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This section looks at the demand for Secure Shell (SSH) 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 job ads that have cited SSH over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Shell (SSH)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank128148
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.776 %1.252 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£363-
Average daily rate£372-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£381-
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£330
% change on same period last year+7.52 %
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£35.83£32.50
% change on same period last year+10.25 %
Communications & Networking South WestCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads644799
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.849 %0.848 %
Daily rates quoted172160
Average minimum daily rate£320£321
Average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted96129
Average minimum hourly rate£24.70£24.31
Average hourly rate£26.14£26.11
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.53
% change on same period last year-10.35 %
SSH EnglandSSH
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.

SSH
Demand Trend

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

South West SSH Demand Trend

SSH
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SSH Daily Rate Trend

SSH
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSH across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West SSH Daily Rate Histogram

SSH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West SSH Hourly Rate Trend

SSH
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SSH within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
DevonNew entry-5£372-
SSH EnglandSSH
England

SSH
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SSH 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 SSH.

14 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
14 (50.00 %)FTP
14 (50.00 %)VPN
14 (50.00 %)DNS
14 (50.00 %)Cisco
14 (50.00 %)Windows
14 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
14 (50.00 %)ISA Server
14 (50.00 %)Firewall
14 (50.00 %)Government
14 (50.00 %)SecurID
14 (50.00 %)VLAN
14 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
23 (37.50 %)Web Development
23 (37.50 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (37.50 %)LAMP
23 (37.50 %)Nokia
23 (37.50 %)Extranet
23 (37.50 %)Linux
32 (25.00 %)Perl
32 (25.00 %)MySQL
32 (25.00 %)CESG
41 (12.50 %)C
41 (12.50 %)C++
41 (12.50 %)HTTPS
41 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
41 (12.50 %)HP

SSH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SSH 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 SSH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (37.50 %)LAMP
Communications & Networking
14 (50.00 %)FTP
14 (50.00 %)VPN
14 (50.00 %)DNS
14 (50.00 %)Firewall
14 (50.00 %)VLAN
14 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
23 (37.50 %)Extranet
31 (12.50 %)HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)MySQL
General
14 (50.00 %)Government
Job Titles
14 (50.00 %)Consultant
14 (50.00 %)Security Consultant
23 (37.50 %)Support Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Linux Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Linux Support
Miscellaneous
14 (50.00 %)SecurID
22 (25.00 %)CESG
Operating Systems
14 (50.00 %)Windows
14 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
23 (37.50 %)Linux
31 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)Disaster Recovery
13 (37.50 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
12 (25.00 %)Perl
21 (12.50 %)Embedded C
21 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
21 (12.50 %)C
21 (12.50 %)C++
System Software
14 (50.00 %)ISA Server
Vendors
14 (50.00 %)Cisco
14 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
23 (37.50 %)Nokia
31 (12.50 %)HP
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