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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the M4 Corridor region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1223
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.002 %
As % of the category below35.29 %6.897 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£375-
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£346
% change on same period last year+10.06 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.60£26.51
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads3429
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.029 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£345£425
Average daily rate£407£436
% change on same period last year-6.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£470£446
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£38.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£38.00£30.00
% change on same period last year+26.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Firewall South EastFirewall
South East

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

M4 Corridor Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the M4 Corridor region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

M4 Corridor Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

110 (71.43 %)Cisco
29 (64.29 %)SC Cleared
29 (64.29 %)Security Cleared
37 (50.00 %)Linux
45 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
45 (35.71 %)Citrix
45 (35.71 %)Cisco Certification
45 (35.71 %)Red Hat
45 (35.71 %)Red Hat Linux
45 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
54 (28.57 %)Altiris
54 (28.57 %)Telecoms
54 (28.57 %)Government
54 (28.57 %)Cisco ASA
54 (28.57 %)System Testing
54 (28.57 %)CCNP
63 (21.43 %)CCIE
72 (14.29 %)Device Driver
72 (14.29 %)Penetration Testing
72 (14.29 %)Software Engineering
72 (14.29 %)Embedded Linux
72 (14.29 %)VLAN
72 (14.29 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (14.29 %)GGSN
72 (14.29 %)SGSN
72 (14.29 %)Juniper
72 (14.29 %)DMZ
72 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (14.29 %)3G
72 (14.29 %)ClearQuest

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
15 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (28.57 %)Cisco ASA
22 (14.29 %)SMS
22 (14.29 %)DHCP
22 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
22 (14.29 %)DNS
22 (14.29 %)DMZ
22 (14.29 %)3G
22 (14.29 %)VLAN
22 (14.29 %)GGSN
22 (14.29 %)SGSN
31 (7.143 %)VoIP
31 (7.143 %)WAN
31 (7.143 %)LAN
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (14.29 %)ClearCase
12 (14.29 %)ClearQuest
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Telecoms
14 (28.57 %)Government
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (14.29 %)Software Developer
12 (14.29 %)Architect
12 (14.29 %)Project Manager
12 (14.29 %)Developer
12 (14.29 %)Network Engineer
12 (14.29 %)Telecoms Project Manager
21 (7.143 %)Senior Network Engineer
21 (7.143 %)Server Engineer
21 (7.143 %)Network Consultant
21 (7.143 %)Consultant
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Device Driver
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (50.00 %)Linux
25 (35.71 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (14.29 %)Embedded Linux
32 (14.29 %)UNIX
41 (7.143 %)Windows
41 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (64.29 %)SC Cleared
19 (64.29 %)Security Cleared
24 (28.57 %)System Testing
32 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
32 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (14.29 %)Penetration Testing
32 (14.29 %)Software Engineering
32 (14.29 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (7.143 %)Network Design
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (14.29 %)C
12 (14.29 %)C++
12 (14.29 %)Embedded C
12 (14.29 %)Embedded C++
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (35.71 %)Cisco Certification
24 (28.57 %)CCNP
33 (21.43 %)CCIE
42 (14.29 %)HND
51 (7.143 %)CCNA
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.143 %)Active Directory
11 (7.143 %)Citrix Presentation Server
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (71.43 %)Cisco
25 (35.71 %)Citrix
25 (35.71 %)Red Hat
34 (28.57 %)Altiris
42 (14.29 %)Juniper
51 (7.143 %)Microsoft