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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Scotland 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6964
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads3166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.067 %
As % of the category below10.33 %14.25 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£325£294
Average daily rate£344£298
% change on same period last year+15.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£303
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£346
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£14.80
Average hourly rate£24.25£15.90
% change on same period last year+52.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.50£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.12£28.38
% change on same period last year-11.49 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads300463
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.468 %
Daily rates quoted6085
Average minimum daily rate£281£348
Average daily rate£308£358
% change on same period last year-14.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2131
Average minimum hourly rate£24.32£18.73
Average hourly rate£26.37£19.84
% change on same period last year+32.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.43£20.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Firewall UKFirewall
UK

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowUp+817£344+20.87 %
EdinburghUp+712--
AberdeenDown-91--
Firewall UKFirewall
UK

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

149 (77.78 %)Cisco
226 (41.27 %)Cisco Certification
321 (33.33 %)CCNP
420 (31.75 %)CheckPoint
519 (30.16 %)WAN
616 (25.40 %)LAN
711 (17.46 %)Nokia
810 (15.87 %)VPN
99 (14.29 %)VoIP
99 (14.29 %)Cisco PIX
99 (14.29 %)Network Security
108 (12.70 %)SSL
108 (12.70 %)CiscoWorks
108 (12.70 %)Internet
117 (11.11 %)MPLS
117 (11.11 %)BGP
126 (9.524 %)IPsec
126 (9.524 %)Blue Coat
126 (9.524 %)Active Directory
126 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
135 (7.937 %)Microsoft
135 (7.937 %)CCDP
135 (7.937 %)EIGRP
135 (7.937 %)IPCC
144 (6.349 %)Finance
144 (6.349 %)Network Design
144 (6.349 %)Microsoft Certification
144 (6.349 %)CCIE
144 (6.349 %)CCNA
153 (4.762 %)CCDA

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (1.587 %)WebServices
11 (1.587 %)Spring
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.175 %)IIS
12 (3.175 %)CMS
21 (1.587 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (1.587 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (1.587 %)MS Exchange
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (30.16 %)WAN
216 (25.40 %)LAN
310 (15.87 %)VPN
49 (14.29 %)VoIP
49 (14.29 %)Cisco PIX
49 (14.29 %)Network Security
58 (12.70 %)SSL
58 (12.70 %)Internet
67 (11.11 %)MPLS
67 (11.11 %)BGP
76 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
76 (9.524 %)IPsec
85 (7.937 %)IPCC
85 (7.937 %)EIGRP
93 (4.762 %)LDAP
102 (3.175 %)Wireless
102 (3.175 %)OSPF
111 (1.587 %)SAN
111 (1.587 %)Intranet
111 (1.587 %)DNS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (6.349 %)Finance
23 (4.762 %)Telecoms
32 (3.175 %)Banking
41 (1.587 %)Retail
41 (1.587 %)Retail Banking
41 (1.587 %)Auditing
41 (1.587 %)Government
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (19.05 %)Analyst
112 (19.05 %)Network Engineer
28 (12.70 %)Consultant
37 (11.11 %)Network Consultant
37 (11.11 %)Cisco Engineer
45 (7.937 %)Network Technician
54 (6.349 %)Support Analyst
54 (6.349 %)Implementation Engineer
63 (4.762 %)Network Design Engineer
63 (4.762 %)Network Security Consultant
63 (4.762 %)Firewall Analyst
63 (4.762 %)Security Consultant
63 (4.762 %)Administrator
63 (4.762 %)Network Analyst
63 (4.762 %)Design Engineer
63 (4.762 %)Cisco Network Engineer
63 (4.762 %)Cisco Specialist
63 (4.762 %)Cisco Support
72 (3.175 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
72 (3.175 %)UNIX Administrator
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.762 %)PKI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (4.762 %)UNIX
13 (4.762 %)Windows
22 (3.175 %)Solaris
31 (1.587 %)Windows 2000
31 (1.587 %)Windows NT
31 (1.587 %)VMS
31 (1.587 %)OpenVMS
31 (1.587 %)Windows Server 2003
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (6.349 %)Network Design
23 (4.762 %)Migration
32 (3.175 %)Load Balancing
41 (1.587 %)Problem Management
41 (1.587 %)Time Management
41 (1.587 %)SC Cleared
41 (1.587 %)Security Cleared
41 (1.587 %)Information Security
41 (1.587 %)Technical Architecture
41 (1.587 %)ITIL
41 (1.587 %)ERP
41 (1.587 %)Change Management
41 (1.587 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (1.587 %)Identity Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (4.762 %)Java
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (41.27 %)Cisco Certification
221 (33.33 %)CCNP
35 (7.937 %)CCDP
44 (6.349 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (6.349 %)CCNA
44 (6.349 %)CCIE
53 (4.762 %)CCSP
53 (4.762 %)CCDA
53 (4.762 %)CCIP
53 (4.762 %)CCSA
53 (4.762 %)CCVP
53 (4.762 %)CCSE
61 (1.587 %)Degree
61 (1.587 %)Check Point Certification
61 (1.587 %)CISSP
61 (1.587 %)HNC
61 (1.587 %)MCSE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.587 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (1.587 %)ISO27001
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (9.524 %)Active Directory
21 (1.587 %)VMware ESX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (12.70 %)CiscoWorks
23 (4.762 %)Tivoli
31 (1.587 %)BMC PATROL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
149 (77.78 %)Cisco
220 (31.75 %)CheckPoint
311 (17.46 %)Nokia
46 (9.524 %)Blue Coat
55 (7.937 %)Microsoft
63 (4.762 %)Citrix
72 (3.175 %)Juniper
72 (3.175 %)Sun
72 (3.175 %)IBM
81 (1.587 %)Nortel
81 (1.587 %)BMC
81 (1.587 %)CommVault
81 (1.587 %)Symantec
81 (1.587 %)McAfee Security
81 (1.587 %)VMware
81 (1.587 %)Mitel
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