Network Security Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security 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 Network Security over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 101 101 106
Rank change year-on-year
0 +5
Contract jobs citing Network Security 10 38 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.485% 1.150% 0.507%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.413% 6.897% 3.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 23 4
Average daily rate £420 £400 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £375 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £445 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Average hourly rate £20.50 £27.50 £7.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% +282.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 293 551 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.22% 16.68% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 284 152
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £249 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 39 53
Average hourly rate £20.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.96 £16.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Network Security Daily Rate Trend

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Security across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West Network Security Daily Rate Histogram

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Network Security Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Wiltshire +13 6 £423 +5.62%
Bristol +4 2 - -
Devon +3 1 £330 -22.35%
Network Security
England

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Network Security 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 Network Security.

1 15 (65.22%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) VMware
3 10 (43.48%) Firewall
4 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
4 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
5 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
5 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
5 7 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (26.09%) DNS
6 6 (26.09%) LAN
6 6 (26.09%) Cisco
6 6 (26.09%) IBM
7 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
7 5 (21.74%) WAN
7 5 (21.74%) DHCP
8 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
8 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
9 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
9 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
9 3 (13.04%) Finance
9 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
9 3 (13.04%) Internet
9 3 (13.04%) Tivoli
9 3 (13.04%) Netcool
9 3 (13.04%) Sun
9 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (13.04%) Oracle
9 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
9 3 (13.04%) Change Control

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Network Security 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 Network Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.348%) CSS
1 1 (4.348%) JSP
1 1 (4.348%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.348%) IIS
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (4.348%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) DNS
2 6 (26.09%) LAN
3 5 (21.74%) WAN
3 5 (21.74%) DHCP
4 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
5 3 (13.04%) Internet
6 2 (8.696%) LDAP
6 2 (8.696%) VPN
7 1 (4.348%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.348%) IPsec
7 1 (4.348%) OSPF
7 1 (4.348%) BGP-4
7 1 (4.348%) IPv4
7 1 (4.348%) SSL
7 1 (4.348%) VoIP
7 1 (4.348%) WAAS
7 1 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) RDBMS
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (4.348%) MySQL
General
1 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Military
2 1 (4.348%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Architect
1 7 (30.43%) Network Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.696%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Support Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Network Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Data Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Senior Data Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Senior Network Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (8.696%) Data Network Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Architect
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Design Architect
4 1 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Server Support Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Clustering
2 1 (4.348%) Visualisation
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (65.22%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.696%) Linux
3 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.348%) UNIX
4 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
1 3 (13.04%) Change Control
2 2 (8.696%) Network Management
2 2 (8.696%) Migration
2 2 (8.696%) Project Management
2 2 (8.696%) Load Balancing
3 1 (4.348%) Release Management
3 1 (4.348%) Performance Management
3 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
3 1 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (4.348%) Supplier Management
3 1 (4.348%) Operations Management
3 1 (4.348%) ITIL
3 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.348%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) C
2 1 (4.348%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.348%) Perl
2 1 (4.348%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.696%) CCNP
3 2 (8.696%) CCNA
4 1 (4.348%) CCVP
4 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.348%) MCSE
4 1 (4.348%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.348%) JSP 440
2 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.696%) VMware ESX
4 1 (4.348%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.348%) XenApp
4 1 (4.348%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (4.348%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (4.348%) Xen
4 1 (4.348%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Tivoli
1 3 (13.04%) Netcool
2 2 (8.696%) WSUS
3 1 (4.348%) Data Guard
3 1 (4.348%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) VMware
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (26.09%) Cisco
3 6 (26.09%) IBM
4 3 (13.04%) Sun
4 3 (13.04%) Oracle
5 2 (8.696%) Citrix
6 1 (4.348%) Remedy
6 1 (4.348%) McAfee
6 1 (4.348%) Juniper
6 1 (4.348%) BMC
6 1 (4.348%) NetApp
6 1 (4.348%) Veritas
6 1 (4.348%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.348%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.348%) F5
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