The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of TippingPoint products and/or services 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 TippingPoint 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within TippingPoint Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
TippingPoint
Rank 221 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing TippingPoint 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.076% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £413 -
% change year-on-year
-18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
TippingPoint
England

TippingPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East TippingPoint Jobs Demand Trend

TippingPoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East TippingPoint Daily Rate Trend

TippingPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East TippingPoint Hourly Rate Trend

TippingPoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TippingPoint 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 - 1 - -
Kent - 1 £338 -
Surrey - 1 £338 -
TippingPoint
England

TippingPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (90.91%) Blue Coat
2 9 (81.82%) CheckPoint
2 9 (81.82%) Firewall
3 8 (72.73%) Nokia
4 7 (63.64%) VPN
4 7 (63.64%) Cisco
4 7 (63.64%) Finance
5 6 (54.55%) Load Balancing
5 6 (54.55%) F5
5 6 (54.55%) Network Architecture
6 5 (45.45%) CCNP
6 5 (45.45%) CCNA
6 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (45.45%) NetScreen
6 5 (45.45%) Junos
7 4 (36.36%) DNS
7 4 (36.36%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (36.36%) Network Security
7 4 (36.36%) SecurID
7 4 (36.36%) Change Management
8 3 (27.27%) VLAN
8 3 (27.27%) NetScout
8 3 (27.27%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (27.27%) HSRP
8 3 (27.27%) GLBP
8 3 (27.27%) Network Management
8 3 (27.27%) CSS
8 3 (27.27%) VMS
8 3 (27.27%) DHCP

TippingPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (27.27%) CSS
2 1 (9.091%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) Firewall
2 7 (63.64%) VPN
3 5 (45.45%) NetScreen
3 5 (45.45%) Junos
4 4 (36.36%) DNS
4 4 (36.36%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (36.36%) Network Security
5 3 (27.27%) VLAN
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (27.27%) HSRP
5 3 (27.27%) GLBP
5 3 (27.27%) DHCP
5 3 (27.27%) SNMP
5 3 (27.27%) OSPF
5 3 (27.27%) BGP
5 3 (27.27%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (9.091%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Consultant
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Support
3 1 (9.091%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) SecurID
2 1 (9.091%) PKI
2 1 (9.091%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.091%) RMADS
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Load Balancing
1 6 (54.55%) Network Architecture
2 4 (36.36%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Network Management
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
4 1 (9.091%) Information Security
4 1 (9.091%) SIEM
4 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.091%) Information Assurance
4 1 (9.091%) Security Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CCNP
1 5 (45.45%) CCNA
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) SLA
2 1 (9.091%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Blue Coat
2 9 (81.82%) CheckPoint
3 8 (72.73%) Nokia
4 7 (63.64%) Cisco
5 6 (54.55%) F5
6 3 (27.27%) NetScout
7 2 (18.18%) Juniper
8 1 (9.091%) ArcSight
8 1 (9.091%) Oracle
8 1 (9.091%) Citrix