The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 21 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 Hampshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 91 89 102
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +13
Contract jobs citing IPsec 14 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.896% 0.377% 0.219%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.516% 1.942% 1.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
Average daily rate £375 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £422 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £432 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
310 309 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 19.85% 19.41% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 123 82
Average daily rate £339 £363 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.55% +16.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 55 73
Average hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £20.75 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IPsec across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire IPsec Daily Rate Histogram

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Andover - 5 £463 -
Basingstoke - 2 £375 -
Farnborough -2 1 £575 +35.29%
Portsmouth - 1 - -
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

1 13 (68.42%) LAN
1 13 (68.42%) WAN
1 13 (68.42%) SSL
1 13 (68.42%) SC Cleared
1 13 (68.42%) Security Cleared
2 11 (57.89%) VMware
2 11 (57.89%) LDAP
2 11 (57.89%) Apache
2 11 (57.89%) Java
2 11 (57.89%) Perl
2 11 (57.89%) PHP
2 11 (57.89%) Oracle
2 11 (57.89%) SAML
3 10 (52.63%) PRINCE2
3 10 (52.63%) UNIX
3 10 (52.63%) Tomcat
3 10 (52.63%) Linux
3 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
3 10 (52.63%) GlassFish
4 9 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (47.37%) Open Source
4 9 (47.37%) Active Directory
4 9 (47.37%) Cisco
4 9 (47.37%) SAN
5 8 (42.11%) Identity Management
6 7 (36.84%) Juniper
6 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
7 6 (31.58%) JBoss
7 6 (31.58%) VPN
7 6 (31.58%) Red Hat

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (57.89%) SAML
2 3 (15.79%) COM
Application Platforms
1 11 (57.89%) Apache
2 10 (52.63%) Tomcat
2 10 (52.63%) GlassFish
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (68.42%) LAN
1 13 (68.42%) WAN
1 13 (68.42%) SSL
2 11 (57.89%) LDAP
3 9 (47.37%) SAN
4 6 (31.58%) VPN
4 6 (31.58%) BGP
5 5 (26.32%) Firewall
6 4 (21.05%) OSPF
7 3 (15.79%) Ethernet
7 3 (15.79%) IPv6
7 3 (15.79%) EIGRP
7 3 (15.79%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (15.79%) Network Security
8 2 (10.53%) VLAN
8 2 (10.53%) IPv4
8 2 (10.53%) SNMP
8 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
9 1 (5.263%) RIP
9 1 (5.263%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (5.263%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.263%) Military
2 1 (5.263%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Design Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Network Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Network Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Linux Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Build Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) IP Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Network Implementation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Open Source
2 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.263%) PKI
3 1 (5.263%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (52.63%) UNIX
1 10 (52.63%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (5.263%) Windows
3 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) PRINCE2
2 8 (42.11%) Identity Management
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Information Security
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
4 4 (21.05%) Configuration Management
4 4 (21.05%) ITIL
5 3 (15.79%) Network Management
6 1 (5.263%) Network Security Management
6 1 (5.263%) Security Management
6 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.263%) PRINCE
6 1 (5.263%) Network Design
6 1 (5.263%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) Java
1 11 (57.89%) Perl
1 11 (57.89%) PHP
2 4 (21.05%) C
3 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) SC Cleared
1 13 (68.42%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.53%) CCNP
4 1 (5.263%) CCNA
4 1 (5.263%) CCIE
4 1 (5.263%) CCSP
4 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 4 (21.05%) Shibboleth
3 1 (5.263%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) SCOM
2 1 (5.263%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (5.263%) WSUS
2 1 (5.263%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) VMware
1 11 (57.89%) Oracle
2 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
3 9 (47.37%) Cisco
4 7 (36.84%) Juniper
5 6 (31.58%) JBoss
5 6 (31.58%) Red Hat
6 1 (5.263%) SAP
6 1 (5.263%) McAfee
6 1 (5.263%) Avaya
6 1 (5.263%) Nokia
6 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.263%) Polycom
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