The first table below looks at the demand for NetScreen skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NetScreen over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Communications & Networking category.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Juniper Networks NetScreen
Rank 500 497 509
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Contract jobs citing NetScreen 41 68 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.088% 0.116% 0.124%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.607% 0.743% 0.959%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 49
Average daily rate £369 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.35% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £305 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £424 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £375 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.66% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6757 9155 8028
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.58% 15.68% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3308 4150 3638
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 527 612 810
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%

NetScreen
Jobs Demand Trend

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

NetScreen Jobs Demand Trend

NetScreen
Daily Rate Trend

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

NetScreen Daily Rate Trend

NetScreen
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NetScreen within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

NetScreen Daily Rate Histogram

NetScreen
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NetScreen Hourly Rate Trend

NetScreen
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 NetScreen within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +10 33 £369 +5.35%
London +4 13 £356 +6.34%
East of England +22 7 £413 -
North West +12 6 £313 -1.57%
Cheshire +6 6 £313 -1.57%
South East +12 5 £338 -18.18%
Colchester +5 5 £413 -
Essex +4 5 £413 -
Cardiff - 5 - -
Wales - 5 - -
South Wales - 5 - -
Hammersmith - 4 - -
City of London +13 3 £356 -20.83%
Knutsford -5 3 £300 -5.51%
Warrington - 3 £313 -
Scotland - 3 £356 -
Yorkshire - 3 £413 -
Surrey +17 2 £338 -18.18%
Berkshire +14 2 £575 +53.33%
West Yorkshire - 2 - -
Halifax - 2 - -
Aberdeen - 2 £413 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
Peterborough - 2 - -
Newbury -2 1 £575 +53.33%
Bracknell -16 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £400 -
North Yorkshire - 1 £413 -
Kent - 1 £338 -
York - 1 £413 -

NetScreen
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NetScreen 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 NetScreen.

1 66 (79.52%) Firewall
2 61 (73.49%) Cisco
3 59 (71.08%) Juniper
4 38 (45.78%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (37.35%) CheckPoint
6 28 (33.73%) Cisco ASA
7 25 (30.12%) VPN
7 25 (30.12%) Windows
8 24 (28.92%) Blue Coat
9 23 (27.71%) Network Security
10 19 (22.89%) Citrix
10 19 (22.89%) F5
11 18 (21.69%) Finance
11 18 (21.69%) VMware
11 18 (21.69%) DNS
11 18 (21.69%) CCNP
12 17 (20.48%) OSPF
12 17 (20.48%) BGP
13 15 (18.07%) TCP/IP
13 15 (18.07%) SharePoint
13 15 (18.07%) E-Commerce
13 15 (18.07%) SQL Server
14 14 (16.87%) Linux
14 14 (16.87%) CCNA
14 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
14 14 (16.87%) HP
14 14 (16.87%) MPLS
14 14 (16.87%) SAN
15 13 (15.66%) Internet
15 13 (15.66%) EMC

NetScreen
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NetScreen 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 NetScreen. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (6.024%) COM+
2 3 (3.614%) CSS
3 2 (2.410%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.205%) HTML
4 1 (1.205%) COM
Application Platforms
1 15 (18.07%) SharePoint
2 10 (12.05%) IIS
3 9 (10.84%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (9.639%) MS Exchange
5 7 (8.434%) Apache
6 2 (2.410%) Tomcat
6 2 (2.410%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.410%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.205%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (1.205%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (1.205%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (6.024%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.614%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.205%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 66 (79.52%) Firewall
2 28 (33.73%) Cisco ASA
3 25 (30.12%) VPN
4 23 (27.71%) Network Security
5 18 (21.69%) DNS
6 17 (20.48%) OSPF
6 17 (20.48%) BGP
7 15 (18.07%) TCP/IP
8 14 (16.87%) MPLS
8 14 (16.87%) SAN
9 13 (15.66%) Internet
9 13 (15.66%) VoIP
9 13 (15.66%) WAN
9 13 (15.66%) LAN
10 11 (13.25%) Cisco PIX
11 10 (12.05%) IPsec
11 10 (12.05%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (12.05%) HSRP
11 10 (12.05%) Cisco IOS
12 9 (10.84%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.07%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.84%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 18 (21.69%) Finance
2 9 (10.84%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.819%) Banking
4 3 (3.614%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.410%) Games
6 1 (1.205%) French Language
Job Titles
1 21 (25.30%) Network Engineer
2 10 (12.05%) Architect
2 10 (12.05%) Firewall Engineer
3 9 (10.84%) Infrastructure Architect
3 9 (10.84%) Security Engineer
4 8 (9.639%) Consultant
4 8 (9.639%) Security Specialist
5 7 (8.434%) Network Specialist
5 7 (8.434%) Network Security Specialist
5 7 (8.434%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (7.229%) Firewall Consultant
6 6 (7.229%) E-Commerce Specialist
7 5 (6.024%) IT Architect
8 4 (4.819%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.819%) Network Security Engineer
9 3 (3.614%) Integration Engineer
9 3 (3.614%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.614%) Analyst
10 2 (2.410%) Support Specialist
10 2 (2.410%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.229%) Thin Client
1 6 (7.229%) Fat Client
2 3 (3.614%) CMDB
2 3 (3.614%) e-Health
3 2 (2.410%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.410%) NHS
3 2 (2.410%) Device Driver
3 2 (2.410%) Online Games
3 2 (2.410%) Celerra
4 1 (1.205%) PKI
4 1 (1.205%) Clustering
4 1 (1.205%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.12%) Windows
2 14 (16.87%) Linux
3 11 (13.25%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (9.639%) Solaris
5 7 (8.434%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (7.229%) UNIX
6 6 (7.229%) Windows 7
7 4 (4.819%) VMS
7 4 (4.819%) Windows XP
8 2 (2.410%) Debian
9 1 (1.205%) Android
9 1 (1.205%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.205%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.07%) E-Commerce
2 12 (14.46%) Project Management
2 12 (14.46%) Load Balancing
3 11 (13.25%) ITIL
4 8 (9.639%) Change Management
4 8 (9.639%) Configuration Management
4 8 (9.639%) Release Management
5 6 (7.229%) Service Management
5 6 (7.229%) Network Architecture
6 5 (6.024%) Kanban
6 5 (6.024%) Scrum
7 4 (4.819%) Migration
7 4 (4.819%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (4.819%) Network Design
8 3 (3.614%) Problem Management
8 3 (3.614%) Network Management
9 2 (2.410%) Risk Management
9 2 (2.410%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (2.410%) Asset Management
10 1 (1.205%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) C
2 9 (10.84%) SQL
3 6 (7.229%) Java
4 5 (6.024%) Perl
5 4 (4.819%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.410%) PHP
6 2 (2.410%) C++
6 2 (2.410%) VB
6 2 (2.410%) Python
7 1 (1.205%) Korn
7 1 (1.205%) Bourne shell
7 1 (1.205%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 38 (45.78%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (21.69%) CCNP
3 14 (16.87%) CCNA
4 9 (10.84%) MCTS
4 9 (10.84%) MCITP
4 9 (10.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (10.84%) Security Cleared
5 8 (9.639%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (9.639%) CCSE
6 7 (8.434%) CCIE
7 6 (7.229%) CCIP
7 6 (7.229%) SC Cleared
8 5 (6.024%) CISSP
8 5 (6.024%) CCSP
9 3 (3.614%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.614%) Check Point Certification
10 2 (2.410%) CCSA
11 1 (1.205%) Degree
11 1 (1.205%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (14.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (10.84%) vSphere
2 9 (10.84%) Active Directory
3 7 (8.434%) ProxySG
4 6 (7.229%) VMware ESX
5 5 (6.024%) Sendmail
5 5 (6.024%) XenServer
6 1 (1.205%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) EMC NetWorker
2 7 (8.434%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (7.229%) Cisco UCCX
4 4 (4.819%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (4.819%) SCCM
5 3 (3.614%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (2.410%) Tivoli
6 2 (2.410%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (1.205%) WSUS
7 1 (1.205%) Splunk
Vendors
1 61 (73.49%) Cisco
2 59 (71.08%) Juniper
3 31 (37.35%) CheckPoint
4 24 (28.92%) Blue Coat
5 19 (22.89%) Citrix
5 19 (22.89%) F5
6 18 (21.69%) VMware
7 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
7 14 (16.87%) HP
8 13 (15.66%) EMC
9 10 (12.05%) Nokia
10 9 (10.84%) Infoblox
11 7 (8.434%) Fortinet
11 7 (8.434%) Imperva
11 7 (8.434%) NetApp
11 7 (8.434%) Oracle
12 6 (7.229%) McAfee
12 6 (7.229%) TippingPoint
13 5 (6.024%) Sun
14 4 (4.819%) Veritas
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