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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Sevenoaks 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank41
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.019 %
As % of the category below33.33 %86.36 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£347
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted09
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.00
Average hourly rate-£17.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.42£28.08
% change on same period last year-9.47 %
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Sevenoaks
Matching contract IT job ads322
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.022 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£200£223
Average daily rate£200£230
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£238
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted09
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.00
Average hourly rate-£17.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
Firewall KentFirewall
Kent

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 Sevenoaks region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Sevenoaks 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 Sevenoaks region.

Sevenoaks Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sevenoaks Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sevenoaks 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.

13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)VPN
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)IBM
22 (66.67 %)Active Directory
22 (66.67 %)HP
22 (66.67 %)Intel
22 (66.67 %)Wireless
22 (66.67 %)Backup Exec
31 (33.33 %)Network Design
31 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
31 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (33.33 %)VMware
31 (33.33 %)Clustering
31 (33.33 %)VB
31 (33.33 %)UNIX
31 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
31 (33.33 %)ARCserve
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)CCNP
31 (33.33 %)CCNA
31 (33.33 %)CCDP
31 (33.33 %)Linux
31 (33.33 %)MS Excel
31 (33.33 %)LAN

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sevenoaks 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.

Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)Wireless
31 (33.33 %)LAN
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Support Analyst
11 (33.33 %)3rd Line Support
11 (33.33 %)Solutions Designer
11 (33.33 %)IT Support Analyst
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Clustering
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)Linux
21 (33.33 %)UNIX
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Network Design
11 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)VB
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CCNP
11 (33.33 %)CCNA
11 (33.33 %)CCDP
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (66.67 %)Active Directory
12 (66.67 %)Backup Exec
21 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (33.33 %)ARCserve
Sevenoaks IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)IBM
22 (66.67 %)HP
22 (66.67 %)Intel
31 (33.33 %)VMware
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft