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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Manchester region.

 Firewall
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank476062
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads19110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester2.176 %0.124 %0.832 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category16.96 %0.781 %5.181 %
Daily rates quoted104
Average daily rate£200-£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375£325
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %+15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted301
Average hourly rate£30.00-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£22.50£22.00
% change year-on-year
+15.55 %+2.270 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
112128193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester12.83 %15.86 %16.06 %
Daily rates quoted252423
Average daily rate£220£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.33 %+7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£158£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£425£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted171332
Average hourly rate£30.00£16.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£10.60£11.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50£32.50£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Firewall North WestFirewall
North West

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

116 (55.17 %)Cisco
214 (48.28 %)CheckPoint
313 (44.83 %)LAN
411 (37.93 %)WAN
510 (34.48 %)TCP/IP
510 (34.48 %)Cisco Certification
69 (31.03 %)CCNA
78 (27.59 %)CCNP
78 (27.59 %)VPN
87 (24.14 %)Windows
87 (24.14 %)Legal
87 (24.14 %)Telecoms
87 (24.14 %)Video Conferencing
96 (20.69 %)Banking
96 (20.69 %)Finance
96 (20.69 %)IPsec
96 (20.69 %)IP Telephony
96 (20.69 %)HP
96 (20.69 %)OSPF
105 (17.24 %)CISSP
105 (17.24 %)ITIL
105 (17.24 %)CCSE
105 (17.24 %)CCSA
105 (17.24 %)Law
105 (17.24 %)ProCurve
114 (13.79 %)Information Security
114 (13.79 %)PRINCE2
114 (13.79 %)DNS
114 (13.79 %)VoIP
114 (13.79 %)Project Management

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (3.448 %)ASP
11 (3.448 %)CSS
11 (3.448 %)SOAP
11 (3.448 %)Web Services
11 (3.448 %)XML
11 (3.448 %)XSLT
11 (3.448 %).NET
11 (3.448 %)DHTML
11 (3.448 %)HTML
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (6.897 %)IIS
21 (3.448 %)SharePoint
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.448 %)MS Office
11 (3.448 %)MS Visio
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (44.83 %)LAN
211 (37.93 %)WAN
310 (34.48 %)TCP/IP
48 (27.59 %)VPN
56 (20.69 %)IPsec
56 (20.69 %)IP Telephony
56 (20.69 %)OSPF
64 (13.79 %)DNS
64 (13.79 %)VoIP
73 (10.34 %)DHCP
73 (10.34 %)Internet
73 (10.34 %)Intrusion Detection
81 (3.448 %)Wi-Fi
81 (3.448 %)MPLS
81 (3.448 %)SAN
81 (3.448 %)DMZ
81 (3.448 %)ADSL
81 (3.448 %)SSL
81 (3.448 %)VLAN
81 (3.448 %)Network Security
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (10.34 %)SQL Server
21 (3.448 %)MS Access
21 (3.448 %)Datawarehouse
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (24.14 %)Legal
17 (24.14 %)Telecoms
26 (20.69 %)Banking
26 (20.69 %)Finance
35 (17.24 %)Law
43 (10.34 %)Government
43 (10.34 %)Retail Banking
43 (10.34 %)Retail
43 (10.34 %)Local Government
51 (3.448 %)Financial Institution
51 (3.448 %)Advertising
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (31.03 %)Network Engineer
25 (17.24 %)Cisco Engineer
25 (17.24 %)Consultant
34 (13.79 %)Cisco Network Engineer
34 (13.79 %)Analyst
34 (13.79 %)Security Consultant
43 (10.34 %)Project Manager
43 (10.34 %)Network Manager
52 (6.897 %)Security Analyst
61 (3.448 %)Technical Project Manager
61 (3.448 %)Technical Support
61 (3.448 %)Technical Consultant
61 (3.448 %)Developer
61 (3.448 %)Architect
61 (3.448 %)Security Architect
61 (3.448 %)Infrastructure Specialist
61 (3.448 %)Technical Manager
61 (3.448 %)Head of IT
61 (3.448 %)Network Analyst
61 (3.448 %)Design Engineer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (24.14 %)Video Conferencing
23 (10.34 %)Cryptography
23 (10.34 %)CCTV
32 (6.897 %)PKI
41 (3.448 %)N-Tier
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (24.14 %)Windows
23 (10.34 %)Linux
23 (10.34 %)UNIX
31 (3.448 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (3.448 %)VMS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (17.24 %)ITIL
24 (13.79 %)Information Security
24 (13.79 %)PRINCE2
24 (13.79 %)Project Management
33 (10.34 %)Vulnerability Assessment
33 (10.34 %)Incident Management
42 (6.897 %)Risk Management
42 (6.897 %)Penetration Testing
42 (6.897 %)Identity Management
51 (3.448 %)PRINCE
51 (3.448 %)OO
51 (3.448 %)OOD
51 (3.448 %)Business Analysis
51 (3.448 %)Content Management
51 (3.448 %)Network Design
51 (3.448 %)Migration
51 (3.448 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (3.448 %)Integration Testing
51 (3.448 %)Network Architecture
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (10.34 %)SQL
21 (3.448 %)T-SQL
21 (3.448 %)VBScript
21 (3.448 %)VB
21 (3.448 %)VBA
21 (3.448 %)JavaScript
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (34.48 %)Cisco Certification
29 (31.03 %)CCNA
38 (27.59 %)CCNP
45 (17.24 %)CISSP
45 (17.24 %)CCSE
45 (17.24 %)CCSA
53 (10.34 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (3.448 %)CISA
61 (3.448 %)CISM
61 (3.448 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (10.34 %)PCI DSS
13 (10.34 %)ISO27001
21 (3.448 %)BS7799
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (3.448 %)Active Directory
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (3.448 %)MSI
11 (3.448 %)Cisco IPCC
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (55.17 %)Cisco
214 (48.28 %)CheckPoint
36 (20.69 %)HP
45 (17.24 %)ProCurve
53 (10.34 %)Nokia
53 (10.34 %)SolarWinds
62 (6.897 %)VMware
62 (6.897 %)BT
62 (6.897 %)Oracle
71 (3.448 %)SAP
71 (3.448 %)Crossbeam