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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Home Counties 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below18.18 %4.167 %
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£353£347
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
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£25.42£28.08
% change on same period last year-9.47 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads2224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.024 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£400£361
Average daily rate£400£370
% change on same period last year+8.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£20.00£15.00
% change on same period last year+33.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
Firewall South EastFirewall
South East

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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

14 (100.00 %)Cisco
23 (75.00 %)CCNA
23 (75.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (25.00 %)DSL
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Oracle
31 (25.00 %)MS Office
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)AIX
31 (25.00 %)Solaris
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)MS Visio
31 (25.00 %)ISDN
31 (25.00 %)LAN
31 (25.00 %)WAN
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)VPN

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
11 (25.00 %)MS Visio
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)ISDN
11 (25.00 %)LAN
11 (25.00 %)WAN
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)VPN
11 (25.00 %)DSL
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Administrator
23 (75.00 %)Network Administrator
23 (75.00 %)Network Support
23 (75.00 %)Cisco Administrator
23 (75.00 %)Cisco Support
31 (25.00 %)IT Administrator
31 (25.00 %)Systems Administrator
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)AIX
11 (25.00 %)Solaris
11 (25.00 %)Linux
11 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (25.00 %)Windows XP
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)SQL
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)CCNA
13 (75.00 %)Cisco Certification
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)Oracle