The first table below looks at the demand for DMZ skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DMZ over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Rank 214 238 233
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -5
Contract jobs citing DMZ 9 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.115% 0.089% 0.182%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.616% 0.419% 1.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
Average daily rate £400 - £288
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 - £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1461 2149 1886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.70% 21.16% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 627 653
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 188 223
Average hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.08 £13.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
DMZ
England

DMZ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East DMZ Jobs Demand Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East DMZ Daily Rate Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DMZ across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East DMZ Daily Rate Histogram

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DMZ across the South East region.

South East DMZ Hourly Rate Trend

DMZ
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DMZ within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Sussex - 7 £341 -
Middlesex +6 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 £425 -
DMZ
England

DMZ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DMZ 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 DMZ.

1 17 (70.83%) F5
2 14 (58.33%) Firewall
3 9 (37.50%) Internet
3 9 (37.50%) Network Security
4 8 (33.33%) NLBS
4 8 (33.33%) Network Load Balancing
4 8 (33.33%) Wireless Security
4 8 (33.33%) LAN
4 8 (33.33%) Wireless
4 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (29.17%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (25.00%) VPN
6 6 (25.00%) OSPF
6 6 (25.00%) BGP
6 6 (25.00%) Cisco
7 5 (20.83%) SAN
7 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
7 5 (20.83%) Citrix
7 5 (20.83%) Migration
7 5 (20.83%) BIG-IP
7 5 (20.83%) EIGRP
7 5 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (20.83%) Supplier Management
8 4 (16.67%) Project Management
8 4 (16.67%) Business Objects
8 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 4 (16.67%) UNIX
9 3 (12.50%) WAN
10 2 (8.333%) Business Analysis

DMZ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DMZ 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 DMZ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.167%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 14 (58.33%) Firewall
2 9 (37.50%) Network Security
2 9 (37.50%) Internet
3 8 (33.33%) LAN
3 8 (33.33%) Wireless Security
3 8 (33.33%) Wireless
4 6 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (25.00%) VPN
4 6 (25.00%) OSPF
4 6 (25.00%) BGP
5 5 (20.83%) EIGRP
5 5 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (20.83%) SAN
5 5 (20.83%) BIG-IP
6 3 (12.50%) WAN
7 2 (8.333%) DNS
8 1 (4.167%) IPv6
8 1 (4.167%) DHCP
8 1 (4.167%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.167%) Military
2 1 (4.167%) Billing
2 1 (4.167%) Avionics
2 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
4 5 (20.83%) Security Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Firewall Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (8.333%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Network Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (4.167%) Support Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Technical Support
7 1 (4.167%) Technical Support Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Server Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Contracts Manager
7 1 (4.167%) Environment Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) UNIX
2 2 (8.333%) Windows
2 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (33.33%) Network Load Balancing
2 7 (29.17%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (20.83%) Supplier Management
3 5 (20.83%) Migration
4 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (8.333%) B2B
5 2 (8.333%) DRM
5 2 (8.333%) Risk Management
5 2 (8.333%) Data Security
5 2 (8.333%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.333%) Data Protection
6 1 (4.167%) Security Management
6 1 (4.167%) ERP
6 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.167%) Change Management
6 1 (4.167%) Network Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) CCSP
1 1 (4.167%) CCNP
1 1 (4.167%) CCNA
1 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) NLBS
2 1 (4.167%) VMware Server
2 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.167%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.167%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (4.167%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.167%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (4.167%) NetBackup
1 1 (4.167%) SCOM
1 1 (4.167%) WhatsUp Gold
1 1 (4.167%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 17 (70.83%) F5
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco
3 5 (20.83%) Citrix
3 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
4 4 (16.67%) Business Objects
5 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.333%) VMware
6 1 (4.167%) HP
6 1 (4.167%) Oracle
6 1 (4.167%) Symantec
6 1 (4.167%) Juniper
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