The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Websense products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Websense over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Websense, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Websense
Rank 368 364 409
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +45
Contract jobs citing Websense 21 41 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.095% 0.152% 0.068%
As % of the Vendors category 0.211% 0.342% 0.152%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 32 18
Average daily rate £438 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.67% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £254 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £301 £365
% change year-on-year
-16.80% -17.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £28.00 - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £27.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-29.62% +100.00%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9950 12001 13861
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.17% 44.48% 45.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6268 7285 8366
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £270 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 295 401
Average hourly rate £21.67 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £36.03 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Websense
England

Websense
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Websense Jobs Demand Trend

Websense
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Websense Daily Rate Trend

Websense
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Websense across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Websense Daily Rate Histogram

Websense
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Websense Hourly Rate Trend

Websense
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Websense within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 6 £400 +16.78%
Websense
England

Websense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Websense 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 Websense.

1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 17 (53.13%) Windows
2 17 (53.13%) Active Directory
3 14 (43.75%) MS Exchange
3 14 (43.75%) VMware
4 13 (40.63%) SCOM
4 13 (40.63%) Symantec
4 13 (40.63%) Blackberry
5 12 (37.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 12 (37.50%) SCCM
6 10 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (31.25%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 9 (28.13%) vSphere
7 9 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (28.13%) SharePoint
8 8 (25.00%) Citrix
8 8 (25.00%) ISA Server
9 7 (21.88%) TCP/IP
9 7 (21.88%) DNS
9 7 (21.88%) Cisco
9 7 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (21.88%) Migration
9 7 (21.88%) Firewall
9 7 (21.88%) UAG
10 6 (18.75%) Lync
10 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
10 6 (18.75%) Remedy
10 6 (18.75%) DHCP

Websense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Websense 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 Websense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.250%) Middleware
2 1 (3.125%) COM
Application Platforms
1 14 (43.75%) MS Exchange
2 12 (37.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 10 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (28.13%) SharePoint
5 7 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (18.75%) Lync
7 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (15.63%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (6.250%) Apache
9 1 (3.125%) Live Communications Server
9 1 (3.125%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Office
1 1 (3.125%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.125%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) TCP/IP
1 7 (21.88%) DNS
1 7 (21.88%) Firewall
2 6 (18.75%) DHCP
3 5 (15.63%) S/MIME
3 5 (15.63%) SAN
4 4 (12.50%) NetScaler
4 4 (12.50%) IPv6
5 3 (9.375%) IPv4
5 3 (9.375%) SMTP
5 3 (9.375%) Extranet
5 3 (9.375%) MPLS
5 3 (9.375%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (9.375%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (9.375%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (6.250%) NAS
6 2 (6.250%) VPN
7 1 (3.125%) SSL
7 1 (3.125%) LAN
7 1 (3.125%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (9.375%) Banking
2 2 (6.250%) Publishing
3 1 (3.125%) Finance
3 1 (3.125%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Analyst
1 7 (21.88%) Consultant
2 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Active Directory Specialist
3 4 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 4 (12.50%) Messaging Specialist
4 3 (9.375%) Messaging Consultant
4 3 (9.375%) Windows Server Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Server Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Exchange Consultant
5 2 (6.250%) Security Specialist
5 2 (6.250%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Database Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.125%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (40.63%) Blackberry
2 3 (9.375%) PKI
2 3 (9.375%) Open Source
3 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.125%) Replication
4 1 (3.125%) Clustering
4 1 (3.125%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 17 (53.13%) Windows
2 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (9.375%) Linux
3 3 (9.375%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.125%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Migration
2 5 (15.63%) Configuration Management
2 5 (15.63%) High Availability
2 5 (15.63%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (12.50%) ITSM
3 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (9.375%) ITIL
4 3 (9.375%) Network Architecture
5 2 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (6.250%) Change Control
5 2 (6.250%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.250%) Change Management
5 2 (6.250%) Business Continuity
6 1 (3.125%) Information Security
6 1 (3.125%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.125%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (3.125%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.125%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (3.125%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (3.125%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
3 3 (9.375%) VB
3 3 (9.375%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.125%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) MCSE
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (12.50%) CCNA
3 3 (9.375%) CCIE
3 3 (9.375%) CCNP
4 2 (6.250%) MCSA
5 1 (3.125%) MCP
5 1 (3.125%) CISSP
5 1 (3.125%) CISM
5 1 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) SLA
1 1 (3.125%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (53.13%) Active Directory
2 9 (28.13%) vSphere
2 9 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (25.00%) ISA Server
4 7 (21.88%) UAG
5 5 (15.63%) Forefront TMG
6 4 (12.50%) XenApp
6 4 (12.50%) VMware ESX
6 4 (12.50%) Terminal Services
7 3 (9.375%) XenDesktop
8 2 (6.250%) Squid
9 1 (3.125%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (40.63%) SCOM
2 12 (37.50%) SCCM
3 10 (31.25%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 4 (12.50%) WSUS
5 3 (9.375%) MOM
5 3 (9.375%) MAILsweeper
6 2 (6.250%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 14 (43.75%) VMware
3 13 (40.63%) Symantec
4 8 (25.00%) Citrix
5 7 (21.88%) Cisco
6 6 (18.75%) Remedy
7 5 (15.63%) HP
7 5 (15.63%) Blue Coat
7 5 (15.63%) Finjan
8 4 (12.50%) Oracle
9 3 (9.375%) Clearswift
9 3 (9.375%) Open Text
9 3 (9.375%) BT
9 3 (9.375%) Wyse
9 3 (9.375%) Radianz
9 3 (9.375%) RightFax
10 2 (6.250%) M86 Security
10 2 (6.250%) AppSense
10 2 (6.250%) CheckPoint
10 2 (6.250%) NetApp