The first table below looks at the demand for the Firewall Engineer role 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 Firewall Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall Engineer
Rank 216 235 249
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 8 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.103% 0.039% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.111% 0.043% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £358 - £288
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £318 £265
% change year-on-year
+0.78% +19.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Firewall Engineer
England

Firewall Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Firewall Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Firewall Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Firewall Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Firewall Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Kent - 3 £425 -
Hampshire - 2 £315 -
Middlesex - 1 - -
West Sussex - 1 £250 -
Firewall Engineer
England

Firewall Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Firewall
2 11 (73.33%) CheckPoint
3 10 (66.67%) Cisco
3 10 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (53.33%) F5
5 7 (46.67%) VPN
6 6 (40.00%) Internet
6 6 (40.00%) Juniper
6 6 (40.00%) BGP
7 5 (33.33%) EIGRP
7 5 (33.33%) DMZ
7 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
7 5 (33.33%) Migration
7 5 (33.33%) BIG-IP
7 5 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (33.33%) OSPF
8 4 (26.67%) Network Security
9 3 (20.00%) Junos
9 3 (20.00%) Blue Coat
9 3 (20.00%) Nokia
9 3 (20.00%) NetScreen
10 2 (13.33%) SSL
10 2 (13.33%) TippingPoint
10 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
10 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
10 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
10 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
11 1 (6.667%) Network Management
11 1 (6.667%) Publishing
11 1 (6.667%) MPLS

Firewall Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Firewall Engineer in their job title 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 with Firewall Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) Firewall
2 10 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (46.67%) VPN
4 6 (40.00%) Internet
4 6 (40.00%) BGP
5 5 (33.33%) EIGRP
5 5 (33.33%) DMZ
5 5 (33.33%) BIG-IP
5 5 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (33.33%) OSPF
6 4 (26.67%) Network Security
7 3 (20.00%) Junos
7 3 (20.00%) NetScreen
8 2 (13.33%) SSL
9 1 (6.667%) MPLS
9 1 (6.667%) DHCP
9 1 (6.667%) DNS
General
1 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
2 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (6.667%) Network Management
3 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
3 1 (6.667%) Network Design
3 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) CheckPoint
2 10 (66.67%) Cisco
3 8 (53.33%) F5
4 6 (40.00%) Juniper
5 3 (20.00%) Blue Coat
5 3 (20.00%) Nokia
6 2 (13.33%) TippingPoint