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The table looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank9186
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads5801424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.688 %1.850 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category12.13 %13.73 %
Daily rates quoted202471
Average daily rate£300£365
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-17.80 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£350
% change on same period last year-14.28 %
Hourly rates quoted85165
Average hourly rate£22.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£14.40
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£20.00
% change on same period last year+12.50 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
478210368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.92 %13.47 %
Daily rates quoted12982833
Average daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£473£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£335
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Hourly rates quoted5221234
Average hourly rate£24.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+6.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£23.00
% change on same period last year+8.690 %

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Firewall Hourly Rate Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-9539£300-17.80 %
LondonDown-17220£315-21.25 %
South EastUp+14127£325-7.14 %
City of LondonDown-385£314-24.85 %
North WestUp+3949£275-34.98 %
HampshireUp+2139£350-9.67 %
BerkshireDown-832£238-47.22 %
YorkshireDown-1028£324-0.46 %
ScotlandUp+4227£358+4.00 %
West MidlandsUp+2125£325-
East of EnglandDown-2225£300-14.28 %
East MidlandsUp+4624£250-44.44 %
ManchesterUp+4622£275-26.66 %
South WestDown-821£258-20.76 %
West YorkshireDown-818£335+11.17 %
OxfordshireUp+2817£238-
EdinburghUp+2115£400-
ReadingUp+815£200-60.00 %
WalesUp+2814£216-
BuckinghamshireUp+2414£315+12.90 %
North EastUp+1914£340+9.67 %
CheshireUp+3112£268-40.55 %
NorthamptonshireUp+3012£295-
MiddlesexUp+1912--
CambridgeshireUp+1412£293-19.86 %
OxfordUp+2511£264-
Tyne and WearUp+1911£340+25.92 %
Milton KeynesUp+1211£355+27.24 %
LeedsDown-811£330+7.28 %
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+1310£340+36.00 %

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1697 (52.76 %)Cisco
2411 (31.11 %)Cisco Certification
3407 (30.81 %)Windows
4372 (28.16 %)WAN
5365 (27.63 %)LAN
6352 (26.65 %)CheckPoint
7300 (22.71 %)VPN
8270 (20.44 %)TCP/IP
9258 (19.53 %)CCNP
10245 (18.55 %)Active Directory
11242 (18.32 %)Windows Server 2003
12213 (16.12 %)Microsoft
13211 (15.97 %)Security Cleared
14209 (15.82 %)CCNA
15189 (14.31 %)Cisco PIX
16167 (12.64 %)UNIX
17164 (12.41 %)Finance
18153 (11.58 %)Linux
19151 (11.43 %)Network Security
20146 (11.05 %)Nokia
21139 (10.52 %)Juniper
21139 (10.52 %)MS Exchange
22137 (10.37 %)HP
23134 (10.14 %)Internet
24132 (9.992 %)DNS
25130 (9.841 %)VMware
26128 (9.690 %)Government
26128 (9.690 %)SC Cleared
27127 (9.614 %)Banking
28122 (9.235 %)Network Design

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (2.498 %)XML
226 (1.968 %)J2EE
325 (1.893 %).NET
422 (1.665 %)HTML
517 (1.287 %)Middleware
612 (0.908 %)WebServices
711 (0.833 %)ASP.NET
810 (0.757 %)CSS
810 (0.757 %)ASP
810 (0.757 %)WebSphere
97 (0.530 %)EJB
97 (0.530 %)SOAP
106 (0.454 %)LAMP
106 (0.454 %)JSP
106 (0.454 %).NET Framework
115 (0.379 %)WSH
115 (0.379 %)WMI
123 (0.227 %)JSF
123 (0.227 %)WAMP
123 (0.227 %)Servlets
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1139 (10.52 %)MS Exchange
287 (6.586 %)IIS
361 (4.618 %)Exchange Server 2003
455 (4.164 %)Exchange Server 2007
544 (3.331 %)Apache
643 (3.255 %)SharePoint
720 (1.514 %)Tomcat
811 (0.833 %)Lotus Domino
811 (0.833 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
910 (0.757 %)WebLogic
108 (0.606 %)SAS
117 (0.530 %)Office Communications Server
117 (0.530 %)SharePoint Server 2007
125 (0.379 %)Exchange Server 2000
125 (0.379 %)Lotus Notes
134 (0.303 %)JRun
134 (0.303 %)CICS
134 (0.303 %)GroupWise
134 (0.303 %)Oracle Application Server
134 (0.303 %)Oracle Spatial
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
149 (3.709 %)MS Office
149 (3.709 %)MS Excel
230 (2.271 %)MS Visio
39 (0.681 %)MS Project
43 (0.227 %)Photoshop
43 (0.227 %)Acrobat
43 (0.227 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.151 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.227 %)RMDS
21 (0.076 %)Remedy ITSM
21 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.076 %)Oracle 11i
21 (0.076 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.076 %)WebTrends
21 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.076 %)Oracle ERP
21 (0.076 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.076 %)SoftGrid
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1372 (28.16 %)WAN
2365 (27.63 %)LAN
3300 (22.71 %)VPN
4270 (20.44 %)TCP/IP
5189 (14.31 %)Cisco PIX
6151 (11.43 %)Network Security
7134 (10.14 %)Internet
8132 (9.992 %)DNS
9112 (8.478 %)Cisco ASA
10111 (8.403 %)SAN
11110 (8.327 %)VoIP
12104 (7.873 %)BGP
13103 (7.797 %)OSPF
1498 (7.419 %)MPLS
1593 (7.040 %)VLAN
1675 (5.678 %)NetScreen
1768 (5.148 %)SSL
1867 (5.072 %)DHCP
1964 (4.845 %)Ethernet
1964 (4.845 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (5.223 %)SQL Server
226 (1.968 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (1.363 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (1.060 %)MySQL
58 (0.606 %)RDBMS
67 (0.530 %)MS Access
76 (0.454 %)Datawarehouse
76 (0.454 %)DB2
85 (0.379 %)ETL
94 (0.303 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.227 %)Informix
103 (0.227 %)BusinessObjects
112 (0.151 %)SQL Server 2008
112 (0.151 %)Oracle 9i
112 (0.151 %)DTS
112 (0.151 %)GIS
121 (0.076 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
121 (0.076 %)Oracle OLAP
121 (0.076 %)OLTP
121 (0.076 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.303 %)TestDirector
14 (0.303 %)Introscope
23 (0.227 %)Paros
32 (0.151 %)Subversion
32 (0.151 %)AllFusion
32 (0.151 %)Ant
32 (0.151 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (0.151 %)Eclipse
41 (0.076 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.076 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (0.076 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.076 %)MSI
41 (0.076 %)JProbe
41 (0.076 %)WinRunner
41 (0.076 %)AppScan
41 (0.076 %)JIRA
41 (0.076 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1164 (12.41 %)Finance
2128 (9.690 %)Government
3127 (9.614 %)Banking
494 (7.116 %)Telecoms
544 (3.331 %)Investment Banking
616 (1.211 %)Retail
715 (1.136 %)Financial Institution
715 (1.136 %)Front Office
813 (0.984 %)Health
911 (0.833 %)Auditing
109 (0.681 %)Games
109 (0.681 %)Military
118 (0.606 %)Home Office
126 (0.454 %)Local Government
135 (0.379 %)Insurance
135 (0.379 %)Construction
135 (0.379 %)Education
144 (0.303 %)Pharmaceutical
144 (0.303 %)Online Games
144 (0.303 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1287 (21.73 %)Network Engineer
2184 (13.93 %)Analyst
3110 (8.327 %)Architect
498 (7.419 %)Consultant
587 (6.586 %)Support Engineer
679 (5.980 %)Administrator
776 (5.753 %)Network Support
874 (5.602 %)Cisco Engineer
874 (5.602 %)Network Analyst
957 (4.315 %)Network Specialist
1052 (3.936 %)Support Analyst
1151 (3.861 %)3rd Line Support
1246 (3.482 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1343 (3.255 %)Firewall Engineer
1442 (3.179 %)Security Analyst
1537 (2.801 %)Network Support Engineer
1537 (2.801 %)Security Engineer
1635 (2.650 %)Security Consultant
1734 (2.574 %)Project Manager
1833 (2.498 %)Design Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
139 (2.952 %)Clustering
234 (2.574 %)NHS
321 (1.590 %)Video Conferencing
419 (1.438 %)PKI
518 (1.363 %)Blackberry
617 (1.287 %)Thin Client
617 (1.287 %)SecurID
617 (1.287 %)Fat Client
714 (1.060 %)CESG
811 (0.833 %)Fixed Income
811 (0.833 %)Derivative
99 (0.681 %)FMCG
99 (0.681 %)Management Information System
99 (0.681 %)Client/Server
108 (0.606 %)Tandem
108 (0.606 %)e-Health
116 (0.454 %)CESG CLAS
116 (0.454 %)Mainframe
116 (0.454 %)Computer Science
116 (0.454 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1407 (30.81 %)Windows
2242 (18.32 %)Windows Server 2003
3167 (12.64 %)UNIX
4153 (11.58 %)Linux
592 (6.964 %)Solaris
674 (5.602 %)Windows XP
755 (4.164 %)Windows 2000
852 (3.936 %)Windows 2000 Server
939 (2.952 %)Windows Server 2008
1033 (2.498 %)Windows Vista
1126 (1.968 %)AIX
1224 (1.817 %)Red Hat Linux
1314 (1.060 %)Windows NT
148 (0.606 %)SUSE
148 (0.606 %)HPUX
156 (0.454 %)NetWare
156 (0.454 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
156 (0.454 %)zOS
165 (0.379 %)OpenVMS
174 (0.303 %)Windows Mobile
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1122 (9.235 %)ITIL
1122 (9.235 %)Network Design
279 (5.980 %)Load Balancing
354 (4.088 %)Information Security
451 (3.861 %)Project Management
543 (3.255 %)Migration
634 (2.574 %)Disaster Recovery
732 (2.422 %)Identity Management
830 (2.271 %)Change Management
830 (2.271 %)PRINCE2
927 (2.044 %)E-Commerce
1026 (1.968 %)Service Delivery
1119 (1.438 %)Penetration Testing
1119 (1.438 %)Incident Management
1119 (1.438 %)Problem Management
1218 (1.363 %)Service Management
1317 (1.287 %)Risk Management
1317 (1.287 %)Electronic Trading
1415 (1.136 %)Security Management
1415 (1.136 %)Business Continuity
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
192 (6.964 %)SQL
237 (2.801 %)Perl
331 (2.347 %)Java
427 (2.044 %)C
515 (1.136 %)Shell Script
612 (0.908 %)PHP
710 (0.757 %)Korn
89 (0.681 %)AWK
97 (0.530 %)C++
97 (0.530 %)VB
105 (0.379 %)C#
105 (0.379 %)PowerShell
114 (0.303 %)Tcl
114 (0.303 %)VBScript
123 (0.227 %)COBOL
123 (0.227 %)JavaScript
131 (0.076 %)PL/SQL
131 (0.076 %)JCL
131 (0.076 %)VB.NET
131 (0.076 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1411 (31.11 %)Cisco Certification
2258 (19.53 %)CCNP
3211 (15.97 %)Security Cleared
4209 (15.82 %)CCNA
5128 (9.690 %)SC Cleared
694 (7.116 %)Microsoft Certification
780 (6.056 %)CCIE
872 (5.450 %)MCSE
954 (4.088 %)CCSE
1050 (3.785 %)CISSP
1137 (2.801 %)CCSP
1236 (2.725 %)Degree
1332 (2.422 %)CCSA
1427 (2.044 %)DV Cleared
1521 (1.590 %)CCDP
1616 (1.211 %)CCVP
1715 (1.136 %)CCIP
1715 (1.136 %)MCP
1814 (1.060 %)MCSA
199 (0.681 %)SCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (2.650 %)SLA
219 (1.438 %)ISO27001
312 (0.908 %)PCI DSS
49 (0.681 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
49 (0.681 %)COBIT
57 (0.530 %)BS7799
65 (0.379 %)BS15000
74 (0.303 %)HMG Infosec
83 (0.227 %)QA
92 (0.151 %)ISO17799
92 (0.151 %)ISO9000
101 (0.076 %)HL7
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1245 (18.55 %)Active Directory
249 (3.709 %)VMware Infrastructure
321 (1.590 %)ISA Server
321 (1.590 %)NetBackup
417 (1.287 %)VMware ESX
515 (1.136 %)Backup Exec
67 (0.530 %)RACF
67 (0.530 %)Terminal Server
67 (0.530 %)Terminal Services
67 (0.530 %)NFS
67 (0.530 %)Oracle RAC
76 (0.454 %)VMware Workstation
76 (0.454 %)Nmap
85 (0.379 %)Citrix Presentation Server
94 (0.303 %)XenApp
94 (0.303 %)Samba
103 (0.227 %)MetaFrame
103 (0.227 %)Snort
103 (0.227 %)Postfix
103 (0.227 %)Veritas Volume Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
179 (5.980 %)CiscoWorks
267 (5.072 %)OpenView
327 (2.044 %)HP NNM
426 (1.968 %)SCCM
522 (1.665 %)SCOM
522 (1.665 %)MOM
620 (1.514 %)Tivoli
718 (1.363 %)BMC PATROL
817 (1.287 %)Cacti
916 (1.211 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1010 (0.757 %)ZENworks
119 (0.681 %)Tivoli Monitoring
128 (0.606 %)WSUS
128 (0.606 %)ServiceCenter
137 (0.530 %)Norton AntiVirus
146 (0.454 %)Netcool
155 (0.379 %)Unicenter
155 (0.379 %)MIMEsweeper
155 (0.379 %)Nagios
155 (0.379 %)ARCserve
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1697 (52.76 %)Cisco
2352 (26.65 %)CheckPoint
3213 (16.12 %)Microsoft
4146 (11.05 %)Nokia
5139 (10.52 %)Juniper
6137 (10.37 %)HP
7130 (9.841 %)VMware
869 (5.223 %)Citrix
957 (4.315 %)Nortel
957 (4.315 %)Blue Coat
1047 (3.558 %)Oracle
1136 (2.725 %)IBM
1227 (2.044 %)Sun
1322 (1.665 %)Red Hat
1322 (1.665 %)McAfee Security
1421 (1.590 %)Dell
1520 (1.514 %)Symantec
1619 (1.438 %)Crossbeam
1718 (1.363 %)CA
1816 (1.211 %)Lotus