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The table below looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank221251
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads2940
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.041 %
As % of the category below1.266 %1.311 %
Daily rates quoted520
Average minimum daily rate£340£367
Average daily rate£344£371
% change on same period last year-7.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£347
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£22.95£30.00
Average hourly rate£24.20£34.17
% change on same period last year-29.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.45£38.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.52£41.67
% change on same period last year-19.54 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching contract IT job ads22903050
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.264 %3.154 %
Daily rates quoted493688
Average minimum daily rate£367£332
Average daily rate£385£347
% change on same period last year+10.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
Hourly rates quoted338561
Average minimum hourly rate£25.94£26.89
Average hourly rate£27.81£28.28
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.68£29.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.34£28.77
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
SSL EnglandSSL
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSL across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East SSL Daily Rate Histogram

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSL across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East SSL Hourly Rate Histogram

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 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
KentNew entry-11£140-
SurreyUp+148£500+31.64 %
HampshireUp+147--
OxfordshireNew entry-1£290-
BerkshireUp+311£290-30.53 %
Thames ValleyNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireUp+171--
SSL EnglandSSL
England

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

137 (68.52 %)VPN
222 (40.74 %)Windows
317 (31.48 %)Cisco
317 (31.48 %)Firewall
416 (29.63 %)CheckPoint
515 (27.78 %)Microsoft
515 (27.78 %)IPsec
613 (24.07 %)Windows 2000
613 (24.07 %)LAN
712 (22.22 %)SharePoint
712 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
811 (20.37 %)Juniper
910 (18.52 %)MPLS
910 (18.52 %)Blackberry
910 (18.52 %)ATM
910 (18.52 %)Windows NT
910 (18.52 %)TCP/IP
910 (18.52 %)MS Office
910 (18.52 %)SQL Server
910 (18.52 %)Frame Relay
109 (16.67 %)SSH
109 (16.67 %).NET
109 (16.67 %)WAN
109 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
118 (14.81 %)ISDN
118 (14.81 %)SDH
118 (14.81 %)PPP
118 (14.81 %)Ethernet
118 (14.81 %)ASP.NET
118 (14.81 %)DWDM

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (16.67 %).NET
28 (14.81 %)ASP.NET
34 (7.407 %)SOAP
43 (5.556 %)ASP.NET 2.0
52 (3.704 %)Windows SharePoint Services
52 (3.704 %)WebServices
52 (3.704 %)XML
61 (1.852 %)AJAX
61 (1.852 %)COM+
61 (1.852 %)DCOM
61 (1.852 %)HTML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (22.22 %)SharePoint
29 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
38 (14.81 %)Exchange Server 2003
47 (12.96 %)SharePoint Server 2007
56 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2000
65 (9.259 %)Documentum
74 (7.407 %)SAS
74 (7.407 %)IIS
83 (5.556 %)Rendezvous
83 (5.556 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
92 (3.704 %)Apache
101 (1.852 %)Office Communications Server
101 (1.852 %)eRoom
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (18.52 %)MS Office
25 (9.259 %)MS Excel
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.704 %)Summit
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
137 (68.52 %)VPN
217 (31.48 %)Firewall
315 (27.78 %)IPsec
413 (24.07 %)LAN
510 (18.52 %)ATM
510 (18.52 %)TCP/IP
510 (18.52 %)MPLS
510 (18.52 %)Frame Relay
69 (16.67 %)SSH
69 (16.67 %)WAN
78 (14.81 %)ISDN
78 (14.81 %)SDH
78 (14.81 %)PPP
78 (14.81 %)Ethernet
78 (14.81 %)Fast Ethernet
78 (14.81 %)OSPF
78 (14.81 %)BGP
78 (14.81 %)EIGRP
78 (14.81 %)Internet
78 (14.81 %)DWDM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (18.52 %)SQL Server
26 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (5.556 %)MySQL
33 (5.556 %)RDBMS
42 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.852 %)GIS
51 (1.852 %)Oracle Reports
51 (1.852 %)Oracle Discoverer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (3.704 %)Visual Studio
12 (3.704 %)Subversion
21 (1.852 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (1.852 %)Oracle Forms
21 (1.852 %)Flash
21 (1.852 %)Rational Rose
21 (1.852 %)Dreamweaver
21 (1.852 %)NUnit
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (9.259 %)Finance
23 (5.556 %)Government
32 (3.704 %)Construction
32 (3.704 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (1.852 %)Financial Institution
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (20.37 %)Support Engineer
210 (18.52 %)Consultant
38 (14.81 %)Network Engineer
47 (12.96 %)Analyst
47 (12.96 %)2nd Line Support
47 (12.96 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
56 (11.11 %)Network Consultant
65 (9.259 %)Network Support
74 (7.407 %)Network Support Engineer
74 (7.407 %)Administrator
74 (7.407 %)Developer
83 (5.556 %)Desktop Support
83 (5.556 %)Programmer
83 (5.556 %)Security Engineer
83 (5.556 %)SharePoint Administrator
92 (3.704 %)SharePoint Developer
92 (3.704 %)Desktop Support Engineer
92 (3.704 %)Desktop Engineer
92 (3.704 %)Network Security Engineer
101 (1.852 %)Support Analyst
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (18.52 %)Blackberry
27 (12.96 %)PDA
36 (11.11 %)PKI
43 (5.556 %)Firmware
51 (1.852 %)Mathematics
51 (1.852 %)Celerra
51 (1.852 %)SecurID
51 (1.852 %)Client/Server
51 (1.852 %)N-Tier
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (40.74 %)Windows
213 (24.07 %)Windows 2000
312 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
410 (18.52 %)Windows NT
57 (12.96 %)Windows XP
66 (11.11 %)UNIX
75 (9.259 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (7.407 %)Solaris
92 (3.704 %)Linux
92 (3.704 %)MVS
101 (1.852 %)AIX
101 (1.852 %)Debian
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (11.11 %)Load Balancing
25 (9.259 %)Content Management
25 (9.259 %)Incident Management
34 (7.407 %)ITIL
43 (5.556 %)Service Delivery
52 (3.704 %)Change Management
52 (3.704 %)Network Design
61 (1.852 %)Migration
61 (1.852 %)Agile Software Development
61 (1.852 %)OO
61 (1.852 %)E-Commerce
61 (1.852 %)B2B
61 (1.852 %)B2C
61 (1.852 %)Project Management
61 (1.852 %)Technical Architecture
61 (1.852 %)Web Development
61 (1.852 %)Computer Forensics
61 (1.852 %)Problem Management
61 (1.852 %)Release Management
61 (1.852 %)SC Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (7.407 %)Java
14 (7.407 %)Python
14 (7.407 %)Shell Script
23 (5.556 %)PHP
23 (5.556 %)C#
32 (3.704 %)SQL
32 (3.704 %)VBScript
32 (3.704 %)VB
32 (3.704 %)Perl
41 (1.852 %)PL/SQL
41 (1.852 %)VB.NET
41 (1.852 %)C
41 (1.852 %)JavaScript
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (7.407 %)Cisco Certification
23 (5.556 %)CCNP
23 (5.556 %)ISEB
32 (3.704 %)MCP
32 (3.704 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (1.852 %)CCSA
41 (1.852 %)CCSE
41 (1.852 %)MCTS
41 (1.852 %)MCSE
41 (1.852 %)CCNA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (14.81 %)Active Directory
23 (5.556 %)NFS
32 (3.704 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (1.852 %)Squid
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (7.407 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (1.852 %)BMC PATROL
21 (1.852 %)MAILsweeper
21 (1.852 %)WSUS
21 (1.852 %)CiscoWorks
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (31.48 %)Cisco
216 (29.63 %)CheckPoint
315 (27.78 %)Microsoft
411 (20.37 %)Juniper
57 (12.96 %)Nokia
64 (7.407 %)Oracle
64 (7.407 %)Remedy
64 (7.407 %)Nortel
73 (5.556 %)Sun
73 (5.556 %)IBM
73 (5.556 %)TIBCO
82 (3.704 %)Citrix
82 (3.704 %)Compaq
91 (1.852 %)EMC
91 (1.852 %)Avaya
91 (1.852 %)HP
91 (1.852 %)McAfee Security
91 (1.852 %)Websense
91 (1.852 %)BT
91 (1.852 %)Blue Coat