Reading Firewall Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Reading 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Barry Basildon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenwich Guildford Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Ipswich Kent Kettering Lancashire Leeds Lewes Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Romford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Vale of Glamorgan Wakefield Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	37
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	35	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.050 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	14.52 %	17.14 %
Daily rates quoted	21	19
Average minimum daily rate	£471	£286
Average daily rate	£476	£296
% change on same period last year	+60.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£481	£306
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£346
% change on same period last year	+9.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	£32.50
Average hourly rate	£46.25	£34.13
% change on same period last year	+35.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£47.50	£35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.73	£26.08
% change on same period last year	+6.31 %
Communications & Networking Reading
Matching contract IT job ads	241	210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.342 %	0.212 %
Daily rates quoted	59	79
Average minimum daily rate	£447	£301
Average daily rate	£456	£322
% change on same period last year	+41.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£464	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£336
% change on same period last year	+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	57
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.96	£27.21
Average hourly rate	£41.69	£28.59
% change on same period last year	+45.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£44.41	£29.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.56	£28.73
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
Firewall Berkshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall across the Reading region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Reading region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Reading region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Reading region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

1 31 (49.21 %) Cisco 2 23 (36.51 %) CheckPoint 3 22 (34.92 %) DNS 3 22 (34.92 %) Windows 4 20 (31.75 %) Cisco PIX 5 19 (30.16 %) Windows Server 2003 5 19 (30.16 %) MPLS 6 18 (28.57 %) OSPF 6 18 (28.57 %) BGP 6 18 (28.57 %) Government 6 18 (28.57 %) VPN 7 17 (26.98 %) Cisco ASA 8 16 (25.40 %) BIG-IP 8 16 (25.40 %) Nortel 9 15 (23.81 %) RIP

9 15 (23.81 %) Nortel Alteon 10 14 (22.22 %) SC Cleared 10 14 (22.22 %) Security Cleared 10 14 (22.22 %) Microsoft 10 14 (22.22 %) Cisco Certification 11 12 (19.05 %) Network Security 12 11 (17.46 %) TCP/IP 13 8 (12.70 %) Ethernet 13 8 (12.70 %) ITIL 13 8 (12.70 %) Solaris 13 8 (12.70 %) LAN 13 8 (12.70 %) Telecoms 14 7 (11.11 %) Finance 14 7 (11.11 %) VoIP 14 7 (11.11 %) Windows XP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development 1 2 (3.175 %) Windows SharePoint Services 2 1 (1.587 %) COM 2 1 (1.587 %) HTML 2 1 (1.587 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 6 (9.524 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (7.937 %) IIS 3 3 (4.762 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 2 (3.175 %) Apache 4 2 (3.175 %) SharePoint 4 2 (3.175 %) CMS 4 2 (3.175 %) Content Management Server 4 2 (3.175 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 1 (1.587 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 1 (1.587 %) Oracle Application Server 5 1 (1.587 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (1.587 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 2 (3.175 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (3.175 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 22 (34.92 %) DNS 2 20 (31.75 %) Cisco PIX 3 19 (30.16 %) MPLS 4 18 (28.57 %) OSPF 4 18 (28.57 %) BGP 4 18 (28.57 %) VPN 5 17 (26.98 %) Cisco ASA 6 16 (25.40 %) BIG-IP 7 15 (23.81 %) RIP 7 15 (23.81 %) Nortel Alteon 8 12 (19.05 %) Network Security 9 11 (17.46 %) TCP/IP 10 8 (12.70 %) Ethernet 10 8 (12.70 %) LAN 11 7 (11.11 %) VoIP 12 6 (9.524 %) Internet 12 6 (9.524 %) VLAN 13 5 (7.937 %) ATM 13 5 (7.937 %) SAN 14 4 (6.349 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (4.762 %) SQL Server 2005 1 3 (4.762 %) SQL Server 2000 1 3 (4.762 %) SQL Server
General 1 18 (28.57 %) Government 2 8 (12.70 %) Telecoms 3 7 (11.11 %) Finance 4 6 (9.524 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 21 (33.33 %) Architect 2 16 (25.40 %) Network Engineer 3 13 (20.63 %) Senior Network Engineer 4 12 (19.05 %) Cisco Engineer 4 12 (19.05 %) Senior Cisco Engineer 5 11 (17.46 %) Technical Architect 6 8 (12.70 %) Senior Cisco Network Engineer 6 8 (12.70 %) Cisco Network Engineer 7 7 (11.11 %) Security Architect 7 7 (11.11 %) Security Engineer 8 5 (7.937 %) Systems Integrator 8 5 (7.937 %) Analyst 8 5 (7.937 %) Design Engineer 9 4 (6.349 %) Network Architect 10 3 (4.762 %) Infrastructure Architect 10 3 (4.762 %) Support Engineer 10 3 (4.762 %) Network Analyst 10 3 (4.762 %) Network Support 11 2 (3.175 %) Network Support Engineer 11 2 (3.175 %) Web Designer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (7.937 %) Clustering 2 4 (6.349 %) Management Information System 3 3 (4.762 %) N-Tier 4 2 (3.175 %) Replication 4 2 (3.175 %) CESG 5 1 (1.587 %) CESG CLAS 5 1 (1.587 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 22 (34.92 %) Windows 2 19 (30.16 %) Windows Server 2003 3 8 (12.70 %) Solaris 4 7 (11.11 %) Windows XP 4 7 (11.11 %) UNIX 5 4 (6.349 %) Linux 5 4 (6.349 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (6.349 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 2 (3.175 %) Windows Vista 6 2 (3.175 %) Red Hat Linux 7 1 (1.587 %) Windows Server 2008 7 1 (1.587 %) Tru64 7 1 (1.587 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (22.22 %) SC Cleared 1 14 (22.22 %) Security Cleared 2 8 (12.70 %) ITIL 3 6 (9.524 %) Load Balancing 4 5 (7.937 %) PRINCE2 5 4 (6.349 %) Change Management 5 4 (6.349 %) Service Management 6 3 (4.762 %) Strategic Planning 6 3 (4.762 %) Technical Architecture 6 3 (4.762 %) Disaster Recovery 7 2 (3.175 %) E-business 7 2 (3.175 %) Security Management 7 2 (3.175 %) Validation 7 2 (3.175 %) DV Cleared 8 1 (1.587 %) Document Management 8 1 (1.587 %) BC Cleared 8 1 (1.587 %) Project Management 8 1 (1.587 %) Risk Management 8 1 (1.587 %) Network Security Management 8 1 (1.587 %) Information Security	Programming Languages 1 3 (4.762 %) Java 2 2 (3.175 %) SQL 2 2 (3.175 %) VB 3 1 (1.587 %) PowerShell 3 1 (1.587 %) REXX 3 1 (1.587 %) Tcl 3 1 (1.587 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (1.587 %) JavaScript 3 1 (1.587 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 14 (22.22 %) Cisco Certification 2 5 (7.937 %) CCSP 2 5 (7.937 %) CCNP 3 3 (4.762 %) CCNA 4 2 (3.175 %) CCSE 5 1 (1.587 %) CEH 5 1 (1.587 %) CISA 5 1 (1.587 %) CISM 5 1 (1.587 %) CCSA 5 1 (1.587 %) MCSE 5 1 (1.587 %) CISSP 5 1 (1.587 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (1.587 %) CNE 5 1 (1.587 %) Novell Certification 5 1 (1.587 %) CCDP 5 1 (1.587 %) CCIP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (7.937 %) ISO27001 2 1 (1.587 %) TickIT
System Software 1 7 (11.11 %) Active Directory 2 2 (3.175 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 2 (3.175 %) CiscoWorks 2 1 (1.587 %) NNM 2 1 (1.587 %) OVOW 2 1 (1.587 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 1 (1.587 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 31 (49.21 %) Cisco 2 23 (36.51 %) CheckPoint 3 16 (25.40 %) Nortel 4 14 (22.22 %) Microsoft 5 7 (11.11 %) Oracle 6 6 (9.524 %) Sun 7 4 (6.349 %) VERITAS 8 3 (4.762 %) Nokia 8 3 (4.762 %) Juniper 8 3 (4.762 %) HP 9 2 (3.175 %) EMC 9 2 (3.175 %) Red Hat 10 1 (1.587 %) Blue Coat 10 1 (1.587 %) salesforce.com 10 1 (1.587 %) Citrix 10 1 (1.587 %) Dell