The first table below looks at the demand for ProxySG 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 ProxySG over the 3 months to 22 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 System Software 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat Proxy SG
Rank 224 236 232
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 5 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.063% 0.097% 0.097%
As % of the System Software category 0.496% 1.199% 1.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
Average daily rate £390 £200 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+95.00% -27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £200 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £430 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £200 £275
% change year-on-year
+106.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1008 834 918
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 12.72% 8.063% 8.944%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 336 344
Average daily rate £340 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 146 143
Average hourly rate £18.50 £16.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.12% -10.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £41.50 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
ProxySG
England

ProxySG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ProxySG across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South East ProxySG Jobs Demand Trend

ProxySG
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East ProxySG Daily Rate Trend

ProxySG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ProxySG across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East ProxySG Daily Rate Histogram

ProxySG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East ProxySG Hourly Rate Trend

ProxySG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ProxySG within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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 +16 5 £390 -
ProxySG
England

ProxySG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ProxySG 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 ProxySG.

1 16 (100.00%) Blue Coat
2 14 (87.50%) CheckPoint
3 12 (75.00%) Firewall
3 12 (75.00%) Cisco
4 7 (43.75%) VPN
5 6 (37.50%) Juniper
5 6 (37.50%) Network Security
5 6 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (37.50%) F5
6 5 (31.25%) CCSA
6 5 (31.25%) Nokia
6 5 (31.25%) SSL
6 5 (31.25%) WAN
7 4 (25.00%) CISSP
7 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (18.75%) Sourcefire
8 3 (18.75%) IPsec
8 3 (18.75%) Finance
8 3 (18.75%) 3Com
8 3 (18.75%) Crossbeam
8 3 (18.75%) ITSM
8 3 (18.75%) CSS
8 3 (18.75%) ITIL
8 3 (18.75%) LAN
8 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
8 3 (18.75%) CCNA
9 2 (12.50%) UNIX
9 2 (12.50%) Windows
9 2 (12.50%) Wireshark
9 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing

ProxySG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ProxySG 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 ProxySG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) VPN
3 6 (37.50%) Network Security
3 6 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (31.25%) SSL
4 5 (31.25%) WAN
5 3 (18.75%) IPsec
5 3 (18.75%) LAN
5 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
6 2 (12.50%) Wireshark
6 2 (12.50%) tcpdump
6 2 (12.50%) BIG-IP
7 1 (6.250%) FWSM
7 1 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (6.250%) NetScaler
7 1 (6.250%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (6.250%) SMTP
7 1 (6.250%) DHCP
7 1 (6.250%) SNMP
7 1 (6.250%) DNS
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Network Security Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Network Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IP Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Network Support
5 1 (6.250%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Security Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) UNIX
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) ITSM
1 3 (18.75%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (6.250%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CCSA
2 4 (25.00%) CISSP
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (18.75%) CCNA
4 2 (12.50%) CCSE
5 1 (6.250%) JNCIA
5 1 (6.250%) CCNP
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Blue Coat
2 14 (87.50%) CheckPoint
3 12 (75.00%) Cisco
4 6 (37.50%) Juniper
4 6 (37.50%) F5
5 5 (31.25%) Nokia
6 3 (18.75%) Sourcefire
6 3 (18.75%) 3Com
6 3 (18.75%) Crossbeam
7 1 (6.250%) Fortinet
7 1 (6.250%) IronPort
7 1 (6.250%) Citrix
7 1 (6.250%) McAfee