Identity Management
8 4 (5.263%) Information Security
8 4 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
9 3 (3.947%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 3 (3.947%) Security Architecture
9 3 (3.947%) GAP Analysis
10 2 (2.632%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (2.632%) Data Protection
10 2 (2.632%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.95%) SQL
2 4 (5.263%) VBScript
2 4 (5.263%) VB
3 3 (3.947%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (19.74%) MCITP
2 14 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 12 (15.79%) MCSE
3 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (14.47%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (14.47%) SC Cleared
4 11 (14.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (11.84%) VCP5
6 8 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.947%) JNCIE
7 3 (3.947%) CCIE
7 3 (3.947%) CCNP
7 3 (3.947%) CCNA
8 2 (2.632%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.632%) Degree
9 1 (1.316%) VCAP
9 1 (1.316%) CCSA
9 1 (1.316%) CCSE
9 1 (1.316%) CCSP
9 1 (1.316%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.947%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (46.05%) Active Directory
2 30 (39.47%) ISA Server
3 25 (32.89%) Hyper-V
4 22 (28.95%) UAG
5 21 (27.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (10.53%) Squid
7 4 (5.263%) vSphere
8 2 (2.632%) VMware ESX
9 1 (1.316%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) SCOM
2 4 (5.263%) Norton AntiVirus
2 4 (5.263%) NetBackup
2 4 (5.263%) Backup Exec
2 4 (5.263%) WhatsUp Gold
2 4 (5.263%) SCCM
3 2 (2.632%) Cisco UCCE
3 2 (2.632%) WSUS
Vendors
1 41 (53.95%) Microsoft
2 34 (44.74%) VMware
3 23 (30.26%) HP
4 20 (26.32%) Cisco
5 14 (18.42%) CommVault
6 13 (17.11%) Websense
7 11 (14.47%) Blue Coat
7 11 (14.47%) Finjan
8 9 (11.84%) SolarWinds
9 8 (10.53%) M86 Security
10 7 (9.211%) Citrix
10 7 (9.211%) Dell
11 6 (7.895%) Avaya
11 6 (7.895%) Siemens
11 6 (7.895%) BT
12 5 (6.579%) Symantec
12 5 (6.579%) NetApp
13 4 (5.263%) ADIC
13 4 (5.263%) Juniper
13 4 (5.263%) Compaq
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