The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security Management skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Security Management over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security Management
Rank - - 579
Contract jobs citing Network Security Management 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £388
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £388
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

Network Security Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Security Management within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Network Security Management Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Security Management Daily Rate Trend

Network Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Network Security Management Hourly Rate Trend

Network Security Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Network Security Management 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 Network Security Management.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) FWSM
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Blue Coat
2 3 (75.00%) ProxySG
2 3 (75.00%) Sourcefire
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Military
4 1 (25.00%) SCOM
4 1 (25.00%) Avionics
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) DMZ
4 1 (25.00%) ISA Server
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) Clearswift
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) COM
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) IPv6

Network Security Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Network Security Management 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 Network Security Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) FWSM
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) DMZ
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) IPv6
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) ProxySG
2 1 (25.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCOM
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) Blue Coat
2 3 (75.00%) Sourcefire
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Clearswift
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft