The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec 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 IPsec 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
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 191 170 231
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +61
Contract jobs citing IPsec 32 78 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.410% 0.768% 0.201%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.190% 3.630% 1.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 26 14
Average daily rate £375 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £435 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
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%
IPsec
England

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East IPsec Daily Rate Histogram

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec 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
Berkshire -31 15 £180 -51.35%
Hampshire +4 14 £375 -11.76%
Surrey +22 3 - -
West Sussex - 3 - -
Middlesex +1 1 - -
IPsec
England

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 42 (71.19%) LAN
2 41 (69.49%) VPN
3 37 (62.71%) Firewall
4 32 (54.24%) WAN
5 30 (50.85%) Cisco
6 29 (49.15%) Juniper
6 29 (49.15%) VMware
7 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
8 20 (33.90%) Active Directory
8 20 (33.90%) Windows
8 20 (33.90%) SC Cleared
8 20 (33.90%) Security Cleared
9 19 (32.20%) VMware Infrastructure
9 19 (32.20%) TCP/IP
9 19 (32.20%) SSL
10 16 (27.12%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (27.12%) Linux
11 15 (25.42%) SAN
11 15 (25.42%) DNS
12 14 (23.73%) HP
12 14 (23.73%) UNIX
13 13 (22.03%) Oracle
13 13 (22.03%) Apache
13 13 (22.03%) DHCP
14 12 (20.34%) LDAP
14 12 (20.34%) Java
14 12 (20.34%) PHP
14 12 (20.34%) Windows Server 2003
15 11 (18.64%) SAML
15 11 (18.64%) Perl

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (18.64%) SAML
2 4 (6.780%) COM
3 1 (1.695%) Web Services
3 1 (1.695%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 13 (22.03%) Apache
2 11 (18.64%) SharePoint
3 10 (16.95%) Tomcat
3 10 (16.95%) GlassFish
4 3 (5.085%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (3.390%) MS Exchange
5 2 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.695%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (11.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 42 (71.19%) LAN
2 41 (69.49%) VPN
3 37 (62.71%) Firewall
4 32 (54.24%) WAN
5 19 (32.20%) SSL
5 19 (32.20%) TCP/IP
6 15 (25.42%) SAN
6 15 (25.42%) DNS
7 13 (22.03%) DHCP
8 12 (20.34%) LDAP
9 10 (16.95%) WLAN
9 10 (16.95%) IPv6
10 9 (15.25%) BGP
11 8 (13.56%) Network Security
11 8 (13.56%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (11.86%) OSPF
13 4 (6.780%) MPLS
13 4 (6.780%) EIGRP
13 4 (6.780%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (6.780%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.390%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.695%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.695%) MySQL
General
1 4 (6.780%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.390%) Finance
3 1 (1.695%) Military
3 1 (1.695%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Consultant
2 9 (15.25%) Server Engineer
3 8 (13.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Network Consultant
4 6 (10.17%) Architect
5 5 (8.475%) Support Engineer
5 5 (8.475%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (8.475%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) Server Support
6 4 (6.780%) Desktop Support
6 4 (6.780%) Technical Architect
6 4 (6.780%) Project Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) Server Support Engineer
7 3 (5.085%) Team Leader
7 3 (5.085%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Network Security Consultant
8 2 (3.390%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Open Source
2 8 (13.56%) PKI
3 4 (6.780%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.085%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.390%) NHS
6 1 (1.695%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.695%) IVR
6 1 (1.695%) CESG
6 1 (1.695%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.90%) Windows
2 16 (27.12%) Linux
3 14 (23.73%) UNIX
4 12 (20.34%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (16.95%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (13.56%) Windows 2000 Server
7 4 (6.780%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (3.390%) Windows XP
8 2 (3.390%) AIX
8 2 (3.390%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.695%) FreeBSD
9 1 (1.695%) Debian
9 1 (1.695%) OpenBSD
9 1 (1.695%) Fedora
9 1 (1.695%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.695%) Android
9 1 (1.695%) Windows 8
9 1 (1.695%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.695%) CentOS
9 1 (1.695%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.95%) PRINCE2
2 9 (15.25%) ITIL
3 8 (13.56%) Identity Management
4 7 (11.86%) Release Management
5 6 (10.17%) Document Management
5 6 (10.17%) Migration
6 5 (8.475%) Configuration Management
7 4 (6.780%) Information Security
7 4 (6.780%) Risk Management
7 4 (6.780%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (5.085%) Network Management
8 3 (5.085%) Network Design
8 3 (5.085%) Load Balancing
9 2 (3.390%) Service Management
9 2 (3.390%) Service Delivery
9 2 (3.390%) Time Management
10 1 (1.695%) Performance Management
10 1 (1.695%) Network Architecture
10 1 (1.695%) Change Control
10 1 (1.695%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) Java
1 12 (20.34%) PHP
2 11 (18.64%) Perl
3 7 (11.86%) PowerShell
4 6 (10.17%) VBScript
5 4 (6.780%) C
6 2 (3.390%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (33.90%) SC Cleared
1 20 (33.90%) Security Cleared
2 16 (27.12%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (15.25%) CCNP
4 6 (10.17%) CCNA
5 4 (6.780%) DV Cleared
6 3 (5.085%) CISSP
6 3 (5.085%) MCSA
6 3 (5.085%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.085%) CCSA
7 1 (1.695%) CCVP
7 1 (1.695%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.695%) CCIE
7 1 (1.695%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) SLA
2 2 (3.390%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.695%) QA
System Software
1 20 (33.90%) Active Directory
2 19 (32.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.17%) Terminal Services
4 5 (8.475%) Hyper-V
5 4 (6.780%) Shibboleth
6 3 (5.085%) vSphere
6 3 (5.085%) ProxySG
6 3 (5.085%) Terminal Server
7 2 (3.390%) XenApp
8 1 (1.695%) Squid
8 1 (1.695%) ISA Server
8 1 (1.695%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) SCOM
2 3 (5.085%) SCCM
3 1 (1.695%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (1.695%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.695%) OpenView
3 1 (1.695%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (1.695%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (1.695%) OVSD
3 1 (1.695%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (50.85%) Cisco
2 29 (49.15%) Juniper
2 29 (49.15%) VMware
3 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
4 14 (23.73%) HP
5 13 (22.03%) Oracle
6 11 (18.64%) Citrix
7 8 (13.56%) Dell
7 8 (13.56%) CheckPoint
7 8 (13.56%) F5
8 7 (11.86%) Red Hat
9 6 (10.17%) Avaya
9 6 (10.17%) JBoss
10 5 (8.475%) EMC
11 3 (5.085%) Blue Coat
11 3 (5.085%) Sourcefire
12 2 (3.390%) Nortel
12 2 (3.390%) McAfee
13 1 (1.695%) Verint
13 1 (1.695%) SAP
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