Firewall Contracts in Milton Keynes
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 22 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 Milton Keynes 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 43 35 36
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 11 26 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 2.095% 3.636% 3.183%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.57% 22.22% 19.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 14
Average daily rate £450 £344 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.90% -8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.88% +1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -27.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 51 117 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 9.714% 16.36% 16.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 45
Average daily rate £425 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £173 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 13
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Firewall
Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 20 (58.82%) Security Cleared
3 19 (55.88%) MS Exchange
4 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
5 17 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (50.00%) VMware
5 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 16 (47.06%) Citrix
6 16 (47.06%) SAN
7 15 (44.12%) Windows Server 2003
7 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
7 15 (44.12%) Cryptography
7 15 (44.12%) SC Cleared
8 14 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2010
8 14 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2003
8 14 (41.18%) HP
9 13 (38.24%) DV Cleared
10 12 (35.29%) Windows 7
10 12 (35.29%) SQL Server
11 11 (32.35%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (29.41%) SQL
12 10 (29.41%) CCSP
12 10 (29.41%) DHCP
12 10 (29.41%) DNS
12 10 (29.41%) LAN
12 10 (29.41%) WAN
12 10 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2007
13 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
13 9 (26.47%) Internet
14 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (8.824%) JMS
1 3 (8.824%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 19 (55.88%) MS Exchange
2 14 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2010
2 14 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (11.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (8.824%) Lync
6 1 (2.941%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Office
2 4 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) SAN
2 10 (29.41%) DHCP
2 10 (29.41%) DNS
2 10 (29.41%) LAN
2 10 (29.41%) WAN
3 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
3 9 (26.47%) Internet
4 7 (20.59%) NAS
5 6 (17.65%) Network Security
6 5 (14.71%) WLAN
6 5 (14.71%) Wireless
6 5 (14.71%) VPN
7 4 (11.76%) SMTP
7 4 (11.76%) VoIP
8 3 (8.824%) iSCSI
8 3 (8.824%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (8.824%) ICMP
9 2 (5.882%) BIG-IP
10 1 (2.941%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (2.941%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (35.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (2.941%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Architect
2 12 (35.29%) Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Technical Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Security Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Service Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) Consultant
6 4 (11.76%) Security Architect
6 4 (11.76%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Network Consultant
7 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Network Technical Architect
8 1 (2.941%) Information Specialist
8 1 (2.941%) Information Security Specialist
8 1 (2.941%) Security Specialist
8 1 (2.941%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Network Architect
8 1 (2.941%) Technical Support Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Cryptography
2 7 (20.59%) CESG
3 6 (17.65%) PKI
4 4 (11.76%) Client/Server
4 4 (11.76%) Blackberry
5 3 (8.824%) Clustering
6 2 (5.882%) Thin Client
6 2 (5.882%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (44.12%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (35.29%) Windows 7
5 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (14.71%) Windows Vista
5 5 (14.71%) Windows XP
5 5 (14.71%) Windows 2000
6 4 (11.76%) Linux
6 4 (11.76%) UNIX
7 3 (8.824%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (14.71%) Compatibility Testing
2 5 (14.71%) Information Assurance
2 5 (14.71%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (14.71%) Information Security
3 4 (11.76%) ITIL
3 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
3 4 (11.76%) Validation
3 4 (11.76%) Integration Testing
3 4 (11.76%) Test Scripting
4 3 (8.824%) Network Management
4 3 (8.824%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (8.824%) TOGAF
5 2 (5.882%) Load Balancing
5 2 (5.882%) Security Architecture
6 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (2.941%) SIEM
6 1 (2.941%) Software Deployment
6 1 (2.941%) Network Design
6 1 (2.941%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 15 (44.12%) SC Cleared
3 13 (38.24%) DV Cleared
4 11 (32.35%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (29.41%) CCSP
6 7 (20.59%) CISSP
7 4 (11.76%) CCNA
7 4 (11.76%) MCTS
8 3 (8.824%) ISEB
8 3 (8.824%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (8.824%) MCP
8 3 (8.824%) MCSE
9 2 (5.882%) MCDST
10 1 (2.941%) CCIE
10 1 (2.941%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) SLA
2 4 (11.76%) ISO 9001
3 3 (8.824%) QA
System Software
1 17 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
3 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V
4 6 (17.65%) XenApp
5 3 (8.824%) XenDesktop
6 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (2.941%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Norton AntiVirus
1 6 (17.65%) OpenView
1 6 (17.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (5.882%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.941%) SCCM
3 1 (2.941%) SCOM
3 1 (2.941%) SCVMM
3 1 (2.941%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (2.941%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 17 (50.00%) VMware
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (47.06%) Citrix
3 14 (41.18%) HP
4 7 (20.59%) Oracle
5 6 (17.65%) Sun
5 6 (17.65%) Symantec
5 6 (17.65%) StorageTek
6 5 (14.71%) Sophos
7 4 (11.76%) Cisco
8 2 (5.882%) Juniper
8 2 (5.882%) Dell
9 1 (2.941%) ProCurve
9 1 (2.941%) F5
9 1 (2.941%) Brocade
9 1 (2.941%) AppSense
9 1 (2.941%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.941%) Remedy
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