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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server skills within the England region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ISA Server over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank406477
Rank change on same period last yearUp+71
Matching contract IT job ads164167
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.216 %0.166 %
As % of the category below3.318 %3.141 %
Daily rates quoted6727
Average minimum daily rate£339£291
Average daily rate£349£301
% change on same period last year+15.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£271
% change on same period last year+23.12 %
Hourly rates quoted1833
Average minimum hourly rate£20.87£21.66
Average hourly rate£22.60£23.50
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.32£25.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.27£23.41
% change on same period last year-13.42 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
England
Matching contract IT job ads49425317
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.522 %5.296 %
Daily rates quoted12661270
Average minimum daily rate£333£334
Average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£325
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted10541135
Average minimum hourly rate£19.93£20.74
Average hourly rate£21.20£22.09
% change on same period last year-4.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.47£23.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.86£21.86
% change on same period last year-4.59 %
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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.

ISA Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ISA Server across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

England ISA Server Demand Trend

ISA Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ISA Server Daily Rate Trend

ISA Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISA Server across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England ISA Server Daily Rate Histogram

ISA Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ISA Server Hourly Rate Trend

ISA Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISA Server across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England ISA Server Hourly Rate Histogram

ISA Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISA Server within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
LondonUp+7790£363+10.72 %
South EastUp+1928£345+21.58 %
South WestUp+3520£385-30.01 %
YorkshireUp+207£260-
West MidlandsDown-16£246-19.02 %
East of EnglandUp+255--
East MidlandsDown-15£250-
North WestDown-12£265+93.90 %
North EastUp+102£265-
MidlandsNew entry-1--
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ISA Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ISA Server 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 ISA Server.

1184 (71.04 %)Windows
2158 (61.00 %)Active Directory
3127 (49.03 %)Windows Server 2003
4124 (47.88 %)Microsoft
5117 (45.17 %)MS Exchange
677 (29.73 %)SQL Server
771 (27.41 %)Cisco
870 (27.03 %)DNS
968 (26.25 %)IIS
1066 (25.48 %)Firewall
1156 (21.62 %)Exchange Server 2003
1248 (18.53 %)DHCP
1248 (18.53 %)Citrix
1248 (18.53 %)Microsoft Certification
1347 (18.15 %)SharePoint
1445 (17.37 %)HP
1543 (16.60 %)MCSE
1642 (16.22 %)SAN
1738 (14.67 %)TCP/IP
1837 (14.29 %)SQL
1837 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
1936 (13.90 %)VPN
2034 (13.13 %)Windows 2000
2133 (12.74 %)MAILsweeper
2133 (12.74 %)VMware
2232 (12.36 %)Windows 2000 Server
2331 (11.97 %)MS Excel
2430 (11.58 %)ITIL
2529 (11.20 %)Websense
2628 (10.81 %)Exchange Server 2007

ISA Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ISA Server 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 ISA Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (10.04 %).NET
213 (5.019 %)ASP.NET
311 (4.247 %)Windows SharePoint Services
48 (3.089 %).NET Framework
52 (0.772 %)HTML
61 (0.386 %)Software Packaging
61 (0.386 %)Middleware
61 (0.386 %)CGI
61 (0.386 %)WebServices
61 (0.386 %)XML
61 (0.386 %)ASP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1117 (45.17 %)MS Exchange
268 (26.25 %)IIS
356 (21.62 %)Exchange Server 2003
447 (18.15 %)SharePoint
528 (10.81 %)Exchange Server 2007
613 (5.019 %)Lotus Notes
710 (3.861 %)Exchange Server 5.5
89 (3.475 %)SharePoint Portal Server
97 (2.703 %)Exchange Server 2000
97 (2.703 %)Office Communications Server
97 (2.703 %)Apache
106 (2.317 %)Lotus Domino
115 (1.931 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
115 (1.931 %)CMS
124 (1.544 %)Content Management Server
132 (0.772 %)WebLogic
132 (0.772 %)SharePoint Server 2007
141 (0.386 %)MindAlign
141 (0.386 %)BizTalk Server
141 (0.386 %)GroupWise
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (11.97 %)MS Excel
214 (5.405 %)MS Office
35 (1.931 %)InfoPath
41 (0.386 %)Shockwave
41 (0.386 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.158 %)WebTrends
21 (0.386 %)Navision
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
170 (27.03 %)DNS
266 (25.48 %)Firewall
348 (18.53 %)DHCP
442 (16.22 %)SAN
538 (14.67 %)TCP/IP
636 (13.90 %)VPN
724 (9.266 %)Network Security
822 (8.494 %)WAN
921 (8.108 %)Internet
1020 (7.722 %)LAN
1020 (7.722 %)Cisco PIX
1117 (6.564 %)SMTP
1117 (6.564 %)Wireless
1214 (5.405 %)Cisco IOS
1311 (4.247 %)DMZ
1410 (3.861 %)VoIP
159 (3.475 %)ISDN
168 (3.089 %)Extranet
177 (2.703 %)VLAN
177 (2.703 %)SSH
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
177 (29.73 %)SQL Server
216 (6.178 %)SQL Server 2005
314 (5.405 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.772 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.386 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.386 %)Flash
11 (0.386 %)MSI
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (9.266 %)Finance
220 (7.722 %)Government
38 (3.089 %)Financial Institution
38 (3.089 %)Legal
38 (3.089 %)Telecoms
45 (1.931 %)Insurance
54 (1.544 %)Back Office
54 (1.544 %)Health
63 (1.158 %)Banking
63 (1.158 %)Law
63 (1.158 %)Manufacturing
72 (0.772 %)Publishing
72 (0.772 %)Retail
72 (0.772 %)Investment Banking
72 (0.772 %)Local Government
81 (0.386 %)Pensions
81 (0.386 %)Education
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
151 (19.69 %)Consultant
247 (18.15 %)Analyst
334 (13.13 %)Administrator
423 (8.880 %)3rd Line Support
518 (6.950 %)Systems Administrator
518 (6.950 %)Support Engineer
518 (6.950 %)Security Analyst
617 (6.564 %)Support Analyst
617 (6.564 %)Security Consultant
715 (5.792 %)Server Support
814 (5.405 %)Infrastructure Engineer
912 (4.633 %)Network Engineer
1011 (4.247 %)Technical Consultant
119 (3.475 %)Windows Administrator
119 (3.475 %)Network Support
128 (3.089 %)Infrastructure Consultant
128 (3.089 %)Developer
128 (3.089 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
137 (2.703 %)SharePoint Developer
137 (2.703 %)Server Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (10.04 %)Clustering
218 (6.950 %)PKI
218 (6.950 %)Client/Server
310 (3.861 %)Blackberry
310 (3.861 %)SecurID
45 (1.931 %)Replication
54 (1.544 %)AS400
54 (1.544 %)N-Tier
54 (1.544 %)NHS
63 (1.158 %)EPoS
72 (0.772 %)CESG
72 (0.772 %)Management Information System
72 (0.772 %)Thin Client
72 (0.772 %)Fat Client
81 (0.386 %)PDA
81 (0.386 %)Cryptography
81 (0.386 %)Data Protection Act
81 (0.386 %)Celerra
81 (0.386 %)CLARiiON
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1184 (71.04 %)Windows
2127 (49.03 %)Windows Server 2003
334 (13.13 %)Windows 2000
432 (12.36 %)Windows 2000 Server
520 (7.722 %)Windows Server 2008
616 (6.178 %)Windows XP
712 (4.633 %)Windows Vista
811 (4.247 %)UNIX
910 (3.861 %)Linux
108 (3.089 %)Windows Mobile
115 (1.931 %)Solaris
123 (1.158 %)Mac OS X
132 (0.772 %)HPUX
132 (0.772 %)Windows NT
132 (0.772 %)Red Hat Linux
141 (0.386 %)Ubuntu
141 (0.386 %)NetWare
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (11.58 %)ITIL
223 (8.880 %)Migration
314 (5.405 %)Validation
314 (5.405 %)Security Testing
314 (5.405 %)Penetration Testing
413 (5.019 %)Disaster Recovery
512 (4.633 %)Security Management
512 (4.633 %)Security Cleared
69 (3.475 %)Load Balancing
77 (2.703 %)SC Cleared
77 (2.703 %)PRINCE2
77 (2.703 %)Project Management
84 (1.544 %)Service Management
84 (1.544 %)Service Delivery
84 (1.544 %)CRM
84 (1.544 %)DV Cleared
93 (1.158 %)Content Management
93 (1.158 %)Supplier Management
93 (1.158 %)Agile Software Development
93 (1.158 %)Time Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (14.29 %)SQL
213 (5.019 %)VBScript
37 (2.703 %)VB
46 (2.317 %)C#
55 (1.931 %)Perl
63 (1.158 %)Java
72 (0.772 %)C
72 (0.772 %)PowerShell
81 (0.386 %)Shell Script
81 (0.386 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
148 (18.53 %)Microsoft Certification
243 (16.60 %)MCSE
314 (5.405 %)MCP
413 (5.019 %)Cisco Certification
512 (4.633 %)CCNA
67 (2.703 %)MCSA
75 (1.931 %)Novell Certification
84 (1.544 %)CCNP
93 (1.158 %)CNA
93 (1.158 %)Citrix Certification
93 (1.158 %)A+ Certification
102 (0.772 %)CCA
102 (0.772 %)CNE
102 (0.772 %)CCDA
102 (0.772 %)ISEB
102 (0.772 %)Degree
102 (0.772 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
111 (0.386 %)CCDP
111 (0.386 %)CCSP
111 (0.386 %)CCEA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.544 %)SLA
21 (0.386 %)ISO27001
21 (0.386 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1158 (61.00 %)Active Directory
225 (9.653 %)Backup Exec
322 (8.494 %)VMware ESX
419 (7.336 %)Citrix Presentation Server
513 (5.019 %)VMware Infrastructure
610 (3.861 %)Terminal Services
73 (1.158 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.386 %)MailMarshal
81 (0.386 %)WebMarshal
81 (0.386 %)VMware Server
81 (0.386 %)MetaFrame
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
133 (12.74 %)MAILsweeper
221 (8.108 %)MOM
316 (6.178 %)WSUS
414 (5.405 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
58 (3.089 %)SCOM
66 (2.317 %)Norton AntiVirus
66 (2.317 %)SCCM
74 (1.544 %)MIMEsweeper
82 (0.772 %)DameWare
82 (0.772 %)Tivoli
82 (0.772 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
82 (0.772 %)Legato
91 (0.386 %)OVOW
91 (0.386 %)EMC NetWorker
91 (0.386 %)CA SiteMinder
91 (0.386 %)OpenView
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1124 (47.88 %)Microsoft
271 (27.41 %)Cisco
348 (18.53 %)Citrix
445 (17.37 %)HP
537 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
633 (12.74 %)VMware
729 (11.20 %)Websense
817 (6.564 %)Nokia
914 (5.405 %)Lotus
914 (5.405 %)Symantec
1011 (4.247 %)IronPort
1011 (4.247 %)Blue Coat
1110 (3.861 %)Sophos
1110 (3.861 %)VERITAS
129 (3.475 %)Qualys
138 (3.089 %)Altiris
147 (2.703 %)McAfee Security
156 (2.317 %)Dell
165 (1.931 %)Juniper
174 (1.544 %)Sun