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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Middlesex 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 Firewall over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4246
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads92
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.002 %
As % of the category below10.47 %1.835 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£350£325
Average daily rate£367£338
% change on same period last year+8.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£339
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
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£25.08£28.82
% change on same period last year-12.98 %
Communications & Networking MiddlesexCommunications & Networking
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads86109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted2247
Average minimum daily rate£337£284
Average daily rate£364£294
% change on same period last year+24.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted1011
Average minimum hourly rate£29.56£21.18
Average hourly rate£30.95£21.27
% change on same period last year+45.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.34£21.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.60£28.49
% change on same period last year-10.13 %
Firewall South EastFirewall
South East

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Middlesex Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

114 (73.68 %)Cisco
210 (52.63 %)VPN
37 (36.84 %)Windows
45 (26.32 %)Unix
45 (26.32 %)Cisco IPT
54 (21.05 %)IP Telephony
54 (21.05 %)TCP/IP
54 (21.05 %)Cisco Certification
54 (21.05 %)CheckPoint
63 (15.79 %)SSL
63 (15.79 %)Nokia
63 (15.79 %)OSPF
63 (15.79 %)BGP
63 (15.79 %)Project Management
63 (15.79 %)Service Management
63 (15.79 %)Active Directory
63 (15.79 %)CCNP
63 (15.79 %)ITIL
63 (15.79 %)Solaris
63 (15.79 %)Linux
72 (10.53 %)PKI
72 (10.53 %)VLAN
72 (10.53 %)CAPM
72 (10.53 %)Intrusion Detection
72 (10.53 %)Network Security
72 (10.53 %)PRINCE2
72 (10.53 %)FTP
72 (10.53 %)HTTP
72 (10.53 %)Windows NT
72 (10.53 %)LAN

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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
11 (5.263 %)SOAP
11 (5.263 %)XML
Applications
11 (5.263 %)MS Office
11 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
110 (52.63 %)VPN
25 (26.32 %)Cisco IPT
34 (21.05 %)IP Telephony
34 (21.05 %)TCP/IP
43 (15.79 %)SSL
43 (15.79 %)OSPF
43 (15.79 %)BGP
52 (10.53 %)VLAN
52 (10.53 %)Intrusion Detection
52 (10.53 %)Network Security
52 (10.53 %)FTP
52 (10.53 %)HTTP
52 (10.53 %)LAN
52 (10.53 %)VoIP
52 (10.53 %)WAN
52 (10.53 %)DNS
52 (10.53 %)SAN
52 (10.53 %)Internet
52 (10.53 %)MPLS
52 (10.53 %)DMZ
General
11 (5.263 %)Telecoms
11 (5.263 %)Government
11 (5.263 %)Legal
Job Titles
16 (31.58 %)Network Engineer
25 (26.32 %)Network Support
34 (21.05 %)Security Specialist
34 (21.05 %)Consultant
34 (21.05 %)Senior Network Engineer
43 (15.79 %)Senior Network Support
52 (10.53 %)Cisco Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Cisco Network Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Cisco Support
52 (10.53 %)VoIP Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
61 (5.263 %)Architect
61 (5.263 %)Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Technical Architect
61 (5.263 %)Security Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Technical Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Support Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Administrator
61 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)PKI
12 (10.53 %)PMI
21 (5.263 %)Computer Science
21 (5.263 %)German Language
Operating Systems
17 (36.84 %)Windows
25 (26.32 %)Unix
33 (15.79 %)Solaris
33 (15.79 %)Linux
42 (10.53 %)Windows NT
51 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (5.263 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
13 (15.79 %)Project Management
13 (15.79 %)Service Management
13 (15.79 %)ITIL
22 (10.53 %)PRINCE2
31 (5.263 %)Migration
31 (5.263 %)Performance Management
31 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
31 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
31 (5.263 %)Load Balancing
31 (5.263 %)Information Management
Qualifications
14 (21.05 %)Cisco Certification
23 (15.79 %)CCNP
32 (10.53 %)CAPM
32 (10.53 %)CCNA
32 (10.53 %)PMP
32 (10.53 %)PMI Certification
41 (5.263 %)CISSP
41 (5.263 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (10.53 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
13 (15.79 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
11 (5.263 %)Legato
11 (5.263 %)EMC NetWorker
Vendors
114 (73.68 %)Cisco
24 (21.05 %)CheckPoint
33 (15.79 %)Nokia
42 (10.53 %)Microsoft
42 (10.53 %)Juniper
42 (10.53 %)Citrix
51 (5.263 %)ADIC
51 (5.263 %)HP
51 (5.263 %)EMC
51 (5.263 %)Nortel
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