The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WatchGuard
Rank 511 569 558
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -11
Contract jobs citing WatchGuard 3 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.007% 0.002% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.015% 0.004% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £350 £263 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -0.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £263 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £263 £273
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £263 £178
% change year-on-year
+52.38% +47.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19694 25078 25524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.65% 46.23% 46.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10834 13246 13131
Average daily rate £400 £400 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1141 1256 1497
Average hourly rate £19.56 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.18% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.34 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
WatchGuard
UK

WatchGuard
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England WatchGuard Jobs Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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
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 22 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
West Midlands +11 1 - -
London - 1 £300 -
South West - 1 £400 -
WatchGuard
UK

WatchGuard
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
3 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
3 5 (71.43%) Cisco
3 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
3 5 (71.43%) HP
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) SAN
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
4 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
4 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (42.86%) iSCSI
5 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (42.86%) VLAN
5 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 3 (42.86%) DHCP
5 3 (42.86%) DNS
5 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
6 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
6 2 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (28.57%) Forefront TMG
6 2 (28.57%) Lync
6 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (28.57%) IIS
6 2 (28.57%) NetApp

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) ASP
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (28.57%) Lync
3 2 (28.57%) IIS
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) S-PLUS
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Maximo
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) SAN
3 3 (42.86%) iSCSI
3 3 (42.86%) VLAN
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
3 3 (42.86%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) MPLS
4 2 (28.57%) IP Telephony
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) VPN
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) VoIP
5 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (14.29%) Project Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Web Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Technical Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
1 1 (14.29%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) VCP4
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 2 (28.57%) Forefront TMG
3 2 (28.57%) ISA Server
4 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
4 1 (14.29%) Terminal Server
4 1 (14.29%) Terminal Services
4 1 (14.29%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
1 1 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) HP
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) NetApp
5 1 (14.29%) ProCurve
5 1 (14.29%) SonicWALL
5 1 (14.29%) Symantec
5 1 (14.29%) Sophos
5 1 (14.29%) Sage
5 1 (14.29%) Dell
5 1 (14.29%) Citrix
5 1 (14.29%) Veeam