Network Security Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security 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 Network Security over the 3 months to 22 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 Communications & Networking 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 119 104 119
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +15
Contract jobs citing Network Security 4 26 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.170% 0.819% 0.232%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.333% 4.538% 1.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 5
Average daily rate £425 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 300 573 469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.74% 18.04% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 226 239
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.69% -0.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £175 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £460 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.93 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.11% -41.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Security across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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 -8 3 - -
Manchester +2 1 £425 +41.66%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

1 12 (63.16%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
3 6 (31.58%) Tivoli
3 6 (31.58%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 6 (31.58%) Shell Script
3 6 (31.58%) Middleware
3 6 (31.58%) X.509
3 6 (31.58%) AIX
3 6 (31.58%) HPUX
3 6 (31.58%) Solaris
3 6 (31.58%) LDAP
3 6 (31.58%) Java
3 6 (31.58%) Perl
3 6 (31.58%) SMS
3 6 (31.58%) DHCP
3 6 (31.58%) Kerberos
3 6 (31.58%) DNS
3 6 (31.58%) UNIX
3 6 (31.58%) IBM
3 6 (31.58%) Change Management
3 6 (31.58%) Identity Management
3 6 (31.58%) VMware
3 6 (31.58%) Banking
3 6 (31.58%) Retail
3 6 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (31.58%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
3 6 (31.58%) SPNEGO
4 5 (26.32%) SCCM
4 5 (26.32%) VMware ESX

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (31.58%) Middleware
1 6 (31.58%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
1 6 (31.58%) SPNEGO
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) X.509
1 6 (31.58%) LDAP
1 6 (31.58%) SMS
1 6 (31.58%) DHCP
1 6 (31.58%) Kerberos
1 6 (31.58%) DNS
2 5 (26.32%) SAN
3 4 (21.05%) Firewall
3 4 (21.05%) Wireless
4 3 (15.79%) VPN
4 3 (15.79%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (5.263%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (31.58%) Banking
1 6 (31.58%) Retail
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Network Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Firewall Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) AIX
2 6 (31.58%) HPUX
2 6 (31.58%) Solaris
2 6 (31.58%) UNIX
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Change Management
1 6 (31.58%) Identity Management
2 4 (21.05%) Information Security
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) Network Design
5 1 (5.263%) Information Security Management
5 1 (5.263%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Shell Script
1 6 (31.58%) Java
1 6 (31.58%) Perl
2 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (21.05%) CCNP
2 3 (15.79%) CCNA
2 3 (15.79%) CCDP
3 2 (10.53%) CCIE
4 1 (5.263%) CCSA
4 1 (5.263%) CISM
4 1 (5.263%) CRISC
4 1 (5.263%) CISSP
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
1 6 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (26.32%) VMware ESX
2 5 (26.32%) vSphere
3 1 (5.263%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.263%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Tivoli
1 6 (31.58%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 5 (26.32%) SCCM
3 1 (5.263%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) IBM
2 6 (31.58%) VMware
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco
4 3 (15.79%) F5
5 2 (10.53%) Juniper
6 1 (5.263%) LANDesk
6 1 (5.263%) HP
6 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
Network Solutions Architect
Macclesfield, North West
Apply network security principles to solutions and check designs for compliance... Qualification and experience*Qualifications:- CCNP, CCDP.ITIL foundation v3. * A number of Years' experience in customer facing...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £35.00 - £40 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013
Technical Solutions Architect - Major Blue Chip - Cheshire
Cheshire, North West
2 Years' experience in customer facing role managing network related service issues, incidents and problems 5 years practical experience working as a Network specialist with 4 years experience...
Templeton and Partners
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 9 May 2013
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