Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1049176
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Down-15
Matching contract IT job ads6847461550
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.563 %1.622 %1.894 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category13.37 %11.12 %14.06 %
Daily rates quoted318260500
Average daily rate£363£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.610 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£237£235£209
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£494
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£338
% change year-on-year
--3.700 %
Hourly rates quoted76107168
Average hourly rate£23.97£23.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.210 %+2.220 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.70£15.60£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.15£40.00£38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.75£22.50£22.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00 %+2.270 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5115670911021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.68 %14.59 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted187616232838
Average daily rate£350£340£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£205£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted5008301498
Average hourly rate£21.00£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£24.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.430 %

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010. 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-15659£363+6.61 %
LondonDown-25326£375+7.14 %
South EastUp+2120£350+0.43 %
City of LondonDown-30116£393+12.21 %
South WestUp+2758£325-2.98 %
West MidlandsDown-540£375+10.29 %
BerkshireUp+333£400-
SurreyUp+930£325+8.33 %
East MidlandsDown-230£300+32.52 %
North WestUp+2527£350+25.56 %
WiltshireUp+2324£325-23.52 %
YorkshireUp+1722£300-
HampshireUp+321£275-21.42 %
East of EnglandDown-621£361+20.41 %
GloucestershireUp+3020£225-19.64 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1019£350-13.04 %
SwindonUp+1818£325-23.07 %
ReadingUp+716£450-5.26 %
West YorkshireUp+1215£300-
ManchesterUp+314£200-28.25 %
ScotlandDown-912£301-33.05 %
MidlandsUp+2011£405+24.61 %
ShropshireUp+311£375+33.92 %
NottinghamshireDown-611£140-56.92 %
HertfordshireUp+1610£313+13.63 %
BirminghamUp+910£399+42.41 %
Milton KeynesUp+410£350-15.56 %
TelfordUp+410£375-5.36 %
GloucesterUp+310£225-
WarwickshireDown-910£335-25.55 %

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

1709 (51.04 %)Cisco
2458 (32.97 %)Windows
3398 (28.65 %)CheckPoint
4329 (23.69 %)Cisco Certification
5319 (22.97 %)WAN
6279 (20.09 %)LAN
7276 (19.87 %)VPN
8253 (18.21 %)TCP/IP
9229 (16.49 %)DNS
10219 (15.77 %)Active Directory
11215 (15.48 %)Microsoft
12209 (15.05 %)Security Cleared
13205 (14.76 %)Juniper
14202 (14.54 %)CCNP
15201 (14.47 %)Windows Server 2003
16198 (14.25 %)UNIX
17192 (13.82 %)Finance
18179 (12.89 %)Linux
19177 (12.74 %)CCNA
20162 (11.66 %)Nokia
20162 (11.66 %)Banking
21155 (11.16 %)Cisco PIX
22154 (11.09 %)Network Security
23147 (10.58 %)Government
24146 (10.51 %)Cisco ASA
25144 (10.37 %)DHCP
26141 (10.15 %)VoIP
27140 (10.08 %)SC Cleared
28139 (10.01 %)Internet
29138 (9.935 %)VMware

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
168 (4.896 %)XML
260 (4.320 %).NET
343 (3.096 %)Web Services
436 (2.592 %)CSS
526 (1.872 %)Middleware
625 (1.800 %)WebSphere
724 (1.728 %)HTML
819 (1.368 %)J2EE
917 (1.224 %).NET Framework
1015 (1.080 %)XSLT
1015 (1.080 %)SOAP
1114 (1.008 %)COM+
1212 (0.864 %)ASP.NET
1212 (0.864 %)WCF
1212 (0.864 %)Java EE
139 (0.648 %)AJAX
139 (0.648 %)JMS
148 (0.576 %)JSP
157 (0.504 %)FIX Protocol
166 (0.432 %)Application Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1108 (7.775 %)MS Exchange
293 (6.695 %)IIS
353 (3.816 %)Exchange Server 2003
444 (3.168 %)Exchange Server 2007
541 (2.952 %)Apache
633 (2.376 %)WebLogic
727 (1.944 %)SharePoint
824 (1.728 %)Tomcat
919 (1.368 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1014 (1.008 %)WebSphere Application Server
1014 (1.008 %)WebSphere MQ
1112 (0.864 %)Lotus Domino
1112 (0.864 %)Oracle Application Server
1211 (0.792 %)Lotus Notes
1211 (0.792 %)IBM HTTP Server
139 (0.648 %)Exchange Server 2000
139 (0.648 %)CMS
147 (0.504 %)BizTalk Server
156 (0.432 %)Office Communications Server
165 (0.360 %)ESB
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
161 (4.392 %)MS Office
248 (3.456 %)MS Excel
338 (2.736 %)MS Visio
411 (0.792 %)MS Project
55 (0.360 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.216 %)Oracle EBS R12
22 (0.144 %)Maximo
22 (0.144 %)Oracle 11i
22 (0.144 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.144 %)assyst
22 (0.144 %)RMDS
31 (0.072 %)Academy Housing
31 (0.072 %)arcHouse
31 (0.072 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.072 %)Dynamics AX
31 (0.072 %)Kondor+
31 (0.072 %)Remedy ITSM
31 (0.072 %)WebTrends
31 (0.072 %)SoftGrid
31 (0.072 %)SAP CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1319 (22.97 %)WAN
2279 (20.09 %)LAN
3276 (19.87 %)VPN
4253 (18.21 %)TCP/IP
5229 (16.49 %)DNS
6155 (11.16 %)Cisco PIX
7154 (11.09 %)Network Security
8146 (10.51 %)Cisco ASA
9144 (10.37 %)DHCP
10141 (10.15 %)VoIP
11139 (10.01 %)Internet
12136 (9.791 %)MPLS
13120 (8.639 %)OSPF
14105 (7.559 %)SAN
1597 (6.983 %)BGP
1689 (6.407 %)SSL
1774 (5.328 %)Wireless
1860 (4.320 %)VLAN
1958 (4.176 %)EIGRP
2049 (3.528 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1115 (8.279 %)SQL Server
243 (3.096 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (1.656 %)SQL Server 2000
422 (1.584 %)MySQL
518 (1.296 %)SQL Server 2008
615 (1.080 %)RDBMS
713 (0.936 %)Datawarehouse
811 (0.792 %)ETL
910 (0.720 %)Oracle 10g
910 (0.720 %)MS Access
108 (0.576 %)BusinessObjects
116 (0.432 %)DB2
125 (0.360 %)Oracle 8/8i
134 (0.288 %)Essbase
134 (0.288 %)SQLPlus
143 (0.216 %)Informix
152 (0.144 %)SQL Server 7
161 (0.072 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
161 (0.072 %)SQL Server Integration Services
161 (0.072 %)BusinessObjects XI
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (2.232 %)ClearCase
225 (1.800 %)ClearQuest
313 (0.936 %)LoadRunner
411 (0.792 %)TestDirector
59 (0.648 %)Subversion
67 (0.504 %)NUnit
67 (0.504 %)NCover
67 (0.504 %)FxCop
67 (0.504 %)Ant
76 (0.432 %)AdminStudio
85 (0.360 %)InstallShield
94 (0.288 %)Maven
103 (0.216 %)TeamCity
103 (0.216 %)Dreamweaver
103 (0.216 %)XDE
103 (0.216 %)JUnit
112 (0.144 %)VSS/SourceSafe
112 (0.144 %)TortoiseSVN
112 (0.144 %)Atlassian Bamboo
112 (0.144 %)Talend Open Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1192 (13.82 %)Finance
2162 (11.66 %)Banking
3147 (10.58 %)Government
4109 (7.847 %)Telecoms
572 (5.184 %)Investment Banking
627 (1.944 %)Financial Institution
722 (1.584 %)Auditing
821 (1.512 %)Back Office
919 (1.368 %)Law
1018 (1.296 %)Retail
1116 (1.152 %)Legal
1214 (1.008 %)Health
139 (0.648 %)Insurance
139 (0.648 %)Education
148 (0.576 %)Criminal Justice
148 (0.576 %)Police
148 (0.576 %)Local Government
155 (0.360 %)Front Office
164 (0.288 %)Publishing
164 (0.288 %)Military
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1271 (19.51 %)Network Engineer
2213 (15.33 %)Analyst
3156 (11.23 %)Architect
4107 (7.703 %)Consultant
590 (6.479 %)Network Analyst
670 (5.040 %)Support Engineer
762 (4.464 %)Security Engineer
858 (4.176 %)Network Support
955 (3.960 %)Security Analyst
1053 (3.816 %)Project Manager
1053 (3.816 %)Administrator
1147 (3.384 %)Support Analyst
1147 (3.384 %)Cisco Engineer
1242 (3.024 %)Security Architect
1340 (2.880 %)Technical Architect
1437 (2.664 %)Network Architect
1536 (2.592 %)Network Specialist
1635 (2.520 %)Network Consultant
1734 (2.448 %)Network Security Analyst
1832 (2.304 %)3rd Line Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
155 (3.960 %)Clustering
231 (2.232 %)Blackberry
325 (1.800 %)PKI
420 (1.440 %)NHS
519 (1.368 %)Fixed Income
616 (1.152 %)French Language
715 (1.080 %)Replication
814 (1.008 %)Thin Client
814 (1.008 %)Fat Client
912 (0.864 %)Video Conferencing
1011 (0.792 %)SecurID
1011 (0.792 %)iSeries
1110 (0.720 %)Open Source
129 (0.648 %)Derivative
138 (0.576 %)Equities
138 (0.576 %)Smartcard
147 (0.504 %)CESG
147 (0.504 %)RMADS
156 (0.432 %)Management Information System
156 (0.432 %)Client/Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1458 (32.97 %)Windows
2201 (14.47 %)Windows Server 2003
3198 (14.25 %)UNIX
4179 (12.89 %)Linux
593 (6.695 %)Solaris
692 (6.623 %)Windows Server 2008
788 (6.335 %)Windows XP
863 (4.536 %)Windows 2000
946 (3.312 %)AIX
1037 (2.664 %)Windows Vista
1136 (2.592 %)Windows 2000 Server
1235 (2.520 %)Red Hat Linux
1316 (1.152 %)HPUX
1415 (1.080 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1511 (0.792 %)Windows NT
166 (0.432 %)SUSE
166 (0.432 %)VMS
175 (0.360 %)NetWare
184 (0.288 %)Windows 7
193 (0.216 %)Embedded Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1119 (8.567 %)ITIL
291 (6.551 %)Load Balancing
381 (5.832 %)Network Design
468 (4.896 %)Project Management
560 (4.320 %)Migration
651 (3.672 %)PRINCE2
740 (2.880 %)Information Security
831 (2.232 %)Service Management
831 (2.232 %)Network Architecture
930 (2.160 %)E-Commerce
930 (2.160 %)Service Delivery
1029 (2.088 %)Configuration Management
1128 (2.016 %)Risk Management
1226 (1.872 %)Web Development
1325 (1.800 %)SOA
1423 (1.656 %)UML
1522 (1.584 %)Stakeholder Management
1522 (1.584 %)Security Architecture
1621 (1.512 %)Change Management
1720 (1.440 %)Risk Assessment
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1127 (9.143 %)SQL
275 (5.400 %)Java
369 (4.968 %)Perl
463 (4.536 %)C
529 (2.088 %)Shell Script
618 (1.296 %)C++
717 (1.224 %)Python
717 (1.224 %)PHP
816 (1.152 %)VB
915 (1.080 %)Tcl
1014 (1.008 %)VBScript
1112 (0.864 %)JavaScript
128 (0.576 %)C#
128 (0.576 %)PowerShell
128 (0.576 %)Korn
137 (0.504 %)Bash shell
144 (0.288 %)PL/SQL
153 (0.216 %)Embedded C
153 (0.216 %)Embedded C++
153 (0.216 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1329 (23.69 %)Cisco Certification
2209 (15.05 %)Security Cleared
3202 (14.54 %)CCNP
4177 (12.74 %)CCNA
5140 (10.08 %)SC Cleared
673 (5.256 %)CCIE
768 (4.896 %)Microsoft Certification
860 (4.320 %)MCSE
951 (3.672 %)CISSP
1032 (2.304 %)CCDP
1032 (2.304 %)CCSA
1130 (2.160 %)Degree
1228 (2.016 %)CCSE
1323 (1.656 %)CCSP
1421 (1.512 %)CISM
1519 (1.368 %)BC Cleared
1616 (1.152 %)CISA
1616 (1.152 %)DV Cleared
1713 (0.936 %)CCVP
1812 (0.864 %)JNCIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (2.016 %)ISO27001
217 (1.224 %)PCI DSS
316 (1.152 %)SLA
413 (0.936 %)QA
56 (0.432 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
65 (0.360 %)ISO17799
73 (0.216 %)BS7799
82 (0.144 %)COBIT
91 (0.072 %)JSP 440
91 (0.072 %)COSO
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1219 (15.77 %)Active Directory
263 (4.536 %)VMware Infrastructure
344 (3.168 %)ISA Server
431 (2.232 %)VMware ESX
520 (1.440 %)Oracle RAC
612 (0.864 %)NetBackup
710 (0.720 %)Citrix Presentation Server
87 (0.504 %)XenApp
87 (0.504 %)Terminal Services
87 (0.504 %)NFS
95 (0.360 %)Nmap
95 (0.360 %)Squid
95 (0.360 %)Backup Exec
104 (0.288 %)Terminal Server
104 (0.288 %)MetaFrame
104 (0.288 %)vSphere
113 (0.216 %)Xen
113 (0.216 %)XenServer
113 (0.216 %)VMware Workstation
122 (0.144 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
131 (2.232 %)CiscoWorks
229 (2.088 %)WSUS
325 (1.800 %)MOM
420 (1.440 %)OpenView
519 (1.368 %)Tivoli
617 (1.224 %)SCOM
714 (1.008 %)Tivoli Monitoring
813 (0.936 %)MIMEsweeper
813 (0.936 %)MAILsweeper
912 (0.864 %)SCCM
1011 (0.792 %)AutoSys
1110 (0.720 %)Tivoli NetView
128 (0.576 %)Norton AntiVirus
128 (0.576 %)Dollar Universe
128 (0.576 %)ServiceCenter
137 (0.504 %)McAfee ePO
137 (0.504 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
137 (0.504 %)MSI
146 (0.432 %)ARCserve
155 (0.360 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1709 (51.04 %)Cisco
2398 (28.65 %)CheckPoint
3215 (15.48 %)Microsoft
4205 (14.76 %)Juniper
5162 (11.66 %)Nokia
6138 (9.935 %)VMware
7118 (8.495 %)HP
8117 (8.423 %)Citrix
998 (7.055 %)Oracle
1084 (6.048 %)Blue Coat
1143 (3.096 %)IBM
1242 (3.024 %)SolarWinds
1335 (2.520 %)NetApp
1434 (2.448 %)Sun
1531 (2.232 %)Symantec
1630 (2.160 %)Red Hat
1727 (1.944 %)McAfee
1823 (1.656 %)ProCurve
1922 (1.584 %)Reuters
2018 (1.296 %)Nortel