The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 23 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 Reading 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 63 34 77
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +43
Contract jobs citing IPsec 2 48 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.238% 4.305% 0.469%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.005% 10.30% 2.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 0
Average daily rate £400 £365 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
199 466 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.72% 41.79% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 110 73
Average daily rate £280 £285 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.75% -24.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £213 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 7
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.58 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.14% -2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
IPsec
Berkshire

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (60.00%) SSL
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) F5
3 2 (40.00%) CCSA
3 2 (40.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (40.00%) ProxySG
3 2 (40.00%) Network Design
3 2 (40.00%) Sourcefire
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (20.00%) SNMP
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) IPv4
4 1 (20.00%) IPv6
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) HP

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) SSL
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (20.00%) SNMP
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) IPv4
4 1 (20.00%) IPv6
4 1 (20.00%) 3G
4 1 (20.00%) MPLS
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) BGP
4 1 (20.00%) DSL
4 1 (20.00%) L2TP
4 1 (20.00%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCSA
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) JNCIS
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
1 1 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) F5
2 2 (40.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (40.00%) Sourcefire
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee