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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Newcastle region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2224
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below12.00 %17.86 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£325
Average daily rate£225£325
% change on same period last year-30.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£250£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£346
% change on same period last year+10.06 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£14.50£27.50
% change on same period last year-47.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.60£26.51
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Newcastle
Matching contract IT job ads2528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted76
Average minimum daily rate£287£157
Average daily rate£300£163
% change on same period last year+84.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£168
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted62
Average minimum hourly rate£24.56£35.00
Average hourly rate£25.28£41.25
% change on same period last year-38.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Firewall Tyne and WearFirewall
Tyne and Wear

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

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Newcastle Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

14 (57.14 %)Cisco
23 (42.86 %)LAN
23 (42.86 %)VPN
32 (28.57 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (28.57 %)CheckPoint
32 (28.57 %)Microsoft
32 (28.57 %)Telecoms
32 (28.57 %)WAN
41 (14.29 %)Test Management
41 (14.29 %)Network Security
41 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
41 (14.29 %)Finance
41 (14.29 %)3Com
41 (14.29 %)NNM
41 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (14.29 %)Ethereal
41 (14.29 %)Project Planning
41 (14.29 %)Wireshark
41 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
41 (14.29 %)Risk Analysis
41 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (14.29 %)OVPI
41 (14.29 %)CCIE
41 (14.29 %)CCNP
41 (14.29 %)CCNA
41 (14.29 %)OpenView
41 (14.29 %)HP
41 (14.29 %)Dell
41 (14.29 %)Nortel
41 (14.29 %)Citrix

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)Lotus Domino
11 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
11 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Office
11 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (42.86 %)VPN
13 (42.86 %)LAN
22 (28.57 %)WAN
31 (14.29 %)ATM
31 (14.29 %)VoIP
31 (14.29 %)SSL
31 (14.29 %)MPLS
31 (14.29 %)Wireless
31 (14.29 %)IPsec
31 (14.29 %)Ethereal
31 (14.29 %)Wireshark
31 (14.29 %)Network Security
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)TestDirector
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
21 (14.29 %)Finance
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Network Engineer
12 (28.57 %)Network Support
12 (28.57 %)Implementation Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Specialist
21 (14.29 %)OpenView Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Network Specialist
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Support
21 (14.29 %)Implementation Specialist
21 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
21 (14.29 %)IT Support Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Project Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Engineer
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)ITIL
11 (14.29 %)Configuration Management
11 (14.29 %)Project Planning
11 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
11 (14.29 %)Risk Analysis
11 (14.29 %)Test Management
11 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (14.29 %)MCSE
21 (14.29 %)CCIE
21 (14.29 %)CCNP
21 (14.29 %)CCNA
21 (14.29 %)CCA
21 (14.29 %)Citrix Certification
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (14.29 %)OpenView
11 (14.29 %)NNM
11 (14.29 %)OVPI
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Cisco
22 (28.57 %)Microsoft
22 (28.57 %)CheckPoint
31 (14.29 %)3Com
31 (14.29 %)HP
31 (14.29 %)Dell
31 (14.29 %)Nortel
31 (14.29 %)Citrix
31 (14.29 %)Nokia
31 (14.29 %)Lotus