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The table below looks at the demand for Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) skills within the London 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 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDemilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank384425
Rank change on same period last yearUp+41
Matching contract IT job ads3857
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.057 %
As % of the category below0.971 %1.027 %
Daily rates quoted2119
Average minimum daily rate£400£449
Average daily rate£437£474
% change on same period last year-7.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£499
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£455
% change on same period last year-15.86 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.50
Average hourly rate-£24.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads39145552
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.274 %5.555 %
Daily rates quoted15541854
Average minimum daily rate£355£380
Average daily rate£376£398
% change on same period last year-5.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£398£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted301468
Average minimum hourly rate£23.94£25.40
Average hourly rate£25.29£27.31
% change on same period last year-7.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.65£29.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£28.50
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
DMZ EnglandDMZ
England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 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 London region.

London DMZ Daily Rate Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DMZ across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London DMZ Daily Rate Histogram

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London DMZ Hourly Rate Trend

DMZ
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-345£513+20.58 %
CroydonNew entry-3£550-
LewishamUp+41£400-
DMZ EnglandDMZ
England

DMZ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

138 (60.32 %)Firewall
224 (38.10 %)DNS
319 (30.16 %)FTP
418 (28.57 %)Windows
517 (26.98 %)Solaris
517 (26.98 %)Apache
517 (26.98 %)Cisco
616 (25.40 %)UNIX
616 (25.40 %)Finance
715 (23.81 %)LDAP
814 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
912 (19.05 %)VERITAS
1011 (17.46 %)WAN
1011 (17.46 %)SSL
1110 (15.87 %)PKI
129 (14.29 %)HTTP
129 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
129 (14.29 %)Tomcat
129 (14.29 %)IIS
129 (14.29 %)iPlanet
138 (12.70 %)Financial Institution
138 (12.70 %)Government
138 (12.70 %)SAN
138 (12.70 %)HP
138 (12.70 %)EMC
138 (12.70 %)VPN
138 (12.70 %)Cisco PIX
147 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
147 (11.11 %)Fujitsu
147 (11.11 %)Sun

DMZ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (9.524 %)SOAP
23 (4.762 %)Middleware
23 (4.762 %)J2EE
23 (4.762 %)EJB
23 (4.762 %)JSP
23 (4.762 %)Servlets
32 (3.175 %)WebSphere
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (26.98 %)Apache
29 (14.29 %)Tomcat
29 (14.29 %)iPlanet
29 (14.29 %)IIS
33 (4.762 %)JRun
33 (4.762 %)MS Exchange
33 (4.762 %)WebLogic
42 (3.175 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (1.587 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (1.587 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (1.587 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (1.587 %)MQSeries
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.175 %)MS Office
21 (1.587 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (60.32 %)Firewall
224 (38.10 %)DNS
319 (30.16 %)FTP
415 (23.81 %)LDAP
514 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
611 (17.46 %)WAN
611 (17.46 %)SSL
79 (14.29 %)HTTP
88 (12.70 %)VPN
88 (12.70 %)SAN
88 (12.70 %)Cisco PIX
97 (11.11 %)Internet
97 (11.11 %)LAN
106 (9.524 %)BGP
106 (9.524 %)Cisco ASA
115 (7.937 %)MPLS
123 (4.762 %)OSPF
123 (4.762 %)HTTPS
123 (4.762 %)SMTP
123 (4.762 %)DHCP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (3.175 %)SQL Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (11.11 %)Flash
26 (9.524 %)TestDirector
26 (9.524 %)LoadRunner
32 (3.175 %)Ant
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (25.40 %)Finance
28 (12.70 %)Government
28 (12.70 %)Financial Institution
34 (6.349 %)Banking
43 (4.762 %)Investment Banking
43 (4.762 %)Law
52 (3.175 %)Health
61 (1.587 %)Education
61 (1.587 %)Legal
61 (1.587 %)Auditing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (14.29 %)Project Manager
19 (14.29 %)Administrator
28 (12.70 %)Architect
28 (12.70 %)Consultant
28 (12.70 %)Network Engineer
37 (11.11 %)Analyst
46 (9.524 %)Systems Administrator
46 (9.524 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
46 (9.524 %)Infrastructure Architect
55 (7.937 %)UNIX Administrator
55 (7.937 %)Support Engineer
55 (7.937 %)Web Support Engineer
55 (7.937 %)Web Engineer
64 (6.349 %)Security Project Manager
64 (6.349 %)Technical Test Analyst
64 (6.349 %)UNIX Consultant
64 (6.349 %)Security Manager
64 (6.349 %)Test Analyst
64 (6.349 %)Technical Analyst
73 (4.762 %)Technical Architect
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (15.87 %)PKI
21 (1.587 %)Blackberry
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (28.57 %)Windows
217 (26.98 %)Solaris
316 (25.40 %)UNIX
44 (6.349 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (6.349 %)Linux
51 (1.587 %)Windows 2000
51 (1.587 %)AIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
17 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
26 (9.524 %)B2B
26 (9.524 %)ITIL
35 (7.937 %)Service Delivery
35 (7.937 %)Migration
44 (6.349 %)Disaster Recovery
44 (6.349 %)Enterprise Architecture
44 (6.349 %)Release Management
44 (6.349 %)Security Testing
44 (6.349 %)SC Cleared
53 (4.762 %)Penetration Testing
53 (4.762 %)Project Management
53 (4.762 %)E-Commerce
62 (3.175 %)Validation
62 (3.175 %)Time Management
62 (3.175 %)Stress Testing
62 (3.175 %)Network Design
71 (1.587 %)Load Balancing
71 (1.587 %)Asset Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (9.524 %)Shell Script
24 (6.349 %)Java
32 (3.175 %)Perl
41 (1.587 %)SQL
41 (1.587 %)C
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (7.937 %)Cisco Certification
15 (7.937 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (3.175 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 (3.175 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (3.175 %)MCSE
22 (3.175 %)CCNP
31 (1.587 %)CCDP
31 (1.587 %)CCIE
31 (1.587 %)CCSP
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (9.524 %)Active Directory
23 (4.762 %)NetBackup
23 (4.762 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (1.587 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (1.587 %)Backup Exec
31 (1.587 %)AquaLogic
31 (1.587 %)ISA Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (3.175 %)MOM
12 (3.175 %)Tivoli
21 (1.587 %)Tivoli Monitoring
21 (1.587 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (1.587 %)Legato
21 (1.587 %)Netcool
21 (1.587 %)CA SiteMinder
21 (1.587 %)EMC NetWorker
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (26.98 %)Cisco
212 (19.05 %)VERITAS
39 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
48 (12.70 %)HP
48 (12.70 %)EMC
57 (11.11 %)Sun
57 (11.11 %)Fujitsu
66 (9.524 %)Nokia
75 (7.937 %)VMware
84 (6.349 %)Oracle
84 (6.349 %)Microsoft
84 (6.349 %)Citrix
92 (3.175 %)Blue Coat
92 (3.175 %)BT
101 (1.587 %)LANDesk
101 (1.587 %)Brocade
101 (1.587 %)TIBCO
101 (1.587 %)Nortel
101 (1.587 %)Juniper
101 (1.587 %)BEA