The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the Rochdale region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security 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 Rochdale 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
Network Security
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Rochdale - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Rochdale
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Rochdale 50.00% - 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £175 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Network Security
Manchester

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rochdale Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Rochdale 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 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Rochdale 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.

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware