The first table below looks at the demand for FWSM 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 FWSM over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM)
Rank 217 215 250
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +35
Contract jobs citing FWSM 8 27 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.099% 0.269% 0.038%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.522% 1.245% 0.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £400 £365 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +26.95%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £345 £295
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +16.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £29.00
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1532 2169 1936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.96% 21.59% 18.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 619 667
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £180 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 184 258
Average hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.53% +30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £15.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
FWSM
England

FWSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East FWSM Jobs Demand Trend

FWSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East FWSM Daily Rate Trend

FWSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East FWSM Hourly Rate Trend

FWSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FWSM within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +8 8 £400 +9.58%
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Kent - - - - 1
Middlesex - - - -
Surrey - - - - 2
FWSM
England

FWSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing FWSM 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 FWSM.

1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
1 9 (90.00%) CheckPoint
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco ASA
1 9 (90.00%) F5
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco PIX
3 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
4 6 (60.00%) Blue Coat
4 6 (60.00%) BIG-IP
4 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (60.00%) SMTP
4 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (60.00%) DNS
5 5 (50.00%) DHCP
5 5 (50.00%) SNMP
6 4 (40.00%) 3G
6 4 (40.00%) CCNP
6 4 (40.00%) ProxySG
6 4 (40.00%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (30.00%) CCIE
7 3 (30.00%) Back Office
7 3 (30.00%) BGP
8 2 (20.00%) OSPF
8 2 (20.00%) CCDP
8 2 (20.00%) CCSP
8 2 (20.00%) Network Design
8 2 (20.00%) Network Security
9 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
9 1 (10.00%) JNCIS
9 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing

FWSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing FWSM 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 FWSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco PIX
3 6 (60.00%) BIG-IP
3 6 (60.00%) SMTP
3 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (60.00%) DNS
4 5 (50.00%) DHCP
4 5 (50.00%) SNMP
5 4 (40.00%) 3G
5 4 (40.00%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (30.00%) BGP
7 2 (20.00%) OSPF
7 2 (20.00%) Network Security
8 1 (10.00%) EIGRP
8 1 (10.00%) IPsec
8 1 (10.00%) HTTP
8 1 (10.00%) Internet
8 1 (10.00%) Broadband
8 1 (10.00%) LAN
General
1 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (30.00%) Back Office
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Security Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) IP Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Support Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (10.00%) High Availability
2 1 (10.00%) Change Control
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) Validation
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (40.00%) CCNP
3 3 (30.00%) CCIE
4 2 (20.00%) CCSP
4 2 (20.00%) CCDP
5 1 (10.00%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (10.00%) JNCIS
5 1 (10.00%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
1 9 (90.00%) CheckPoint
1 9 (90.00%) F5
2 6 (60.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (10.00%) Redback
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