The first table below looks at the demand for ISA Server 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 ISA Server over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ISA Server 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.654% - -
As % of the System Software category 4.255% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £333 £313
% change year-on-year
-21.80% +6.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.25 £20.75 £23.36
% change year-on-year
+26.50% -11.17%
All System Software
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
47 42 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 15.36% 10.85% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 39
Average daily rate £288 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 7
Average hourly rate £14.25 £14.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.78% +40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £9.28
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £20.00 £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
ISA Server
Wales

ISA Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales ISA Server Jobs Demand Trend

ISA Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales ISA Server Daily Rate Trend

ISA Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales ISA Server Hourly Rate Trend

ISA Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISA Server within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bridgend - 1 - -
ISA Server
Wales

ISA Server
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing ISA Server 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 ISA Server.

1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Sun
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) NetApp
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange

ISA Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing ISA Server 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 ISA Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Support
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Sun
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) NetApp
1 2 (100.00%) VMware