Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of WatchGuard products and/or services in IT contracts within the North East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WatchGuard over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWatchGuard
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
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As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average daily rate--
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UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£21.25
% change on same period last year+10.58 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
North East
Matching contract IT job ads237411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.381 %0.441 %
Daily rates quoted38129
Average minimum daily rate£293£331
Average daily rate£320£342
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£349
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted4541
Average minimum hourly rate£17.65£21.76
Average hourly rate£18.49£23.88
% change on same period last year-22.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.34£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£24.08
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
WatchGuard EnglandWatchGuard
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

WatchGuard
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WatchGuard across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North East WatchGuard Demand Trend

WatchGuard
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Lotus
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)VMware
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

WatchGuard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing WatchGuard 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 WatchGuard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Technical Support
11 (100.00 %)2nd Line Support
11 (100.00 %)Technical Support Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Technical Analyst
11 (100.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Lotus
11 (100.00 %)VMware