The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security 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 Network Security 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
Network Security
Rank 49 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 5 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.952% 1.119% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.804% 6.838% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
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%
Network Security
Buckinghamshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (60.00%) Firewall
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 5 (50.00%) LAN
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) WAN
3 4 (40.00%) Citrix
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) SAN
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (30.00%) Compatibility Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (30.00%) XenApp
4 3 (30.00%) XenDesktop
4 3 (30.00%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) Juniper
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (30.00%) Wireless
4 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (30.00%) VoIP
4 3 (30.00%) WLAN
4 3 (30.00%) Active Directory

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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
1 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) LAN
3 4 (40.00%) WAN
3 4 (40.00%) SAN
4 3 (30.00%) Wireless
4 3 (30.00%) VoIP
4 3 (30.00%) WLAN
5 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) ICMP
5 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (10.00%) BIG-IP
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (10.00%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Network Technical Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PKI
1 2 (20.00%) CESG
2 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Information Security
1 3 (30.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 3 (30.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (30.00%) Network Management
2 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Network Design
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) ISMS
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) CCSP
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (30.00%) XenApp
3 3 (30.00%) XenDesktop
3 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco
3 4 (40.00%) Citrix
4 3 (30.00%) Juniper
4 3 (30.00%) HP
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) F5
6 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (10.00%) AppSense
6 1 (10.00%) ProCurve