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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Norfolk 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
Rank2350
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.003 %
As % of the category below35.29 %5.556 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£158£317
Average daily rate£208£333
% change on same period last year-37.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£258£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£339
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£13.40-
Average hourly rate£15.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.10-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.08£28.82
% change on same period last year-12.98 %
Communications & Networking NorfolkCommunications & Networking
Norfolk
Matching contract IT job ads5154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.056 %
Daily rates quoted813
Average minimum daily rate£219£364
Average daily rate£263£370
% change on same period last year-29.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted108
Average minimum hourly rate£21.29£25.84
Average hourly rate£24.12£29.24
% change on same period last year-17.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.96£32.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.60£28.49
% change on same period last year-10.13 %
Firewall East of EnglandFirewall
East of England

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Firewall within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorwichNew entry-17£208-
Firewall East of EnglandFirewall
East of England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

118 (72.00 %)Cisco
216 (64.00 %)TCP/IP
314 (56.00 %)Microsoft
314 (56.00 %)Windows
412 (48.00 %)Network Design
511 (44.00 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (44.00 %)Cisco PIX
610 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
610 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
79 (36.00 %)Windows XP
79 (36.00 %)MS Office
79 (36.00 %)Novell
79 (36.00 %)Service Delivery
79 (36.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
79 (36.00 %)Video Conferencing
88 (32.00 %)Security Cleared
88 (32.00 %)ITIL
97 (28.00 %)E-Commerce
97 (28.00 %)IBM
97 (28.00 %)WebSphere
106 (24.00 %)ZENworks
106 (24.00 %)Government
106 (24.00 %)LAN
106 (24.00 %)WAN
106 (24.00 %)CTC Cleared
115 (20.00 %)Back Office
115 (20.00 %)HTTP
115 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
115 (20.00 %)VPN
115 (20.00 %)IBM HTTP Server

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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
17 (28.00 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
110 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
29 (36.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
35 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
35 (20.00 %)IBM HTTP Server
35 (20.00 %)WPS
42 (8.000 %)IIS
Applications
19 (36.00 %)MS Office
24 (16.00 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
116 (64.00 %)TCP/IP
211 (44.00 %)Cisco PIX
36 (24.00 %)LAN
36 (24.00 %)WAN
45 (20.00 %)HTTP
45 (20.00 %)VPN
54 (16.00 %)Internet
54 (16.00 %)SSL
63 (12.00 %)SAN
72 (8.000 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (8.000 %)SQL Server
General
16 (24.00 %)Government
25 (20.00 %)Back Office
33 (12.00 %)Insurance
Job Titles
110 (40.00 %)Desktop Support
24 (16.00 %)Infrastructure Designer
24 (16.00 %)Network Engineer
33 (12.00 %)Analyst
33 (12.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
33 (12.00 %)Cisco Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Network Support
42 (8.000 %)Desktop Support Analyst
42 (8.000 %)Desktop Analyst
42 (8.000 %)Support Analyst
42 (8.000 %)2nd Line Support
51 (4.000 %)Network Technician
51 (4.000 %)Support Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Test Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Desktop Support Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
19 (36.00 %)Video Conferencing
24 (16.00 %)PKI
32 (8.000 %)Fat Client
32 (8.000 %)Thin Client
41 (4.000 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
114 (56.00 %)Windows
211 (44.00 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
49 (36.00 %)Windows XP
53 (12.00 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
112 (48.00 %)Network Design
29 (36.00 %)Service Delivery
38 (32.00 %)Security Cleared
38 (32.00 %)ITIL
47 (28.00 %)E-Commerce
56 (24.00 %)CTC Cleared
64 (16.00 %)Load Balancing
73 (12.00 %)PRINCE2
82 (8.000 %)Data Management
91 (4.000 %)DV Cleared
91 (4.000 %)SC Cleared
91 (4.000 %)Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
11 (4.000 %)MCSE
11 (4.000 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (4.000 %)CNE
11 (4.000 %)Novell Certification
11 (4.000 %)IBM Certification
System Software
12 (8.000 %)VMware ESX
12 (8.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (4.000 %)Terminal Services
21 (4.000 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
16 (24.00 %)ZENworks
25 (20.00 %)Tivoli
Vendors
118 (72.00 %)Cisco
214 (56.00 %)Microsoft
39 (36.00 %)Novell
47 (28.00 %)IBM
54 (16.00 %)CheckPoint
63 (12.00 %)Nokia
72 (8.000 %)VMware
72 (8.000 %)HP
81 (4.000 %)Citrix
81 (4.000 %)NetApp
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