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

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Juniper Networks.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Juniper
Rank 97 103 95
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -8
Contract jobs citing Juniper 18 36 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.879% 1.086% 0.785%
As % of the Vendors category 2.013% 2.548% 1.806%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 6
Average daily rate £450 £375 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £423 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+4.83% -6.06%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
894 1413 1218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.65% 42.64% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 817 555
Average daily rate £375 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 98 118
Average hourly rate £13.95 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.20% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.90 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £50.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Juniper
England

Juniper
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Juniper Jobs Demand Trend

Juniper
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Juniper Daily Rate Trend

Juniper
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Juniper across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Juniper Daily Rate Histogram

Juniper
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Juniper Hourly Rate Trend

Juniper
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Juniper within the South West 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
Gloucestershire +33 7 £500 +29.03%
Wiltshire -8 5 £350 +27.27%
Bristol +8 4 £388 +1.63%
Dorset +1 2 £281 -25.00%
Juniper
England

Juniper
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Juniper 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 Juniper.

1 31 (91.18%) Cisco
2 27 (79.41%) Firewall
3 20 (58.82%) Security Cleared
4 19 (55.88%) VMware
4 19 (55.88%) Windows
5 14 (41.18%) DV Cleared
6 13 (38.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (35.29%) VPN
7 12 (35.29%) Citrix
8 10 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (29.41%) TCP/IP
9 9 (26.47%) Thin Client
9 9 (26.47%) Sophos
9 9 (26.47%) Fat Client
10 8 (23.53%) CheckPoint
10 8 (23.53%) C
10 8 (23.53%) Lumension
11 7 (20.59%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (20.59%) CCNP
12 6 (17.65%) SNMP
12 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
13 5 (14.71%) F5
13 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
13 5 (14.71%) DHCP
13 5 (14.71%) DNS
13 5 (14.71%) CCNA
13 5 (14.71%) UNIX
13 5 (14.71%) LAN
13 5 (14.71%) HP
14 4 (11.76%) NetApp

Juniper
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) CSS
1 1 (2.941%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (79.41%) Firewall
2 12 (35.29%) VPN
3 10 (29.41%) TCP/IP
4 7 (20.59%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (17.65%) SNMP
6 5 (14.71%) DNS
6 5 (14.71%) LAN
6 5 (14.71%) DHCP
7 4 (11.76%) OSPF
7 4 (11.76%) BGP
8 3 (8.824%) S/MIME
8 3 (8.824%) IPsec
8 3 (8.824%) Wireshark
8 3 (8.824%) FWSM
8 3 (8.824%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (8.824%) HTTP
8 3 (8.824%) WAN
8 3 (8.824%) SMTP
8 3 (8.824%) SAN
9 2 (5.882%) Internet
General
1 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.941%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Legal
2 1 (2.941%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Build Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Designer
3 6 (17.65%) Network Designer
4 4 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Security Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Security Specialist
5 3 (8.824%) Firewall Specialist
5 3 (8.824%) IP Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Design Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Senior Architect
7 1 (2.941%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (2.941%) UNIX Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Thin Client
1 9 (26.47%) Fat Client
2 3 (8.824%) Statistics
3 2 (5.882%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.882%) Clustering
4 1 (2.941%) e-Health
4 1 (2.941%) PKI
4 1 (2.941%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) UNIX
3 2 (5.882%) Linux
3 2 (5.882%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (2.941%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.824%) ITIL
1 3 (8.824%) Configuration Management
2 2 (5.882%) ERP
2 2 (5.882%) Business Continuity
2 2 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (2.941%) Network Management
3 1 (2.941%) Migration
3 1 (2.941%) TOGAF
3 1 (2.941%) Network Design
3 1 (2.941%) Data Analysis
3 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (2.941%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (2.941%) Integration Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) C
2 1 (2.941%) Perl
2 1 (2.941%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 14 (41.18%) DV Cleared
3 10 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (20.59%) CCNP
5 5 (14.71%) CCNA
5 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.882%) Degree
7 1 (2.941%) MCSE
7 1 (2.941%) CCA
7 1 (2.941%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.941%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.941%) JNCIS
System Software
1 13 (38.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.824%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.941%) VMware ESX
3 1 (2.941%) vSphere
3 1 (2.941%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) Tivoli
1 3 (8.824%) Netcool
1 3 (8.824%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 3 (8.824%) MIMEsweeper
2 2 (5.882%) NetBackup
2 2 (5.882%) Backup Exec
2 2 (5.882%) WSUS
2 2 (5.882%) HP SIM
2 2 (5.882%) OpenView
2 2 (5.882%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 31 (91.18%) Cisco
2 19 (55.88%) VMware
3 12 (35.29%) Citrix
4 9 (26.47%) Sophos
5 8 (23.53%) CheckPoint
5 8 (23.53%) Lumension
6 5 (14.71%) F5
6 5 (14.71%) HP
7 4 (11.76%) McAfee
7 4 (11.76%) NetApp
7 4 (11.76%) Nokia
7 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
8 3 (8.824%) Compuware
8 3 (8.824%) IBM
8 3 (8.824%) OPNET
8 3 (8.824%) M86 Security
8 3 (8.824%) Oracle
8 3 (8.824%) SolarWinds
9 2 (5.882%) ProCurve
9 2 (5.882%) Dell
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