The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Newbury 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 12 17 13
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 7 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 6.195% 3.361% 1.923%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.56% 14.29% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £425 £200 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+112.50% -41.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £200 £339
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £200 £349
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.50 £21.65
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +8.54%
All Communications & Networking
Newbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
45 28 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 39.82% 23.53% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 4 7
Average daily rate £375 £213 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+76.47% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £300 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 5
Average hourly rate £24.50 £16.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.48% -2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.50 £18.00 £20.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Firewall
Berkshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Solaris
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) Nokia
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Radware

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Project Manager
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Project Manager
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Solaris
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Radware