The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Hounslow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 3.333% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.407% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
27 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 45.00% 18.18% 27.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 15
Average daily rate £425 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £235 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £346 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Network Security
London

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) STB
2 2 (66.67%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Bash shell
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (66.67%) GDB
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Debian
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GDB
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (33.33%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) STB
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Debian
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash shell
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Hounslow, Middlesex
Key Skills Ethical hacking (CREST Certified) Linux. Programming languages: C and Java... netcat, hping, gdb, etc... Proficient with neat, maintainable and documented bash shell scripting, ASM (preferably MIPS),...
Experis IT
Rate: TBC
Posted: 17 May 2013