London Network Security Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Network Security Engineer role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Buckinghamshire City of London England Farnborough Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Home Counties Leeds London Maidenhead Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North Yorkshire Reading South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	353	422
Rank change on same period last year	+69
Matching contract IT job ads	13	33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	0.055 %	0.086 %
Daily rates quoted	6	8
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£359
Average daily rate	£339	£374
% change on same period last year	-9.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£407	£340
% change on same period last year	+19.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	23424	38293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	38.01 %	41.80 %
Daily rates quoted	9455	14406
Average minimum daily rate	£387	£421
Average daily rate	£415	£449
% change on same period last year	-7.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£443	£477
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	1407	1979
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.06	£25.22
Average hourly rate	£24.48	£26.71
% change on same period last year	-8.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.89	£28.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.15	£23.97
% change on same period last year	-3.43 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Security Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Security Engineer across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 4 December 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.

Location	Rank 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 London	-11	3	£406	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Network Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Network Security Engineer in their job title.

1 33 (89.19 %) Network Security 2 23 (62.16 %) Firewall 2 23 (62.16 %) Cisco 3 17 (45.95 %) CheckPoint 4 15 (40.54 %) Cisco Certification 5 10 (27.03 %) CCNP 5 10 (27.03 %) Blue Coat 6 9 (24.32 %) VPN 6 9 (24.32 %) Cisco PIX 7 8 (21.62 %) Cisco ASA 7 8 (21.62 %) WAN 7 8 (21.62 %) Juniper 8 7 (18.92 %) LAN 8 7 (18.92 %) Finance 9 6 (16.22 %) NetScreen

9 6 (16.22 %) CCSE 9 6 (16.22 %) CCSP 10 5 (13.51 %) CCNA 10 5 (13.51 %) CCSA 10 5 (13.51 %) Crossbeam 11 4 (10.81 %) OSPF 11 4 (10.81 %) Health 12 3 (8.108 %) Government 12 3 (8.108 %) BGP 12 3 (8.108 %) CISSP 12 3 (8.108 %) Nokia 12 3 (8.108 %) NHS 12 3 (8.108 %) Internet 12 3 (8.108 %) Penetration Testing 12 3 (8.108 %) BIG-IP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Network Security Engineer in their job title 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 with Network Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 33 (89.19 %) Network Security 2 23 (62.16 %) Firewall 3 9 (24.32 %) VPN 3 9 (24.32 %) Cisco PIX 4 8 (21.62 %) Cisco ASA 4 8 (21.62 %) WAN 5 7 (18.92 %) LAN 6 6 (16.22 %) NetScreen 7 4 (10.81 %) OSPF 8 3 (8.108 %) BGP 8 3 (8.108 %) Internet 8 3 (8.108 %) BIG-IP 9 2 (5.405 %) VLAN 9 2 (5.405 %) TCP/IP 9 2 (5.405 %) TACACS 9 2 (5.405 %) Wireless 9 2 (5.405 %) IPsec 9 2 (5.405 %) SSL 10 1 (2.703 %) SAN 10 1 (2.703 %) DMZ	General 1 7 (18.92 %) Finance 2 4 (10.81 %) Health 3 3 (8.108 %) Government 4 2 (5.405 %) Auditing 5 1 (2.703 %) Online Games 5 1 (2.703 %) Legal 5 1 (2.703 %) Games 5 1 (2.703 %) Banking 5 1 (2.703 %) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous 1 3 (8.108 %) NHS 2 2 (5.405 %) Firmware 2 2 (5.405 %) e-Health 2 2 (5.405 %) SecurID 3 1 (2.703 %) Equities	Operating Systems 1 2 (5.405 %) Solaris 1 2 (5.405 %) Linux 2 1 (2.703 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (8.108 %) Penetration Testing 1 3 (8.108 %) SC Cleared 1 3 (8.108 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (2.703 %) BC Cleared 2 1 (2.703 %) Load Balancing 2 1 (2.703 %) Change Management 2 1 (2.703 %) Vulnerability Assessment	Programming Languages 1 1 (2.703 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 15 (40.54 %) Cisco Certification 2 10 (27.03 %) CCNP 3 6 (16.22 %) CCSP 3 6 (16.22 %) CCSE 4 5 (13.51 %) CCSA 4 5 (13.51 %) CCNA 5 3 (8.108 %) CISSP 6 2 (5.405 %) Check Point Certification 6 2 (5.405 %) Degree 7 1 (2.703 %) Microsoft Certification 7 1 (2.703 %) CCDA 7 1 (2.703 %) MCSE 7 1 (2.703 %) CCIE	System Software 1 2 (5.405 %) Active Directory 2 1 (2.703 %) ISA Server 2 1 (2.703 %) Snort
Systems Management 1 2 (5.405 %) CiscoWorks 2 1 (2.703 %) MIMEsweeper 2 1 (2.703 %) MAILsweeper	Vendors 1 23 (62.16 %) Cisco 2 17 (45.95 %) CheckPoint 3 10 (27.03 %) Blue Coat 4 8 (21.62 %) Juniper 5 5 (13.51 %) Crossbeam 6 3 (8.108 %) Nokia 7 2 (5.405 %) Microsoft 7 2 (5.405 %) Concord 8 1 (2.703 %) Fortinet 8 1 (2.703 %) HP 8 1 (2.703 %) Nortel 8 1 (2.703 %) Citrix 8 1 (2.703 %) Radware