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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Maidenhead 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2222
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads422
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.022 %
As % of the category below5.714 %19.47 %
Daily rates quoted013
Average minimum daily rate-£458
Average daily rate-£460
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£462
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£346
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
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£25.60£28.17
% change on same period last year-9.13 %
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Maidenhead
Matching contract IT job ads70113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.113 %
Daily rates quoted353
Average minimum daily rate£383£409
Average daily rate£408£426
% change on same period last year-4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£434£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted1415
Average minimum hourly rate£9.29£9.53
Average hourly rate£10.93£10.57
% change on same period last year+3.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.57£11.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
Firewall BerkshireFirewall
Berkshire

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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.

13 (50.00 %)SNMP
13 (50.00 %)MPLS
13 (50.00 %)OSPF
13 (50.00 %)BGP
13 (50.00 %)CCSP
13 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (50.00 %)VoIP
13 (50.00 %)Telecoms
13 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)NetBackup
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)OC4J
21 (16.67 %)VMware
21 (16.67 %)Clustering
21 (16.67 %)HTTP
21 (16.67 %)Internet
21 (16.67 %)Shell Script
21 (16.67 %)Project Management
21 (16.67 %)Oracle EBS
21 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
21 (16.67 %)Microsoft
21 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
21 (16.67 %)Oracle HTTP Server
21 (16.67 %)J2EE
21 (16.67 %)Oracle
21 (16.67 %)PRINCE2
21 (16.67 %)UNIX
21 (16.67 %)Windows
21 (16.67 %)Oracle 9i

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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.

Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)OC4J
11 (16.67 %)J2EE
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)Oracle HTTP Server
11 (16.67 %)Oracle Application Server
11 (16.67 %)Oracle 10gAS
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (16.67 %)Oracle EBS
11 (16.67 %)Oracle 11i
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)SNMP
13 (50.00 %)MPLS
13 (50.00 %)OSPF
13 (50.00 %)BGP
13 (50.00 %)VoIP
21 (16.67 %)HTTP
21 (16.67 %)Internet
21 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
11 (16.67 %)Oracle 9i
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Security Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Design Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Oracle DBA
31 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Manager
31 (16.67 %)Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)DBA
31 (16.67 %)Systems Support
31 (16.67 %)Technical Support
31 (16.67 %)3rd Line Support
31 (16.67 %)Administrator
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Clustering
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
11 (16.67 %)Windows
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Project Management
21 (16.67 %)PRINCE2
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)Shell Script
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (50.00 %)CCSP
13 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)NetBackup
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)VMware
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft
11 (16.67 %)Oracle