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The table below looks at the demand for Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DMZ over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDemilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank42-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.317 %0.000 %
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£298£280
% change on same period last year+6.56 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£27.33-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.63£39.17
% change on same period last year-9.04 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads8279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.132 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted167
Average minimum daily rate£247£199
Average daily rate£261£210
% change on same period last year+24.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£221
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted2119
Average minimum hourly rate£21.99£18.73
Average hourly rate£24.25£19.78
% change on same period last year+22.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.50£20.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
DMZ South EastDMZ
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.

DMZ
Demand Trend

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

Kent DMZ Demand Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent DMZ Daily Rate Trend

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent DMZ Hourly Rate Trend

DMZ
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DMZ across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent DMZ Hourly Rate Histogram

DMZ
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing DMZ 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 DMZ.

16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
16 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
16 (100.00 %)SharePoint
16 (100.00 %)Extranet
16 (100.00 %)Incident Management
24 (66.67 %)Firewall
24 (66.67 %)IPsec
24 (66.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
33 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
33 (50.00 %)SSL
42 (33.33 %)Pharmaceutical

DMZ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing DMZ 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 DMZ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (66.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)SharePoint
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)Extranet
24 (66.67 %)Firewall
24 (66.67 %)IPsec
33 (50.00 %)SSL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Pharmaceutical
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)SharePoint Consultant
21 (16.67 %)SharePoint Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Developer
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Applications Developer
21 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)Incident Management
23 (50.00 %)Load Balancing