The first table below looks at the demand for ProxySG 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 ProxySG over the 3 months to 20 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 System Software 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat Proxy SG
Rank 116 - 117
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% - 0.073%
As % of the System Software category 0.441% - 0.995%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £200 £275
% change year-on-year
+106.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
227 232 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 11.05% 7.056% 7.301%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 106 78
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £195 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 30 33
Average hourly rate £14.00 £18.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £31.50 £22.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
ProxySG
England

ProxySG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West ProxySG Jobs Demand Trend

ProxySG
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West ProxySG Daily Rate Trend

ProxySG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ProxySG within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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 - 1 - -
ProxySG
England

ProxySG
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ProxySG 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 ProxySG.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 3Com
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat

ProxySG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Technician
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) 3Com
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat