The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Oxfordshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Network Security 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.637% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.333% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
90 70 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 19.11% 12.03% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 23 39
Average daily rate £313 £325 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £149 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 25
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.35 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £16.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford - 3 £300 -
Abingdon - - - -
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
1 3 (50.00%) HP
1 3 (50.00%) Siemens
1 3 (50.00%) Juniper
1 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (50.00%) ProCurve
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) SAN
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Symantec
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
1 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (33.33%) SAN
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Telephony Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) HP
1 3 (50.00%) Juniper
1 3 (50.00%) Siemens
1 3 (50.00%) ProCurve
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Symantec