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This section looks at the demand for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank151151
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.136 %1.976 %
Daily rates quoted18
Average minimum daily rate£475£263
Average daily rate£513£283
% change on same period last year+81.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£303
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£318
% change on same period last year+10.46 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£23.00
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads735911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.970 %0.907 %
Daily rates quoted209214
Average minimum daily rate£307£327
Average daily rate£331£343
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted112147
Average minimum hourly rate£25.12£24.87
Average hourly rate£27.11£26.69
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.11£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
IPsec EnglandIPsec
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.

IPsec
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IPsec across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West IPsec Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

116 (88.89 %)C
116 (88.89 %)SMS
116 (88.89 %)3GPP
116 (88.89 %)UMTS
27 (38.89 %)Telecoms
36 (33.33 %)Embedded C
45 (27.78 %)C++
45 (27.78 %)Perl
53 (16.67 %)ISEB
61 (5.556 %)GGSN
61 (5.556 %)Wireless
61 (5.556 %)Cisco Certification
61 (5.556 %)3G
61 (5.556 %)UTRAN
61 (5.556 %)OSPF
61 (5.556 %)CCIE
61 (5.556 %)CCNP
61 (5.556 %)CCDP
61 (5.556 %)ADSL
61 (5.556 %)ATM
61 (5.556 %)LAN
61 (5.556 %)VoIP
61 (5.556 %)WAN
61 (5.556 %)SNMP
61 (5.556 %)Cisco

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (88.89 %)SMS
116 (88.89 %)3GPP
116 (88.89 %)UMTS
21 (5.556 %)GGSN
21 (5.556 %)Wireless
21 (5.556 %)3G
21 (5.556 %)UTRAN
21 (5.556 %)OSPF
21 (5.556 %)ADSL
21 (5.556 %)ATM
21 (5.556 %)LAN
21 (5.556 %)VoIP
21 (5.556 %)WAN
21 (5.556 %)SNMP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (38.89 %)Telecoms
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (66.67 %)Software Engineer
25 (27.78 %)Test Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Software Test Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Infrastructure Consultant
41 (5.556 %)Consultant
41 (5.556 %)Network Designer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (88.89 %)C
26 (33.33 %)Embedded C
35 (27.78 %)C++
35 (27.78 %)Perl
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (16.67 %)ISEB
21 (5.556 %)Cisco Certification
21 (5.556 %)CCIE
21 (5.556 %)CCNP
21 (5.556 %)CCDP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.556 %)Cisco