The first table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Engineer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £304 £265
% change year-on-year
+5.34% +14.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
609 927 871
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.31% 93.07% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 409 384
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 87 111
Average hourly rate £18.00 £29.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.93% +79.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £11.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £36.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Firewall Engineer
East of England

Firewall Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Firewall Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Firewall Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Firewall Engineer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) CCSA
2 3 (75.00%) CCSE
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (75.00%) CCIE
2 3 (75.00%) CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA

Firewall Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCSA
1 3 (75.00%) CCSE
1 3 (75.00%) CCIE
1 3 (75.00%) CCSP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
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