The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Leicestershire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 33 27 31
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.455% 0.437% 0.917%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.143% 3.030% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £334 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.88 £25.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-20.50% +13.63%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
14 33 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 6.364% 14.41% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
Average daily rate £275 £188 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% -42.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £12.44 £20.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.81% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
Firewall
East Midlands

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Leicester - 1 - -
Firewall
East Midlands

Firewall
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) DMVPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DMVPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia