Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWatchGuard
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank512614
Rank change on same period last yearUp+102
Matching contract IT job ads711
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.028 %0.029 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£600-
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£21.00£19.60
Average hourly rate£23.00£22.60
% change on same period last year+1.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£21.25
% change on same period last year+10.58 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2495438142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.31 %40.87 %
Daily rates quoted757911167
Average minimum daily rate£363£389
Average daily rate£387£412
% change on same period last year-6.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted24293528
Average minimum hourly rate£23.01£23.18
Average hourly rate£24.41£24.75
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
WatchGuard UKWatchGuard
UK

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

WatchGuard
Demand Trend

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

England WatchGuard Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Daily Rate Trend

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

England WatchGuard Daily Rate Trend

WatchGuard
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WatchGuard Hourly Rate Trend

WatchGuard
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England WatchGuard Hourly Rate Histogram

WatchGuard
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WatchGuard within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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+913£500-
East of EnglandNew entry-2--
South EastUp+391--
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
WatchGuard UKWatchGuard
UK

WatchGuard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard.

110 (71.43 %)Windows
29 (64.29 %)Active Directory
38 (57.14 %)MS Exchange
38 (57.14 %)Firewall
46 (42.86 %)VPN
46 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (42.86 %)Cisco
46 (42.86 %)Microsoft
55 (35.71 %)VMware
55 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (21.43 %)Backup Exec
63 (21.43 %)Blackberry
63 (21.43 %)Windows XP
63 (21.43 %)Internet
63 (21.43 %)Citrix
72 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
72 (14.29 %)HP
72 (14.29 %)DNS
72 (14.29 %)MS Office
72 (14.29 %)ITIL
72 (14.29 %)SQL Server
72 (14.29 %)IPsec
72 (14.29 %)Migration
72 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
72 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
72 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (7.143 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (7.143 %)NETGEAR
81 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (7.143 %)Citrix Presentation Server

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (57.14 %)MS Exchange
25 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (7.143 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (7.143 %)IIS
31 (7.143 %)Lotus Notes
31 (7.143 %)Apache
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (14.29 %)MS Office
21 (7.143 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (57.14 %)Firewall
26 (42.86 %)VPN
33 (21.43 %)Internet
42 (14.29 %)IPsec
42 (14.29 %)DNS
51 (7.143 %)SAN
51 (7.143 %)Wireless
51 (7.143 %)LAN
51 (7.143 %)PBX
51 (7.143 %)WAN
51 (7.143 %)DHCP
51 (7.143 %)TCP/IP
51 (7.143 %)IP Telephony
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
21 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (7.143 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Telecoms
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (21.43 %)Analyst
13 (21.43 %)Support Analyst
13 (21.43 %)Administrator
22 (14.29 %)Technical Support Analyst
22 (14.29 %)Technical Analyst
22 (14.29 %)Technical Support
22 (14.29 %)Consultant
22 (14.29 %)Systems Administrator
22 (14.29 %)Desktop Engineer
22 (14.29 %)Installations Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Cisco Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Server Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Network Support
31 (7.143 %)Senior Systems Administrator
31 (7.143 %)Telecoms Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Linux Systems Administrator
31 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Consultant
31 (7.143 %)Linux Administrator
31 (7.143 %)Server Support Technician
31 (7.143 %)Cisco Support
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)Blackberry
21 (7.143 %)Clustering
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (71.43 %)Windows
26 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (21.43 %)Windows XP
42 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
42 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (7.143 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (7.143 %)Debian
51 (7.143 %)UNIX
51 (7.143 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)ITIL
12 (14.29 %)Migration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.143 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
21 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (7.143 %)MCSE
21 (7.143 %)CCIE
21 (7.143 %)CCNP
21 (7.143 %)CCNA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (64.29 %)Active Directory
23 (21.43 %)Backup Exec
32 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (7.143 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (7.143 %)Terminal Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (7.143 %)ARCserve
11 (7.143 %)MIMEsweeper
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)Cisco
16 (42.86 %)Microsoft
25 (35.71 %)VMware
33 (21.43 %)Citrix
42 (14.29 %)HP
51 (7.143 %)NETGEAR
51 (7.143 %)Avaya
51 (7.143 %)VERITAS
51 (7.143 %)Lotus