The first table below looks at the demand for DMZ skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DMZ over the 3 months to 21 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 West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Rank - 137 117
Contract jobs citing DMZ 0 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.153% 0.109%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.916% 0.802%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
294 546 374
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.11% 16.72% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 280 153
Average daily rate £350 £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 37 55
Average hourly rate £20.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.96 £20.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
DMZ
England

DMZ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West DMZ Jobs Demand Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West DMZ Daily Rate Trend

DMZ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West DMZ Hourly Rate Trend

DMZ
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing DMZ 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 DMZ.

1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 7 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) BT
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) Avaya
2 6 (85.71%) Siemens
2 6 (85.71%) ISA Server
2 6 (85.71%) MPLS
2 6 (85.71%) BGP

DMZ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing DMZ 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 DMZ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (85.71%) MPLS
2 6 (85.71%) BGP
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Network Specialist
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) SolarWinds
2 6 (85.71%) BT
2 6 (85.71%) Avaya
2 6 (85.71%) Siemens