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The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Suffolk region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2218
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.013 %
As % of the category below10.00 %27.66 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£300£320
Average daily rate£325£321
% change on same period last year+1.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£349
% change on same period last year+3.44 %
Hourly rates quoted26
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00£17.50
Average hourly rate£20.25£18.25
% change on same period last year+10.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.50£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.65£27.49
% change on same period last year-6.68 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads5047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted610
Average minimum daily rate£255£300
Average daily rate£296£320
% change on same period last year-7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£342
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted2216
Average minimum hourly rate£23.73£17.33
Average hourly rate£24.58£18.30
% change on same period last year+34.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.44£19.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.46
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Firewall East of EnglandFirewall
East of 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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

Suffolk Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 8 September 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
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-3--
IpswichDown-72£325+3.58 %
Firewall East of EnglandFirewall
East of England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing Firewall 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 Firewall.

19 (90.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
26 (60.00 %)Active Directory
26 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (50.00 %)Intrusion Detection
35 (50.00 %)Microsoft
35 (50.00 %)Windows NT
35 (50.00 %)ADSL
35 (50.00 %)ISDN
35 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
35 (50.00 %)MS Office
44 (40.00 %)LAN
44 (40.00 %)VoIP
44 (40.00 %)WAN
44 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
44 (40.00 %)OpenView
44 (40.00 %)HP
44 (40.00 %)Dell
44 (40.00 %)Cisco
44 (40.00 %)McAfee Security
44 (40.00 %)3Com
44 (40.00 %)Network Security
44 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
53 (30.00 %)PRINCE
53 (30.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
53 (30.00 %)UNIX
61 (10.00 %)VPN
61 (10.00 %)DNS
61 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing Firewall 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 Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
16 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (50.00 %)MS Office
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)ADSL
15 (50.00 %)ISDN
15 (50.00 %)Intrusion Detection
24 (40.00 %)Network Security
24 (40.00 %)LAN
24 (40.00 %)VoIP
24 (40.00 %)WAN
24 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (10.00 %)VPN
31 (10.00 %)DNS
31 (10.00 %)Wireless
31 (10.00 %)DHCP
31 (10.00 %)VLAN
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
15 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
15 (50.00 %)Network Support Engineer
15 (50.00 %)Network Support
24 (40.00 %)Project Manager
32 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
32 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Senior Support Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Senior Network Support
41 (10.00 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (90.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
35 (50.00 %)Windows NT
43 (30.00 %)UNIX
51 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)PRINCE
21 (10.00 %)Project Management
21 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (30.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (10.00 %)PMP
21 (10.00 %)PMI Certification
21 (10.00 %)MCP
21 (10.00 %)MCSE
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (60.00 %)Active Directory
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (40.00 %)OpenView
21 (10.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft
24 (40.00 %)HP
24 (40.00 %)Dell
24 (40.00 %)McAfee Security
24 (40.00 %)3Com
24 (40.00 %)Cisco