Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Nottinghamshire region.

 Firewall
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank142638
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Up+12
Matching contract IT job ads1313
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire5.991 %0.559 %0.673 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category44.83 %4.000 %6.250 %
Daily rates quoted301
Average daily rate£140-£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375£325
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %+15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted1000
Average hourly rate£14.50--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£22.50£22.00
% change year-on-year
+15.55 %+2.270 %
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
292548
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire13.36 %13.97 %10.76 %
Daily rates quoted7716
Average daily rate£200£166£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.30 %-44.58 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£125£165£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£242£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted1326
Average hourly rate£14.50£21.70£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.16 %+44.63 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Firewall East MidlandsFirewall
East Midlands

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NottinghamUp+1012£140-
Firewall East MidlandsFirewall
East Midlands

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

117 (89.47 %)Cisco
29 (47.37 %)Cisco Certification
29 (47.37 %)VoIP
38 (42.11 %)LAN
38 (42.11 %)Cisco PIX
38 (42.11 %)Cisco ASA
46 (31.58 %)SolarWinds
46 (31.58 %)CCNP
46 (31.58 %)CCNA
46 (31.58 %)VPN
55 (26.32 %)WAN
55 (26.32 %)CiscoWorks
55 (26.32 %)Juniper
63 (15.79 %)CheckPoint
72 (10.53 %)BT
72 (10.53 %)SSL
72 (10.53 %)Blue Coat
72 (10.53 %)JNCIA
72 (10.53 %)Network Load Balancing
81 (5.263 %)Cisco IOS
81 (5.263 %)JNCIE
81 (5.263 %)Load Balancing
81 (5.263 %)ProxySG
81 (5.263 %)Network Design
81 (5.263 %)Network Architecture
81 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (5.263 %)Network Security
81 (5.263 %)Microsoft
81 (5.263 %)Siemens
81 (5.263 %)TCP/IP

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (5.263 %)IIS
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (47.37 %)VoIP
28 (42.11 %)LAN
28 (42.11 %)Cisco PIX
28 (42.11 %)Cisco ASA
36 (31.58 %)VPN
45 (26.32 %)WAN
52 (10.53 %)SSL
61 (5.263 %)Cisco IOS
61 (5.263 %)Network Security
61 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
61 (5.263 %)DNS
61 (5.263 %)DMZ
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Telecoms
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (47.37 %)Network Engineer
26 (31.58 %)Cisco Engineer
26 (31.58 %)Cisco Network Engineer
34 (21.05 %)Architect
34 (21.05 %)Network Architect
43 (15.79 %)Network Support
52 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Network Technician
61 (5.263 %)Cisco Architect
61 (5.263 %)Cisco Network Architect
61 (5.263 %)Network Support Technician
61 (5.263 %)Network Support Engineer
61 (5.263 %)3rd Line Support
61 (5.263 %)Security Engineer
61 (5.263 %)Support Technician
61 (5.263 %)Network Security Engineer
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Clustering
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2008
11 (5.263 %)Windows
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.53 %)Network Load Balancing
21 (5.263 %)Load Balancing
21 (5.263 %)Network Design
21 (5.263 %)Network Architecture
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (5.263 %)C
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (47.37 %)Cisco Certification
26 (31.58 %)CCNP
26 (31.58 %)CCNA
32 (10.53 %)JNCIA
41 (5.263 %)JNCIE
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (5.263 %)ProxySG
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (26.32 %)CiscoWorks
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (89.47 %)Cisco
26 (31.58 %)SolarWinds
35 (26.32 %)Juniper
43 (15.79 %)CheckPoint
52 (10.53 %)BT
52 (10.53 %)Blue Coat
61 (5.263 %)Microsoft
61 (5.263 %)Siemens
61 (5.263 %)VMware