The first table below looks at the demand for SSL 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 SSL 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Rank 184 187 204
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +17
Contract jobs citing SSL 40 52 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.513% 0.513% 0.472%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.690% 2.427% 2.552%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 27
Average daily rate £375 £295 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.01% -9.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £150 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £425 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £318 £338
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -5.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +56.25%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SSL
England

SSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SSL Jobs Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East SSL Daily Rate Histogram

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SSL Hourly Rate Trend

SSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL 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
Hampshire -6 21 £363 -3.33%
Berkshire +7 9 £375 +125.56%
Surrey +13 7 £300 +90.47%
West Sussex - 3 £275 -
Middlesex - 2 £450 -
SSL
England

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SSL 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 SSL.

1 30 (45.45%) Firewall
2 27 (40.91%) Linux
3 26 (39.39%) WAN
4 25 (37.88%) Apache
5 24 (36.36%) TCP/IP
5 24 (36.36%) VPN
5 24 (36.36%) Oracle
6 23 (34.85%) Windows
6 23 (34.85%) VMware
7 22 (33.33%) LAN
8 21 (31.82%) Java
9 20 (30.30%) UNIX
9 20 (30.30%) Cisco
9 20 (30.30%) IPsec
10 19 (28.79%) Juniper
10 19 (28.79%) Tomcat
11 18 (27.27%) SQL
11 18 (27.27%) SAN
11 18 (27.27%) Microsoft
11 18 (27.27%) Active Directory
12 17 (25.76%) Windows Server 2008
13 16 (24.24%) DNS
14 15 (22.73%) Perl
14 15 (22.73%) Red Hat
14 15 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
15 14 (21.21%) HTTP
15 14 (21.21%) LDAP
16 13 (19.70%) JBoss
16 13 (19.70%) FTP
16 13 (19.70%) ITIL

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (16.67%) .NET
2 10 (15.15%) SAML
3 7 (10.61%) HTML
4 6 (9.091%) ASP.NET
5 5 (7.576%) JDBC
6 4 (6.061%) Web Services
7 3 (4.545%) XML
7 3 (4.545%) JSP
7 3 (4.545%) Ajax
7 3 (4.545%) jQuery
8 2 (3.030%) ASP
8 2 (3.030%) COM
8 2 (3.030%) CSS
8 2 (3.030%) REST
9 1 (1.515%) HTML5
9 1 (1.515%) Memcached
9 1 (1.515%) SAP PI
9 1 (1.515%) SOAP
9 1 (1.515%) XSL
9 1 (1.515%) WML
Application Platforms
1 25 (37.88%) Apache
2 19 (28.79%) Tomcat
3 10 (15.15%) GlassFish
4 8 (12.12%) IIS
5 5 (7.576%) MS Exchange
6 4 (6.061%) Liferay
7 3 (4.545%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (3.030%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (3.030%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (3.030%) SharePoint
8 2 (3.030%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (3.030%) Zimbra
9 1 (1.515%) nginx
9 1 (1.515%) Lync
9 1 (1.515%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 11 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.545%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.515%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (45.45%) Firewall
2 26 (39.39%) WAN
3 24 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 24 (36.36%) VPN
4 22 (33.33%) LAN
5 20 (30.30%) IPsec
6 18 (27.27%) SAN
7 16 (24.24%) DNS
8 14 (21.21%) HTTP
8 14 (21.21%) LDAP
9 13 (19.70%) FTP
10 11 (16.67%) DHCP
10 11 (16.67%) SSH
11 10 (15.15%) Network Security
11 10 (15.15%) SMTP
12 7 (10.61%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (10.61%) Internet
12 7 (10.61%) SNMP
13 6 (9.091%) OSPF
13 6 (9.091%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) MySQL
2 7 (10.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.61%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (7.576%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.061%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (6.061%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (4.545%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (4.545%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.515%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (6.061%) Git (software)
1 4 (6.061%) Hudson
1 4 (6.061%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.515%) TestDirector
General
1 8 (12.12%) Finance
2 4 (6.061%) Banking
3 3 (4.545%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.030%) Retail
5 1 (1.515%) Billing
5 1 (1.515%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.515%) Back Office
5 1 (1.515%) French Language
5 1 (1.515%) German Language
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Analyst
2 13 (19.70%) Administrator
3 9 (13.64%) Consultant
3 9 (13.64%) Support Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Linux Administrator
4 8 (12.12%) Developer
5 6 (9.091%) Applications Support
5 6 (9.091%) Applications Support Analyst
5 6 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
5 6 (9.091%) Network Engineer
5 6 (9.091%) Network Consultant
6 5 (7.576%) Architect
6 5 (7.576%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 5 (7.576%) Network Analyst
7 4 (6.061%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.545%) DBA
8 3 (4.545%) Oracle DBA
8 3 (4.545%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.545%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (4.545%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Open Source
2 6 (9.091%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.091%) Clustering
3 4 (6.061%) Cryptography
3 4 (6.061%) EFT
4 2 (3.030%) SecurID
4 2 (3.030%) IVR
5 1 (1.515%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 27 (40.91%) Linux
2 23 (34.85%) Windows
3 20 (30.30%) UNIX
4 17 (25.76%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (15.15%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (7.576%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (7.576%) Windows XP
7 4 (6.061%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (4.545%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.515%) CentOS
9 1 (1.515%) FreeBSD
9 1 (1.515%) Fedora
9 1 (1.515%) Debian
9 1 (1.515%) OpenBSD
9 1 (1.515%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.70%) ITIL
2 10 (15.15%) PRINCE2
3 8 (12.12%) Identity Management
3 8 (12.12%) Migration
4 7 (10.61%) Load Balancing
5 5 (7.576%) Configuration Management
5 5 (7.576%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (6.061%) Performance Management
6 4 (6.061%) Risk Management
6 4 (6.061%) Information Security
6 4 (6.061%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (6.061%) Memory Management
6 4 (6.061%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (4.545%) Network Management
7 3 (4.545%) OO
7 3 (4.545%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.545%) Validation
7 3 (4.545%) Fault Management
8 2 (3.030%) Security Testing
8 2 (3.030%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 21 (31.82%) Java
2 18 (27.27%) SQL
3 15 (22.73%) Perl
4 12 (18.18%) PHP
5 7 (10.61%) JavaScript
6 6 (9.091%) PowerShell
7 5 (7.576%) C#
8 4 (6.061%) AWK
8 4 (6.061%) Shell Script
8 4 (6.061%) C
8 4 (6.061%) Bash shell
8 4 (6.061%) sed
9 3 (4.545%) PL/SQL
10 2 (3.030%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.515%) VBScript
11 1 (1.515%) ABAP
11 1 (1.515%) SAPscript
11 1 (1.515%) Lua
Qualifications
1 13 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.061%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.545%) CISSP
4 3 (4.545%) CCSA
5 2 (3.030%) Degree
5 2 (3.030%) MCITP
5 2 (3.030%) CCNA
5 2 (3.030%) OCP
5 2 (3.030%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.030%) MCSE
6 1 (1.515%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.515%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.515%) MCP
6 1 (1.515%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.515%) CCIE
6 1 (1.515%) ISEB
6 1 (1.515%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 15 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (10.61%) Postfix
3 7 (10.61%) Nmap
4 6 (9.091%) Squid
5 5 (7.576%) XenApp
5 5 (7.576%) VMware ESX
5 5 (7.576%) ProxySG
6 4 (6.061%) NFS
6 4 (6.061%) Shibboleth
6 4 (6.061%) Hyper-V
7 3 (4.545%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (3.030%) ISA Server
8 2 (3.030%) UAG
8 2 (3.030%) vSphere
9 1 (1.515%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) Puppet
2 5 (7.576%) Nagios
3 4 (6.061%) SCOM
3 4 (6.061%) MOM
3 4 (6.061%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (3.030%) Backup Exec
4 2 (3.030%) Cisco IPCC
4 2 (3.030%) HP SIM
4 2 (3.030%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.515%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.515%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (1.515%) Nessus
Vendors
1 24 (36.36%) Oracle
2 23 (34.85%) VMware
3 20 (30.30%) Cisco
4 19 (28.79%) Juniper
5 18 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 15 (22.73%) Red Hat
7 13 (19.70%) JBoss
7 13 (19.70%) CheckPoint
8 9 (13.64%) Citrix
9 7 (10.61%) HP
10 5 (7.576%) SAP
10 5 (7.576%) Blue Coat
11 4 (6.061%) Avaya
11 4 (6.061%) EMC
11 4 (6.061%) NetApp
12 3 (4.545%) F5
12 3 (4.545%) Nokia
12 3 (4.545%) Nortel
12 3 (4.545%) Sophos
12 3 (4.545%) Sourcefire
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