The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 26 32 36
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Contract jobs citing Network Security 6 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 2.273% 0.769% 0.333%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.64% 4.444% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £393 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
44 45 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 16.67% 17.31% 18.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 26
Average daily rate £360 £340 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +23.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £30.00 £48.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% -37.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.00 £33.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £35.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Network Security
Yorkshire

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Doncaster +8 6 £393 -
Network Security
Yorkshire

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 9 (90.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) LAN
2 7 (70.00%) Network Design
3 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (60.00%) WAN
3 6 (60.00%) SLA
4 5 (50.00%) VoIP
4 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (30.00%) Firewall
5 3 (30.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) OSPF
5 3 (30.00%) BGP
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (30.00%) Juniper
6 2 (20.00%) Nokia
6 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (20.00%) MPLS
6 2 (20.00%) CCNP
6 2 (20.00%) CCNA
6 2 (20.00%) CISSP
6 2 (20.00%) VRRP
6 2 (20.00%) DNS
6 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (20.00%) Blue Coat
6 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
6 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (10.00%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) LAN
2 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (60.00%) WAN
3 5 (50.00%) VoIP
4 3 (30.00%) Firewall
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
4 3 (30.00%) OSPF
4 3 (30.00%) BGP
5 2 (20.00%) MPLS
5 2 (20.00%) VRRP
5 2 (20.00%) DNS
5 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (10.00%) HSRP
6 1 (10.00%) GLBP
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (10.00%) VLAN
6 1 (10.00%) DHCP
6 1 (10.00%) HTTP
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Voice Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Voice Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Voice Network Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Network Support
6 1 (10.00%) Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) CESG
1 1 (10.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) VMS
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Network Design
2 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (10.00%) Cyber Security
4 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Network Management
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCNP
2 2 (20.00%) CCNA
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CCSE
3 1 (10.00%) JNCIS
3 1 (10.00%) JNCIP
3 1 (10.00%) JNCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCSP
3 1 (10.00%) MCP
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Juniper
3 2 (20.00%) Nokia
3 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (20.00%) Blue Coat
4 1 (10.00%) TippingPoint
4 1 (10.00%) NetScout
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft