The first table below looks at the demand for Forefront TMG skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Forefront TMG over the 3 months to 24 May 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 System Software category for the North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG)
Rank 116 124 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Forefront TMG 2 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.086% 0.257% -
As % of the System Software category 0.866% 3.137% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £278 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-21.73% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £14.25 -
% change year-on-year
+75.43% -
All System Software
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
231 255 252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 9.910% 8.197% 8.262%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 102 115
Average daily rate £275 £313 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +22.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 39 42
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% +18.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.63 £11.52 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Forefront TMG across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North West Forefront TMG Jobs Demand Trend

Forefront TMG
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Forefront TMG across the North West region.

North West Forefront TMG Daily Rate Trend

Forefront TMG
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Forefront TMG across the North West region.

North West Forefront TMG Hourly Rate Trend

Forefront TMG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Forefront TMG within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +1 2 - -
Forefront TMG
England

Forefront TMG
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG.

1 4 (66.67%) Websense
1 4 (66.67%) Blue Coat
1 4 (66.67%) Squid
1 4 (66.67%) Finjan
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) M86 Security
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (33.33%) UAG
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification

Forefront TMG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Forefront TMG 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 Forefront TMG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Security Specialist
1 4 (66.67%) Deployment Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Squid
2 2 (33.33%) UAG
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Websense
1 4 (66.67%) Blue Coat
1 4 (66.67%) Finjan
1 4 (66.67%) M86 Security
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
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