Firewall Contracts in Leeds
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall 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 Leeds 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
Firewall
Rank 32 44 45
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 39 28 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 5.186% 3.135% 1.449%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.16% 22.76% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 4
Average daily rate £325 £245 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.65% -28.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £235 £311
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £325 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.88% +1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £34.75 - £21.75
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.15 - £13.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 - £29.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 176 123 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 23.40% 13.77% 9.984%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 58 22
Average daily rate £275 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £235 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 12
Average hourly rate £34.75 £13.75 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+152.72% -30.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.00 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £30.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Firewall
West Yorkshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 29 (52.73%) Windows
2 26 (47.27%) Cisco
2 26 (47.27%) VMware
3 25 (45.45%) Linux
4 23 (41.82%) Red Hat
5 21 (38.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (36.36%) UNIX
7 19 (34.55%) Oracle
8 16 (29.09%) SQL Server
9 15 (27.27%) PHP
10 14 (25.45%) Windows Server 2008
11 13 (23.64%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (23.64%) MySQL
11 13 (23.64%) Web Services
11 13 (23.64%) Apache
11 13 (23.64%) Tomcat
11 13 (23.64%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (21.82%) WAN
12 12 (21.82%) VMware Infrastructure
13 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
13 11 (20.00%) Microsoft
13 11 (20.00%) VPN
13 11 (20.00%) CheckPoint
14 10 (18.18%) LAN
15 9 (16.36%) CCNP
15 9 (16.36%) HP Quality Center
16 8 (14.55%) SC Cleared
16 8 (14.55%) Integration Testing
16 8 (14.55%) E-Commerce
17 7 (12.73%) HPUX

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (23.64%) Web Services
2 6 (10.91%) X-Windows
3 1 (1.818%) .NET
3 1 (1.818%) J2EE
3 1 (1.818%) Middleware
3 1 (1.818%) LAMP
3 1 (1.818%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.818%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 13 (23.64%) Apache
1 13 (23.64%) Tomcat
2 3 (5.455%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (1.818%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (1.818%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.818%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.818%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.818%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.455%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.818%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.64%) Cisco ASA
2 12 (21.82%) WAN
3 11 (20.00%) VPN
4 10 (18.18%) LAN
5 7 (12.73%) DNS
5 7 (12.73%) BIG-IP
6 6 (10.91%) Network Security
6 6 (10.91%) SAN
7 5 (9.091%) DHCP
8 4 (7.273%) MPLS
9 3 (5.455%) Internet
9 3 (5.455%) TCP/IP
9 3 (5.455%) VLAN
9 3 (5.455%) NAS
9 3 (5.455%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (3.636%) WAAS
10 2 (3.636%) FWSM
10 2 (3.636%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (3.636%) OSPF
10 2 (3.636%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (29.09%) SQL Server
2 13 (23.64%) MySQL
3 3 (5.455%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (5.455%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (5.455%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (5.455%) Oracle 9i
3 3 (5.455%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (5.455%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.455%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.818%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (3.636%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (5.455%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (27.27%) Architect
2 10 (18.18%) Analyst
2 10 (18.18%) Infrastructure Architect
3 9 (16.36%) Network Engineer
4 5 (9.091%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (7.273%) Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Test Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Oracle DBA
6 3 (5.455%) Network Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) Test Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) DBA
7 2 (3.636%) Software Manager
7 2 (3.636%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.636%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (3.636%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.636%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Server Engineer
7 2 (3.636%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.455%) Replication
2 2 (3.636%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.818%) Firmware
3 1 (1.818%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.818%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 29 (52.73%) Windows
2 25 (45.45%) Linux
3 21 (38.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (36.36%) UNIX
5 14 (25.45%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (12.73%) HPUX
6 7 (12.73%) Solaris
6 7 (12.73%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (12.73%) CentOS
6 7 (12.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (5.455%) NetWare
7 3 (5.455%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (3.636%) AIX
9 1 (1.818%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.818%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (14.55%) Integration Testing
1 8 (14.55%) E-Commerce
2 7 (12.73%) Configuration Management
3 5 (9.091%) ITIL
4 3 (5.455%) Load Balancing
4 3 (5.455%) Test Strategy
5 2 (3.636%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (3.636%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (3.636%) Incident Management
5 2 (3.636%) CRM
6 1 (1.818%) SOA
6 1 (1.818%) Validation
6 1 (1.818%) Migration
6 1 (1.818%) Change Management
6 1 (1.818%) Test Management
6 1 (1.818%) Test Scripting
6 1 (1.818%) Performance Management
6 1 (1.818%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.818%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.27%) PHP
2 7 (12.73%) SQL
3 2 (3.636%) C
3 2 (3.636%) Java
3 2 (3.636%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.818%) Perl
4 1 (1.818%) C++
4 1 (1.818%) VB
4 1 (1.818%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (23.64%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (16.36%) CCNP
4 8 (14.55%) SC Cleared
5 5 (9.091%) CCNA
6 3 (5.455%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (5.455%) CCSE
6 3 (5.455%) CCSA
7 1 (1.818%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.818%) CCSP
7 1 (1.818%) MCP
7 1 (1.818%) MCSE
7 1 (1.818%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.818%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (21.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.455%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.636%) vSphere
4 1 (1.818%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.818%) XenServer
4 1 (1.818%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 9 (16.36%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (5.455%) ARCserve
2 3 (5.455%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.818%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.818%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 26 (47.27%) Cisco
1 26 (47.27%) VMware
2 23 (41.82%) Red Hat
3 19 (34.55%) Oracle
4 11 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 7 (12.73%) F5
6 6 (10.91%) Perforce
7 5 (9.091%) HP
7 5 (9.091%) Juniper
7 5 (9.091%) McAfee
8 4 (7.273%) Blue Coat
8 4 (7.273%) Sun
8 4 (7.273%) NetApp
8 4 (7.273%) Citrix
9 3 (5.455%) Novell
9 3 (5.455%) Riverbed
10 2 (3.636%) Veeam
11 1 (1.818%) Nokia
11 1 (1.818%) Dell
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