Network Security Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security 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 Network Security over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 297 249 363
Rank change year-on-year
-48 +114
Contract jobs citing Network Security 224 372 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.537% 0.697% 0.395%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.660% 4.447% 3.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 176 107
Average daily rate £400 £375 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £285 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 27
Average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.15 £21.45 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.35 £31.60 £35.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +31.57%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6120 8366 7238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.67% 15.67% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3067 3924 3355
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 560 719
Average hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Security across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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 England region.

England Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Security across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Network Security Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Security across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Network Security Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 20 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
South East +34 80 £400 +6.66%
London -70 80 £394 -4.54%
East of England +12 14 £381 +17.30%
Yorkshire +4 14 £380 +4.10%
South West -7 10 £420 +5.00%
West Midlands +3 8 £175 -27.08%
East Midlands +2 7 £425 -2.85%
North West -2 4 £425 +25.92%
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 226 (49.89%) Cisco
2 220 (48.57%) Firewall
3 132 (29.14%) Cisco Certification
4 123 (27.15%) Windows
5 120 (26.49%) LAN
6 118 (26.05%) CheckPoint
7 109 (24.06%) Juniper
8 98 (21.63%) WAN
9 92 (20.31%) CCNP
10 84 (18.54%) VPN
11 76 (16.78%) Linux
12 75 (16.56%) VMware
13 71 (15.67%) DNS
14 67 (14.79%) Cisco ASA
15 64 (14.13%) CCNA
16 63 (13.91%) Microsoft
16 63 (13.91%) F5
17 62 (13.69%) Active Directory
18 60 (13.25%) SAN
19 59 (13.02%) Project Management
19 59 (13.02%) Security Cleared
20 57 (12.58%) TCP/IP
20 57 (12.58%) UNIX
20 57 (12.58%) Wireless
21 55 (12.14%) ITIL
21 55 (12.14%) CCIE
22 52 (11.48%) Finance
23 51 (11.26%) Load Balancing
23 51 (11.26%) VMware Infrastructure
24 50 (11.04%) BGP

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 17 (3.753%) SOAP
1 17 (3.753%) REST
2 15 (3.311%) XML
3 14 (3.091%) HTML5
4 13 (2.870%) Ajax
4 13 (2.870%) Middleware
4 13 (2.870%) DHTML
4 13 (2.870%) HTML
4 13 (2.870%) J2EE
5 12 (2.649%) .NET
5 12 (2.649%) Flash
5 12 (2.649%) WSRP
5 12 (2.649%) JSR 168
5 12 (2.649%) Java EE
6 8 (1.766%) CSS
7 7 (1.545%) LAMP
7 7 (1.545%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
7 7 (1.545%) SPNEGO
8 5 (1.104%) jQuery
8 5 (1.104%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 25 (5.519%) MS Exchange
2 21 (4.636%) Apache
3 14 (3.091%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (2.870%) Amazon AWS
5 12 (2.649%) Tomcat
5 12 (2.649%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (1.987%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.545%) IIS
8 6 (1.325%) Exchange Server 2007
9 5 (1.104%) Exchange Server 2003
9 5 (1.104%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.883%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.662%) SharePoint 2010
11 3 (0.662%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.442%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.442%) Lync
13 1 (0.221%) LiveSite
13 1 (0.221%) ESB
13 1 (0.221%) GlassFish
13 1 (0.221%) AquaLogic
Applications
1 31 (6.843%) MS Excel
2 19 (4.194%) MS Office
3 7 (1.545%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.442%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.442%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.221%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.442%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (0.442%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.221%) AquaLogic BPM
2 1 (0.221%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.221%) Maximo
2 1 (0.221%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 220 (48.57%) Firewall
2 120 (26.49%) LAN
3 98 (21.63%) WAN
4 84 (18.54%) VPN
5 71 (15.67%) DNS
6 67 (14.79%) Cisco ASA
7 60 (13.25%) SAN
8 57 (12.58%) TCP/IP
8 57 (12.58%) Wireless
9 50 (11.04%) BGP
10 47 (10.38%) OSPF
11 44 (9.713%) MPLS
12 42 (9.272%) SSL
13 38 (8.389%) DHCP
14 34 (7.506%) VoIP
15 32 (7.064%) Cisco Nexus
16 31 (6.843%) HTTP
17 29 (6.402%) Internet
17 29 (6.402%) Cisco PIX
18 28 (6.181%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.830%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.753%) CouchDB
2 17 (3.753%) NoSQL
2 17 (3.753%) MySQL
3 15 (3.311%) Redis
3 15 (3.311%) MongoDB
4 14 (3.091%) RDBMS
5 12 (2.649%) Oracle 8/8i
6 9 (1.987%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (1.987%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (0.662%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.662%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.662%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (0.442%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.442%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.221%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.221%) DTS
9 1 (0.221%) GIS
9 1 (0.221%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (3.532%) JIRA
2 14 (3.091%) Selenium
2 14 (3.091%) Git (software)
2 14 (3.091%) Hudson
2 14 (3.091%) Maven
2 14 (3.091%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.208%) GDB
4 2 (0.442%) Ant
4 2 (0.442%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (0.442%) WinRunner
4 2 (0.442%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.221%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.221%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 52 (11.48%) Finance
2 36 (7.947%) Telecoms
3 21 (4.636%) Banking
4 16 (3.532%) Retail
5 9 (1.987%) Law
5 9 (1.987%) Legal
6 7 (1.545%) Financial Institution
7 6 (1.325%) Advertising
8 4 (0.883%) Manufacturing
8 4 (0.883%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.662%) Back Office
10 2 (0.442%) Games
10 2 (0.442%) Military
11 1 (0.221%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.221%) Local Government
11 1 (0.221%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.221%) Avionics
11 1 (0.221%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 115 (25.39%) Network Engineer
2 74 (16.34%) Architect
3 53 (11.70%) Security Engineer
4 45 (9.934%) Analyst
5 43 (9.492%) Network Security Engineer
6 28 (6.181%) Consultant
7 27 (5.960%) Project Manager
8 26 (5.740%) Security Architect
8 26 (5.740%) Infrastructure Architect
9 19 (4.194%) Security Consultant
10 16 (3.532%) Administrator
11 15 (3.311%) Technical Architect
11 15 (3.311%) Systems Engineer
11 15 (3.311%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.311%) Security Specialist
12 14 (3.091%) Network Specialist
12 14 (3.091%) Network Architect
13 13 (2.870%) Network Security Specialist
13 13 (2.870%) Firewall Engineer
13 13 (2.870%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.311%) CESG
2 12 (2.649%) PKI
2 12 (2.649%) Taxonomies
2 12 (2.649%) Ontologies
3 11 (2.428%) Clustering
3 11 (2.428%) Blackberry
4 9 (1.987%) Management Information System
4 9 (1.987%) PMI
5 8 (1.766%) Open Source
5 8 (1.766%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.545%) Thin Client
6 7 (1.545%) CESG CLAS
6 7 (1.545%) STB
6 7 (1.545%) Fat Client
7 6 (1.325%) Replication
7 6 (1.325%) Statistics
7 6 (1.325%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.104%) Social Media
8 5 (1.104%) RMADS
8 5 (1.104%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 123 (27.15%) Windows
2 76 (16.78%) Linux
3 57 (12.58%) UNIX
4 30 (6.623%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (5.740%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (3.974%) Solaris
7 12 (2.649%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (2.428%) Windows 7
8 11 (2.428%) AIX
9 10 (2.208%) Debian
10 9 (1.987%) HPUX
11 4 (0.883%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.883%) VMS
11 4 (0.883%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.442%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.442%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.221%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.221%) CentOS
13 1 (0.221%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.221%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (13.02%) Project Management
2 55 (12.14%) ITIL
3 51 (11.26%) Load Balancing
4 48 (10.60%) Network Design
5 41 (9.051%) Information Security
6 38 (8.389%) Network Management
7 36 (7.947%) Penetration Testing
8 31 (6.843%) Migration
9 30 (6.623%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (5.740%) PRINCE2
11 24 (5.298%) Change Management
11 24 (5.298%) Security Architecture
12 23 (5.077%) Service Delivery
13 22 (4.857%) E-Commerce
14 20 (4.415%) Identity Management
14 20 (4.415%) Capacity Planning
15 19 (4.194%) Technical Architecture
16 16 (3.532%) TOGAF
16 16 (3.532%) Risk Management
16 16 (3.532%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.402%) Perl
2 26 (5.740%) Java
2 26 (5.740%) Shell Script
3 19 (4.194%) Python
3 19 (4.194%) SQL
4 18 (3.974%) PHP
5 16 (3.532%) JavaScript
6 15 (3.311%) Bash shell
7 14 (3.091%) C
8 4 (0.883%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.883%) C++
8 4 (0.883%) VB
9 2 (0.442%) R
9 2 (0.442%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.442%) VBScript
10 1 (0.221%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.221%) C#
10 1 (0.221%) Lua
Qualifications
1 132 (29.14%) Cisco Certification
2 92 (20.31%) CCNP
3 64 (14.13%) CCNA
4 59 (13.02%) Security Cleared
5 55 (12.14%) CCIE
6 49 (10.82%) SC Cleared
7 36 (7.947%) CISSP
7 36 (7.947%) CCSE
8 25 (5.519%) CCSA
9 21 (4.636%) Degree
10 18 (3.974%) CCSP
11 15 (3.311%) CCDP
12 14 (3.091%) Check Point Certification
13 12 (2.649%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (2.208%) CISM
14 10 (2.208%) JNCIE
15 9 (1.987%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.987%) PMI Certification
15 9 (1.987%) MCSE
16 8 (1.766%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.960%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.077%) SLA
2 23 (5.077%) PCI DSS
3 4 (0.883%) COBIT
4 2 (0.442%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.442%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.221%) GxP
5 1 (0.221%) QA
5 1 (0.221%) HMG Infosec
5 1 (0.221%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.221%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 62 (13.69%) Active Directory
2 51 (11.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.077%) vSphere
4 22 (4.857%) ProxySG
5 17 (3.753%) VMware ESX
6 16 (3.532%) Samba
7 10 (2.208%) XenApp
8 8 (1.766%) Hyper-V
8 8 (1.766%) NLBS
8 8 (1.766%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.325%) UAG
10 5 (1.104%) Forefront TMG
10 5 (1.104%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.883%) ISA Server
12 3 (0.662%) Snort
12 3 (0.662%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.442%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.442%) XenServer
13 2 (0.442%) NFS
14 1 (0.221%) NDS
Systems Management
1 20 (4.415%) Tivoli
2 14 (3.091%) OpenView
3 11 (2.428%) Nagios
3 11 (2.428%) SCCM
3 11 (2.428%) ZABBIX
4 10 (2.208%) Cisco UCCX
4 10 (2.208%) Cisco CUCM
5 8 (1.766%) Puppet
6 7 (1.545%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 6 (1.325%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.325%) WSUS
8 5 (1.104%) SCOM
9 4 (0.883%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.883%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.662%) Netcool
10 3 (0.662%) CA SiteMinder
10 3 (0.662%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.442%) McAfee ePO
12 1 (0.221%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.221%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 226 (49.89%) Cisco
2 118 (26.05%) CheckPoint
3 109 (24.06%) Juniper
4 75 (16.56%) VMware
5 63 (13.91%) F5
5 63 (13.91%) Microsoft
6 43 (9.492%) Blue Coat
7 38 (8.389%) Citrix
8 36 (7.947%) Oracle
9 29 (6.402%) HP
10 22 (4.857%) IBM
11 19 (4.194%) Sourcefire
12 17 (3.753%) McAfee
13 15 (3.311%) JBoss
13 15 (3.311%) Red Hat
14 14 (3.091%) Nokia
14 14 (3.091%) Fortinet
15 13 (2.870%) Rackspace
16 10 (2.208%) Infoblox
17 9 (1.987%) Crossbeam
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