The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 17 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 Kent 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 37 33 34
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs citing Network Security 1 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.327% 1.132% 3.448%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.564% 10.71% 11.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 9
Average daily rate - £270 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -26.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £7.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +31.57%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
39 28 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 12.75% 10.57% 31.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 65
Average daily rate £240 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.95% +2.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 8
Average hourly rate £16.00 £67.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-76.29% +68.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Advertising
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) XenApp
3 2 (40.00%) vSphere
3 2 (40.00%) Network Management
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) Check Point Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Juniper

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Support Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Check Point Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) XenApp
1 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (20.00%) F5