The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Swindon 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 27 19 22
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Contract jobs citing Firewall 17 20 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 4.857% 5.917% 5.234%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.37% 29.41% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 10
Average daily rate £440 £300 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% -22.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £205 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £425 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.25 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-3.26% +6.97%
All Communications & Networking
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
67 68 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 19.14% 20.12% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 32 27
Average daily rate £428 £410 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.26% +6.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £225 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
Average hourly rate £26.50 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Firewall
Wiltshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swindon Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Swindon Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

1 16 (72.73%) Cisco
2 15 (68.18%) Security Cleared
3 13 (59.09%) Juniper
4 11 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (31.82%) CCNP
6 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
7 4 (18.18%) Finance
7 4 (18.18%) MPLS
7 4 (18.18%) Oracle
7 4 (18.18%) Solaris
7 4 (18.18%) ATM
7 4 (18.18%) WAN
7 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (18.18%) JNCIS
8 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
8 3 (13.64%) Network Security
8 3 (13.64%) Sourcefire
8 3 (13.64%) F5
8 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
8 3 (13.64%) LAN
9 2 (9.091%) OSPF
9 2 (9.091%) BGP
9 2 (9.091%) X.21
9 2 (9.091%) NetScreen
9 2 (9.091%) Frame Relay
9 2 (9.091%) IPsec
9 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (9.091%) VPN
9 2 (9.091%) RDBMS

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

Application Development
1 1 (4.545%) CSS
1 1 (4.545%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 2 (9.091%) MS Office
1 2 (9.091%) MS Visio
1 2 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.545%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) MPLS
1 4 (18.18%) ATM
1 4 (18.18%) WAN
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
2 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
2 3 (13.64%) LAN
3 2 (9.091%) OSPF
3 2 (9.091%) BGP
3 2 (9.091%) X.21
3 2 (9.091%) NetScreen
3 2 (9.091%) Frame Relay
3 2 (9.091%) IPsec
3 2 (9.091%) VPN
3 2 (9.091%) IPv6
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (9.091%) VLAN
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.545%) Internet
4 1 (4.545%) IPv4
4 1 (4.545%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.545%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.545%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (4.545%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Designer
2 9 (40.91%) Network Designer
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Author
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Author
5 2 (9.091%) Network Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Network Technician
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Technical Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (9.091%) Cryptography
3 1 (4.545%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Solaris
2 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (9.091%) Data Analysis
1 2 (9.091%) Network Design
1 2 (9.091%) Load Balancing
2 1 (4.545%) Supplier Management
2 1 (4.545%) Network Load Balancing
2 1 (4.545%) Integration Testing
2 1 (4.545%) Data Protection
2 1 (4.545%) Data Validation
2 1 (4.545%) Asset Management
2 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
2 1 (4.545%) Network Management
2 1 (4.545%) CRM
2 1 (4.545%) Information Security
2 1 (4.545%) Risk Management
2 1 (4.545%) Validation
2 1 (4.545%) Migration
2 1 (4.545%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) C
1 1 (4.545%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (68.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (31.82%) CCNP
5 4 (18.18%) JNCIS
6 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
7 2 (9.091%) CCNA
8 1 (4.545%) Degree
8 1 (4.545%) CISSP
8 1 (4.545%) CCIE
8 1 (4.545%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
1 1 (4.545%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (9.091%) Sendmail
2 1 (4.545%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (4.545%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Cisco
2 13 (59.09%) Juniper
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle
4 3 (13.64%) Sourcefire
4 3 (13.64%) F5
5 2 (9.091%) Sun
5 2 (9.091%) Dell
5 2 (9.091%) NetApp
6 1 (4.545%) Blue Coat
6 1 (4.545%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.545%) Nortel
6 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.545%) 3Com
6 1 (4.545%) VMware
6 1 (4.545%) McAfee
6 1 (4.545%) BT