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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Gloucester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1419
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.003 %
As % of the category below17.50 %42.86 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£335
% change on same period last year+12.24 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.14£27.10
% change on same period last year+11.24 %
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Gloucester
Matching contract IT job ads407
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted51
Average minimum daily rate£405£300
Average daily rate£415£338
% change on same period last year+22.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.00
Average hourly rate-£16.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
Firewall GloucestershireFirewall
Gloucestershire

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Gloucester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Gloucester Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucester Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucester Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

110 (100.00 %)Cisco
28 (80.00 %)CheckPoint
37 (70.00 %)Configuration Management
37 (70.00 %)IBM
37 (70.00 %)VPN
37 (70.00 %)HTTPS
37 (70.00 %)Cisco ASA
46 (60.00 %)Cisco Certification
46 (60.00 %)CCNP
51 (10.00 %)Network Security
51 (10.00 %)CCNA
51 (10.00 %)Internet
51 (10.00 %)SSL
51 (10.00 %)DNS
51 (10.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
51 (10.00 %)LAN
51 (10.00 %)WAN
51 (10.00 %)DHCP
51 (10.00 %)TCP/IP

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (70.00 %)HTTPS
17 (70.00 %)VPN
17 (70.00 %)Cisco ASA
21 (10.00 %)DNS
21 (10.00 %)SSL
21 (10.00 %)Internet
21 (10.00 %)Network Security
21 (10.00 %)LAN
21 (10.00 %)WAN
21 (10.00 %)DHCP
21 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (90.00 %)Network Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Network Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (70.00 %)Configuration Management
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (60.00 %)CCNP
16 (60.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (10.00 %)CCNA
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (100.00 %)Cisco
28 (80.00 %)CheckPoint
37 (70.00 %)IBM