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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the North West 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
Rank8254
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching contract IT job ads45113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.114 %
As % of the category below9.804 %18.52 %
Daily rates quoted1620
Average minimum daily rate£374£343
Average daily rate£399£360
% change on same period last year+10.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£346
% change on same period last year+10.06 %
Hourly rates quoted711
Average minimum hourly rate£23.70£17.77
Average hourly rate£27.13£18.32
% change on same period last year+48.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.56£18.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.60£26.51
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching contract IT job ads459610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.646 %0.616 %
Daily rates quoted101113
Average minimum daily rate£314£325
Average daily rate£327£335
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted7791
Average minimum hourly rate£24.02£23.32
Average hourly rate£26.89£24.38
% change on same period last year+10.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.77£25.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West Firewall Hourly Rate Histogram

Firewall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
ManchesterDown-1614£394-12.40 %
CheshireDown-413£429-10.83 %
MerseysideDown-117£388+42.34 %
LancashireNo change04--
CumbriaDown-101--
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

153 (46.90 %)Cisco
238 (33.63 %)LAN
337 (32.74 %)WAN
433 (29.20 %)Cisco Certification
532 (28.32 %)Windows
626 (23.01 %)VPN
720 (17.70 %)CCNA
819 (16.81 %)Active Directory
918 (15.93 %)CCNP
918 (15.93 %)UNIX
1016 (14.16 %)Internet
1016 (14.16 %)Cisco PIX
1114 (12.39 %)Windows Server 2003
1213 (11.50 %)Network Security
1311 (9.735 %)Finance
1311 (9.735 %)Load Balancing
1311 (9.735 %)ITIL
1311 (9.735 %)Microsoft
1410 (8.850 %)DNS
1410 (8.850 %)AIX
1410 (8.850 %)CheckPoint
159 (7.965 %)PRINCE2
159 (7.965 %)Windows 2000
159 (7.965 %)Citrix
159 (7.965 %)VLAN
159 (7.965 %)WebSphere
159 (7.965 %)Cisco ASA
168 (7.080 %)Government
168 (7.080 %)HTTP
168 (7.080 %)VoIP

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (7.965 %)WebSphere
25 (4.425 %)HTML
25 (4.425 %)ASP
33 (2.655 %)WebServices
41 (0.885 %)Middleware
41 (0.885 %)WMI
41 (0.885 %).NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (7.080 %)IIS
26 (5.310 %)MS Exchange
26 (5.310 %)WebSphere MQ
26 (5.310 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (1.770 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (1.770 %)MQSeries
32 (1.770 %)SharePoint
41 (0.885 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.885 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
41 (0.885 %)CMS
41 (0.885 %)SharePoint Portal Server
41 (0.885 %)Exchange Server 2007
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.885 %)MS Office
11 (0.885 %)AutoCAD
11 (0.885 %)3ds Max
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.885 %)assyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (33.63 %)LAN
237 (32.74 %)WAN
326 (23.01 %)VPN
416 (14.16 %)Internet
416 (14.16 %)Cisco PIX
513 (11.50 %)Network Security
610 (8.850 %)DNS
79 (7.965 %)Cisco ASA
79 (7.965 %)VLAN
88 (7.080 %)HTTP
88 (7.080 %)VoIP
97 (6.195 %)SSL
97 (6.195 %)MPLS
106 (5.310 %)Intranet
115 (4.425 %)TCP/IP
115 (4.425 %)SAN
115 (4.425 %)WLAN
115 (4.425 %)Extranet
115 (4.425 %)Intrusion Detection
123 (2.655 %)DSL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.770 %)SQL Server
21 (0.885 %)DB2
21 (0.885 %)RDBMS
21 (0.885 %)SQL Server 2005
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (9.735 %)Finance
28 (7.080 %)Government
35 (4.425 %)Law
35 (4.425 %)Banking
35 (4.425 %)Telecoms
43 (2.655 %)Retail
52 (1.770 %)Local Government
61 (0.885 %)Pensions
61 (0.885 %)Retail Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (20.35 %)Network Engineer
213 (11.50 %)Analyst
213 (11.50 %)Cisco Engineer
312 (10.62 %)Network Support
410 (8.850 %)Consultant
59 (7.965 %)Project Manager
68 (7.080 %)Cisco Network Engineer
76 (5.310 %)WebSphere Specialist
76 (5.310 %)Network Analyst
85 (4.425 %)Support Analyst
85 (4.425 %)Support Engineer
85 (4.425 %)Technical Manager
94 (3.540 %)Network Specialist
94 (3.540 %)Support Specialist
94 (3.540 %)Security Consultant
94 (3.540 %)Network Support Engineer
103 (2.655 %)Senior Network Engineer
103 (2.655 %)Team Leader
103 (2.655 %)Technical Consultant
103 (2.655 %)Service Analyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (2.655 %)NHS
13 (2.655 %)PKI
22 (1.770 %)IVR
31 (0.885 %)Cryptography
31 (0.885 %)Clustering
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (28.32 %)Windows
218 (15.93 %)UNIX
314 (12.39 %)Windows Server 2003
410 (8.850 %)AIX
59 (7.965 %)Windows 2000
66 (5.310 %)Linux
72 (1.770 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (1.770 %)Windows NT
72 (1.770 %)HPUX
72 (1.770 %)Solaris
81 (0.885 %)Windows XP
81 (0.885 %)NetWare
81 (0.885 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.885 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.885 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (9.735 %)ITIL
111 (9.735 %)Load Balancing
29 (7.965 %)PRINCE2
36 (5.310 %)Project Management
44 (3.540 %)Risk Management
44 (3.540 %)Migration
44 (3.540 %)Security Cleared
53 (2.655 %)SC Cleared
53 (2.655 %)DRM
53 (2.655 %)Computer Forensics
53 (2.655 %)Penetration Testing
53 (2.655 %)Disaster Recovery
53 (2.655 %)Identity Management
53 (2.655 %)Risk Assessment
53 (2.655 %)BCP
62 (1.770 %)Service Delivery
62 (1.770 %)Change Management
62 (1.770 %)Business Continuity
62 (1.770 %)Communications Security
71 (0.885 %)Logistics
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (7.080 %)Shell Script
27 (6.195 %)Perl
35 (4.425 %)SQL
42 (1.770 %)Java
51 (0.885 %)C
51 (0.885 %)VBScript
51 (0.885 %)PowerShell
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (29.20 %)Cisco Certification
220 (17.70 %)CCNA
318 (15.93 %)CCNP
43 (2.655 %)ITIL Certification
52 (1.770 %)Degree
52 (1.770 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.885 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.885 %)CISSP
61 (0.885 %)MCP
61 (0.885 %)MCSE
61 (0.885 %)CCIE
61 (0.885 %)CCSP
61 (0.885 %)CCSE
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.770 %)QA
12 (1.770 %)PCI DSS
21 (0.885 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (16.81 %)Active Directory
26 (5.310 %)Novell eDirectory
33 (2.655 %)ISA Server
41 (0.885 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.885 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.885 %)Snort
41 (0.885 %)MailMarshal
41 (0.885 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.885 %)VMware Infrastructure
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (7.080 %)Tivoli
27 (6.195 %)Tivoli Monitoring
34 (3.540 %)OpenView
42 (1.770 %)SCOM
42 (1.770 %)MOM
42 (1.770 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.885 %)Nessus
51 (0.885 %)CiscoWorks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
153 (46.90 %)Cisco
211 (9.735 %)Microsoft
310 (8.850 %)CheckPoint
49 (7.965 %)Citrix
57 (6.195 %)Juniper
57 (6.195 %)Novell
57 (6.195 %)IBM
66 (5.310 %)HP
73 (2.655 %)EMC
73 (2.655 %)Oracle
73 (2.655 %)Lucent
73 (2.655 %)Nokia
73 (2.655 %)Avaya
73 (2.655 %)Symantec
82 (1.770 %)VMware
82 (1.770 %)Red Hat
82 (1.770 %)Intel
82 (1.770 %)Nortel
91 (0.885 %)Sun
91 (0.885 %)VERITAS