The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall 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 Communications & Networking category for the Maidenhead 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
Firewall
Rank 10 13 12
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 9 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 10.84% 1.370% 4.211%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 4.762% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
Average daily rate £290 - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £326 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.38% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £23.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.54%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
27 21 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 32.53% 28.77% 35.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 14
Average daily rate £325 £375 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £375 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 8
Average hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Firewall
Berkshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Maidenhead Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 17 May 2013, 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.

1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (92.86%) Active Directory
3 12 (85.71%) MS Exchange
4 10 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (71.43%) VMware
4 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (64.29%) Cisco
6 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (42.86%) vSphere
7 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
7 6 (42.86%) VMware ESX
7 6 (42.86%) Migration
7 6 (42.86%) ADSI
7 6 (42.86%) VBScript
8 5 (35.71%) IIS
9 4 (28.57%) ITIL
10 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
10 3 (21.43%) MCSE
10 3 (21.43%) CCNA
10 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
10 3 (21.43%) MOM
10 3 (21.43%) Citrix
10 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
10 3 (21.43%) MCITP
10 3 (21.43%) VLAN
10 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (42.86%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 12 (85.71%) MS Exchange
2 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (35.71%) IIS
4 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
5 2 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) VLAN
2 2 (14.29%) LAN
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) SSL
2 2 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (35.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Support Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Team Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Team Leader
5 1 (7.143%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.143%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.143%) Windows 2000
4 1 (7.143%) Windows NT
4 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Process Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) VBScript
1 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) MCSE
1 3 (21.43%) CCNA
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (21.43%) MCITP
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (92.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (42.86%) VMware ESX
2 6 (42.86%) vSphere
3 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
3 3 (21.43%) XenApp
4 2 (14.29%) ISA Server
4 2 (14.29%) UAG
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) MOM
1 3 (21.43%) SCOM
2 2 (14.29%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (71.43%) VMware
3 9 (64.29%) Cisco
4 3 (21.43%) Citrix
5 2 (14.29%) Symantec