The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 22 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 Lancashire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
31 62 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 15.27% 14.55% 22.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 17
Average daily rate £325 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £170 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £490 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 19
Average hourly rate £29.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £29.75 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Lync
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Architect
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint