Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PKI over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank130162
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.907 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£270
Average daily rate£401£270
% change on same period last year+48.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£441£398
% change on same period last year+10.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£34.83
% change on same period last year-21.05 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
South West
Matching contract IT job ads551798
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.868 %0.855 %
Daily rates quoted134167
Average minimum daily rate£316£329
Average daily rate£337£352
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted92122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.05£27.66
Average hourly rate£27.83£30.09
% change on same period last year-7.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.61£32.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
PKI EnglandPKI
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.

PKI
Demand Trend

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

South West PKI Demand Trend

PKI
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West PKI Daily Rate Trend

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West PKI Hourly Rate Trend

PKI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireDown-32--
GloucestershireNew entry-2£401-
PKI EnglandPKI
England

PKI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

117 (89.47 %)Windows
117 (89.47 %)Security Cleared
215 (78.95 %)MS Exchange
313 (68.42 %)Microsoft
313 (68.42 %)UNIX
313 (68.42 %)Exchange Server 2003
412 (63.16 %)Solaris
412 (63.16 %)SQL Server
511 (57.89 %)Windows Vista
610 (52.63 %)Windows 2000
78 (42.11 %)DV Cleared
87 (36.84 %)Degree
87 (36.84 %)ITIL
87 (36.84 %)HNC
87 (36.84 %)Windows Server 2003
87 (36.84 %)Government
96 (31.58 %)Service Management
105 (26.32 %)Firewall
105 (26.32 %)Active Directory
105 (26.32 %)SC Cleared
114 (21.05 %)Red Hat Linux
114 (21.05 %)Linux
114 (21.05 %)Red Hat
114 (21.05 %)Electric
114 (21.05 %)Problem Management
123 (15.79 %)Altiris
123 (15.79 %)NetBackup
123 (15.79 %)Symantec
123 (15.79 %)NetScreen
123 (15.79 %)Citrix

PKI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (78.95 %)MS Exchange
213 (68.42 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (10.53 %)Exchange Server 2007
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.53 %)MS Excel
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (26.32 %)Firewall
23 (15.79 %)NetScreen
32 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
32 (10.53 %)LDAP
32 (10.53 %)Cisco ASA
41 (5.263 %)X.400
41 (5.263 %)X.500
41 (5.263 %)LAN
41 (5.263 %)VoIP
41 (5.263 %)WAN
41 (5.263 %)SMTP
41 (5.263 %)DHCP
41 (5.263 %)DNS
41 (5.263 %)SAN
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (63.16 %)SQL Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (36.84 %)Government
24 (21.05 %)Electric
32 (10.53 %)Telecoms
41 (5.263 %)Home Office
41 (5.263 %)Finance
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (52.63 %)UNIX Support
24 (21.05 %)Systems Support
24 (21.05 %)Technical Support
24 (21.05 %)Support Specialist
24 (21.05 %)UNIX Specialist
33 (15.79 %)Architect
42 (10.53 %)Infrastructure Architect
51 (5.263 %)UNIX Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Data Centre Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Messaging Specialist
51 (5.263 %)Security Architect
51 (5.263 %)3rd Line Support
51 (5.263 %)Support Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Management Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Consultant
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)Clustering
21 (5.263 %)Smartcard
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (89.47 %)Windows
213 (68.42 %)UNIX
312 (63.16 %)Solaris
411 (57.89 %)Windows Vista
510 (52.63 %)Windows 2000
67 (36.84 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (21.05 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (21.05 %)Linux
81 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (5.263 %)Windows XP
81 (5.263 %)HPUX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (89.47 %)Security Cleared
28 (42.11 %)DV Cleared
37 (36.84 %)ITIL
46 (31.58 %)Service Management
55 (26.32 %)SC Cleared
64 (21.05 %)Problem Management
71 (5.263 %)Information Security
71 (5.263 %)Project Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.263 %)Perl
11 (5.263 %)SQL
11 (5.263 %)VBScript
11 (5.263 %)VB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (36.84 %)Degree
17 (36.84 %)HNC
21 (5.263 %)RHCE
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (26.32 %)Active Directory
23 (15.79 %)NetBackup
32 (10.53 %)Citrix Presentation Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.263 %)BMC Performance Manager
11 (5.263 %)Norton AntiVirus
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (68.42 %)Microsoft
24 (21.05 %)Red Hat
33 (15.79 %)Altiris
33 (15.79 %)Symantec
33 (15.79 %)Citrix
33 (15.79 %)Juniper
33 (15.79 %)Cisco
42 (10.53 %)IBM
51 (5.263 %)AppSense
51 (5.263 %)HP
51 (5.263 %)BMC