The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wales 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 17 33 43
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 22 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 6.128% 2.764% 1.412%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.21% 17.74% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
Average daily rate £420 £280 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.25 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-3.26% +6.97%
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
78 62 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 21.73% 15.58% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 26 32
Average daily rate £375 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £200 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% -8.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £27.50 £19.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Firewall
Wales

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cardiff +1 8 £385 +37.50% 6
Newport +10 6 £419 -
Torfaen - 6 - -
Bridgend - - - -
Caerphilly - - - - 2
Monmouthshire - - - - 2
Gwent - - - -
Firewall
Wales

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Firewall 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 Firewall.

1 18 (64.29%) Windows
1 18 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 14 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 12 (42.86%) DNS
4 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (35.71%) SCCM
4 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
4 10 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (32.14%) Cisco
6 8 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (28.57%) Migration
6 8 (28.57%) Degree
7 7 (25.00%) VMware
7 7 (25.00%) DHCP
7 7 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 7 (25.00%) LAN
8 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
8 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
8 6 (21.43%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (17.86%) Riverbed
9 5 (17.86%) Data Protection
9 5 (17.86%) Load Balancing
9 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
9 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
9 5 (17.86%) Network Design
9 5 (17.86%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (17.86%) NetApp
9 5 (17.86%) HP

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Firewall 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 Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.571%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (3.571%) Mule
4 1 (3.571%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 12 (42.86%) DNS
3 7 (25.00%) DHCP
3 7 (25.00%) LAN
4 5 (17.86%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (17.86%) WAN
5 4 (14.29%) SAN
6 3 (10.71%) Network Security
6 3 (10.71%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (10.71%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (10.71%) HSRP
6 3 (10.71%) VPN
6 3 (10.71%) NetScreen
6 3 (10.71%) BGP
6 3 (10.71%) MPLS
7 2 (7.143%) Internet
7 2 (7.143%) VoIP
8 1 (3.571%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) MySQL
General
1 1 (3.571%) Military
1 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Administrator
2 6 (21.43%) LAN Administrator
3 4 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (7.143%) Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Server Support
5 2 (7.143%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 2 (7.143%) Server Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Linux Administrator
6 1 (3.571%) Network Specialist
6 1 (3.571%) Server Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
1 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Clustering
2 3 (10.71%) CESG
2 3 (10.71%) CESG CLAS
3 2 (7.143%) Blackberry
3 2 (7.143%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.571%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (64.29%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.143%) UNIX
5 2 (7.143%) Solaris
6 1 (3.571%) Linux
6 1 (3.571%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Migration
2 6 (21.43%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (17.86%) Data Protection
3 5 (17.86%) Load Balancing
3 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
3 5 (17.86%) Network Design
4 3 (10.71%) Information Assurance
4 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.143%) Information Security
5 2 (7.143%) Data Management
6 1 (3.571%) Network Management
6 1 (3.571%) Security Architecture
6 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.571%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 8 (28.57%) Degree
3 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 5 (17.86%) CISSP
4 5 (17.86%) MCP
5 4 (14.29%) MCSE
5 4 (14.29%) MCSA
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (14.29%) MCTS
6 3 (10.71%) CISM
7 2 (7.143%) CCNA
7 2 (7.143%) CCIE
7 2 (7.143%) MCITP
7 2 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (3.571%) BC Cleared
8 1 (3.571%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.571%) CCNP
8 1 (3.571%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 18 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.71%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (7.143%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (7.143%) ISA Server
5 1 (3.571%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (35.71%) SCCM
2 3 (10.71%) Backup Exec
2 3 (10.71%) SCOM
2 3 (10.71%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Cisco
2 7 (25.00%) VMware
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 5 (17.86%) Riverbed
4 5 (17.86%) NetApp
4 5 (17.86%) HP
5 4 (14.29%) Juniper
6 3 (10.71%) CheckPoint
6 3 (10.71%) RightFax
6 3 (10.71%) Symantec
6 3 (10.71%) McAfee
6 3 (10.71%) Open Text
7 2 (7.143%) Sophos
7 2 (7.143%) Sun
8 1 (3.571%) JBoss
8 1 (3.571%) Oracle
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The ideal candidate should have experience delivering support to large scale network security solutions and performing end-to-end implementation of these solutions including core and customer side...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 13 June 2013
South Wales
My client is looking for an Infrastructure Support Analyst with experience of MS Windows Server, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, Terminal Server, Firewalls & Routers. In addition, the Infrastructure Support...
G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Rate: £Neg
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Active Directory Administration. Network Infrastructure configuration including; TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP... Must be certified to MCSE/MCSA/MCITP Level... VMware. NetApp Storage. MS Exchange. Certified in any of...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £32000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Active Directory Administration. Network Infrastructure configuration including; TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP... Must be certified to MCSE/MCSA/MCITP Level... VMware. NetApp Storage. MS Exchange. Certified in any of...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £32000 - £3303300000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013