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This section looks at the demand for Network Security skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNetwork Security
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8268
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.885 %0.602 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£625-
Average daily rate£625-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£625-
UK excluding London average daily rate£416£332
% change on same period last year+25.33 %
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£27.96£38.53
% change on same period last year-27.44 %
Communications & Networking ManchesterCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads208166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.274 %0.174 %
Daily rates quoted3424
Average minimum daily rate£442£258
Average daily rate£461£277
% change on same period last year+66.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted2526
Average minimum hourly rate£29.07£20.38
Average hourly rate£31.48£22.27
% change on same period last year+41.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.90£24.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.60£28.49
% change on same period last year-10.13 %
Network Security North WestNetwork Security
North West

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.

Network Security
Demand Trend

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

Manchester Network Security Demand Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Security across the Manchester region.

Manchester Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Security across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Manchester Network Security Daily Rate Histogram

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

16 (66.67 %)Cisco
16 (66.67 %)Firewall
24 (44.44 %)VPN
33 (33.33 %)Windows NT
33 (33.33 %)LAN
42 (22.22 %)WAN
42 (22.22 %)SQL
42 (22.22 %)Windows
42 (22.22 %)HPUX
42 (22.22 %)Solaris
42 (22.22 %)SSL
42 (22.22 %)HTTP
42 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
42 (22.22 %)CCNP
42 (22.22 %)CCNA
42 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
42 (22.22 %)SAN
42 (22.22 %)NHS
42 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
42 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (22.22 %)Internet
42 (22.22 %)MPLS
42 (22.22 %)Risk Assessment
42 (22.22 %)BIG-IP
42 (22.22 %)PKI
42 (22.22 %)VLAN
51 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (11.11 %)QA
51 (11.11 %)Incident Management
51 (11.11 %)Information Security

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
11 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
16 (66.67 %)Firewall
24 (44.44 %)VPN
33 (33.33 %)LAN
42 (22.22 %)WAN
42 (22.22 %)SSL
42 (22.22 %)HTTP
42 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
42 (22.22 %)SAN
42 (22.22 %)Internet
42 (22.22 %)MPLS
42 (22.22 %)BIG-IP
42 (22.22 %)VLAN
Job Titles
12 (22.22 %)Support Specialist
12 (22.22 %)Network Specialist
12 (22.22 %)Security Specialist
12 (22.22 %)Network Support
21 (11.11 %)Information Security Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Cisco Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Storage Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Server Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Network Support Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Server Support Specialist
21 (11.11 %)3rd Line Support
21 (11.11 %)Security Consultant
21 (11.11 %)Consultant
21 (11.11 %)Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Server Support
Miscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)NHS
12 (22.22 %)PKI
Operating Systems
13 (33.33 %)Windows NT
22 (22.22 %)Windows
22 (22.22 %)HPUX
22 (22.22 %)Solaris
22 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Risk Assessment
21 (11.11 %)Incident Management
21 (11.11 %)Information Security
21 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (11.11 %)Change Management
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
12 (22.22 %)SQL
Qualifications
12 (22.22 %)CCNP
12 (22.22 %)CCNA
12 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
21 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (11.11 %)MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)QA
11 (11.11 %)SLA
Systems Management
11 (11.11 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
16 (66.67 %)Cisco
22 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
31 (11.11 %)Symantec
31 (11.11 %)Hitachi
31 (11.11 %)Dell
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