The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Glasgow 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 73 45 63
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +18
Contract jobs citing Firewall 2 14 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.222% 1.720% 0.130%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.077% 18.18% 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
Average daily rate £338 £280 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.71% -6.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.25 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-3.26% +6.97%
All Communications & Networking
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 77 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 7.230% 9.459% 5.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 22 12
Average daily rate £325 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £237 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 £25.00 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.00% -85.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Firewall
Scotland

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Firewall 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 Firewall.

1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) SonicWALL
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
3 2 (28.57%) HSRP
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) FortiGate
3 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 2 (28.57%) ADSL
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WLAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) MPLS
3 2 (28.57%) BGP
3 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SAN
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) Intranet
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) Extranet

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Firewall 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 Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) XML
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (28.57%) HSRP
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
1 2 (28.57%) ADSL
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WLAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
1 2 (28.57%) MPLS
1 2 (28.57%) BGP
1 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) Intranet
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) Extranet
2 1 (14.29%) LDAP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MSI
1 1 (14.29%) InstallShield
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Web Hosting Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
1 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) VB
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) FortiGate
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) SonicWALL
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) TIBCO
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