Merseyside Network Security Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Network Security skills within the Merseyside 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.

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Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim Cumbria Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Knutsford Leeds Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Prescot Reading Rickmansworth Romford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Swansea Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	31
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching contract IT job ads	3	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	5.172 %	4.762 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£350	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£416	£332
% change on same period last year	+25.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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 Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	58	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.076 %	0.044 %
Daily rates quoted	11	15
Average minimum daily rate	£306	£336
Average daily rate	£320	£351
% change on same period last year	-8.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.30	£18.90
Average hourly rate	£17.53	£21.15
% change on same period last year	-17.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.75	£23.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.60	£28.49
% change on same period last year	-10.13 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Network Security within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Liverpool	-	2	-	-
Prescot	-	1	£350	-

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

1 2 (66.67 %) Firewall 1 2 (66.67 %) Internet 2 1 (33.33 %) ISA Server 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Change Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Risk Management 2 1 (33.33 %) IP Telephony 2 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Web Development 2 1 (33.33 %) MailMarshal 2 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 2 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2 1 (33.33 %) LAN 2 1 (33.33 %) WAN

2 1 (33.33 %) Cisco 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 2 1 (33.33 %) Active Directory 2 1 (33.33 %) Citrix 2 1 (33.33 %) PRINCE 2 1 (33.33 %) Intranet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 Development 1 1 (33.33 %) WebServices	Communications & Networking 1 2 (66.67 %) Firewall 1 2 (66.67 %) Internet 2 1 (33.33 %) IP Telephony 2 1 (33.33 %) LAN 2 1 (33.33 %) WAN 2 1 (33.33 %) Intranet
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Project Manager 1 1 (33.33 %) Support Specialist 1 1 (33.33 %) Network Support 1 1 (33.33 %) Network Specialist 1 1 (33.33 %) Network Support Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Change Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Risk Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Web Development 1 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 1 1 (33.33 %) PRINCE
System Software 1 1 (33.33 %) ISA Server 1 1 (33.33 %) MailMarshal 1 1 (33.33 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Cisco 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 1 1 (33.33 %) Citrix