The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Forefront TMG 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 System Software category for the London 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
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 378 390 429
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +39
Contract jobs citing Forefront TMG 7 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.032% 0.060% 0.026%
As % of the System Software category 0.423% 0.773% 0.425%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 6
Average daily rate £438 £310 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.12% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £215 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £278 £288
% change year-on-year
-18.91% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.25 £14.25 -
% change year-on-year
+84.21% -
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1654 2071 1882
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.660% 7.733% 6.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1193 992
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 178 199
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £35.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Forefront TMG across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

London Forefront TMG Jobs Demand Trend

Forefront TMG
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Forefront TMG Daily Rate Trend

Forefront TMG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Forefront TMG across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Forefront TMG Daily Rate Histogram

Forefront TMG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Forefront TMG within the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
City of London - 3 £425 -
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG.

1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
1 8 (42.11%) ISA Server
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
1 8 (42.11%) UAG
2 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 7 (36.84%) PKI
3 6 (31.58%) Load Balancing
3 6 (31.58%) Blue Coat
3 6 (31.58%) Websense
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
3 6 (31.58%) Windows
3 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) Finjan
4 5 (26.32%) Network Security
4 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
4 5 (26.32%) ITIL
4 5 (26.32%) Cisco
5 4 (21.05%) Banking
5 4 (21.05%) Information Security
5 4 (21.05%) Identity Management
5 4 (21.05%) MCITP
5 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (21.05%) Juniper
5 4 (21.05%) MS Exchange
5 4 (21.05%) LAN
5 4 (21.05%) WAN
5 4 (21.05%) Riverbed
5 4 (21.05%) Reverse Proxy

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) MS Exchange
1 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (15.79%) Apache
2 3 (15.79%) Office Communications Server
2 3 (15.79%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 5 (26.32%) Network Security
3 4 (21.05%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (21.05%) LAN
3 4 (21.05%) WAN
4 3 (15.79%) SSL
4 3 (15.79%) Wireless
5 2 (10.53%) DNS
5 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
5 2 (10.53%) HTTP
6 1 (5.263%) Kerberos
6 1 (5.263%) VPN
6 1 (5.263%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
General
1 4 (21.05%) Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Publishing
3 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Law
3 2 (10.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Consultant
1 5 (26.32%) Architect
1 5 (26.32%) Security Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Security Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Deployment Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Help Desk Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Exchange Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Messaging Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) IT Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) IT Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) PKI
2 3 (15.79%) Open Source
2 3 (15.79%) Blackberry
3 2 (10.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Load Balancing
3 5 (26.32%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Identity Management
4 4 (21.05%) Information Security
4 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (15.79%) Security Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) MCITP
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (15.79%) CCIE
4 3 (15.79%) JNCIE
5 1 (5.263%) MCSE
5 1 (5.263%) CCSP
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.263%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (5.263%) CCSA
5 1 (5.263%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
1 8 (42.11%) ISA Server
1 8 (42.11%) UAG
2 3 (15.79%) Squid
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
1 6 (31.58%) Websense
1 6 (31.58%) Blue Coat
1 6 (31.58%) Finjan
2 5 (26.32%) Cisco
3 4 (21.05%) Riverbed
3 4 (21.05%) Juniper
4 3 (15.79%) Dell
4 3 (15.79%) M86 Security
5 1 (5.263%) Twitter
5 1 (5.263%) Citrix
5 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.263%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (5.263%) F5
City, London
Strong emphasis on working within a ITIL based environment... Day to day maintenance of Apache... Good understanding of Linux and Windows operating systems. Trouble shooting using the TCP/...
Robert Walters
Salary: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013