The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of M86 Security products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited M86 Security over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within M86 Security.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
M86 Security
Rank 526 - 580
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing M86 Security 3 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% - 0.007%
As % of the Vendors category 0.014% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £375 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

M86 Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing M86 Security within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

M86 Security Jobs Demand Trend

M86 Security
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing M86 Security within the UK.

M86 Security Daily Rate Trend

M86 Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing M86 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 M86 Security.

1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 5 (50.00%) Finjan
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (50.00%) UNIX
3 5 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (50.00%) DNS
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco
3 5 (50.00%) McAfee
3 5 (50.00%) Websense
3 5 (50.00%) Firewall
4 4 (40.00%) Forefront TMG
4 4 (40.00%) Squid
5 3 (30.00%) F5
5 3 (30.00%) HSRP
5 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
5 3 (30.00%) JSP 440
5 3 (30.00%) OSPF
5 3 (30.00%) Military
5 3 (30.00%) EIGRP
5 3 (30.00%) JSP
5 3 (30.00%) PPP
5 3 (30.00%) CCNP
5 3 (30.00%) CCNA
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (30.00%) Linux
5 3 (30.00%) Apache
5 3 (30.00%) VoIP
6 2 (20.00%) SMTP

M86 Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing M86 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 M86 Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (50.00%) DNS
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) HSRP
2 3 (30.00%) OSPF
2 3 (30.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (30.00%) PPP
2 3 (30.00%) VoIP
3 2 (20.00%) SMTP
3 2 (20.00%) DHCP
3 2 (20.00%) HTTP
3 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (20.00%) S/MIME
4 1 (10.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) ClearQuest
General
1 3 (30.00%) Military
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Security Specialist
2 4 (40.00%) Deployment Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) Design Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Leader
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) UNIX
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) CCNP
3 3 (30.00%) CCNA
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Forefront TMG
1 4 (40.00%) Squid
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) ProxySG
3 1 (10.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Blue Coat
1 5 (50.00%) Finjan
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
1 5 (50.00%) McAfee
1 5 (50.00%) Websense
2 3 (30.00%) F5
3 2 (20.00%) Juniper
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) BT