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The table below looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank363399
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching contract IT job ads207298
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.291 %0.301 %
As % of the category below2.183 %2.217 %
Daily rates quoted7691
Average minimum daily rate£360£367
Average daily rate£378£380
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£340
% change on same period last year+4.69 %
Hourly rates quoted1521
Average minimum hourly rate£32.66£34.77
Average hourly rate£34.73£39.37
% change on same period last year-11.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.79£43.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.56£41.67
% change on same period last year-17.05 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads948313444
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.35 %13.59 %
Daily rates quoted27133485
Average minimum daily rate£343£345
Average daily rate£362£362
% change on same period last year+0.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted12371873
Average minimum hourly rate£25.25£26.56
Average hourly rate£26.97£28.63
% change on same period last year-5.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.69£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SSL
Demand Trend

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

SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSL within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

SSL Daily Rate Histogram

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SSL Hourly Rate Trend

SSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSL within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

SSL Hourly Rate Histogram

SSL
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 SSL within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-4181£380+0.07 %
LondonUp+2085£391-11.87 %
City of LondonDown-3128£434-12.88 %
South EastUp+3426£395+3.28 %
ScotlandUp+4525£349-
EdinburghUp+3122£349-
West MidlandsUp+916£367-21.62 %
North EastDown-311£245-16.94 %
South WestUp+3711£332-
WarwickshireUp+2610£350-
YorkshireUp+1510£350-22.65 %
WarwickNew entry-9£350-
LeedsUp+69£350-22.79 %
West YorkshireUp+69£350-22.65 %
KentNew entry-8--
SurreyUp+228£500+31.64 %
East of EnglandUp+58£415+80.43 %
HampshireUp+187--
WiltshireUp+66£380-
North WestUp+76£300-
SwindonNew entry-5£380-
BasingstokeNew entry-5--
PeterboroughNew entry-4--
Tyne and WearUp+134£245-14.78 %
ManchesterDown-54£300-
East MidlandsDown-84£130-44.35 %
CambridgeshireNo change04--
DorsetNew entry-3£268-
SunderlandNew entry-3£245-
HammersmithNew entry-3--

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SSL 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 SSL.

1191 (45.26 %)Firewall
2160 (37.91 %)VPN
3146 (34.60 %)Cisco
3146 (34.60 %)Windows
4100 (23.70 %)CheckPoint
596 (22.75 %)UNIX
690 (21.33 %)Finance
788 (20.85 %)HTTP
877 (18.25 %)TCP/IP
972 (17.06 %)WebSphere
1071 (16.82 %)Shell Script
1170 (16.59 %)Load Balancing
1265 (15.40 %)IIS
1362 (14.69 %)Internet
1461 (14.45 %)AIX
1461 (14.45 %)Solaris
1560 (14.22 %)LAN
1659 (13.98 %)Middleware
1757 (13.51 %)WebSphere MQ
1855 (13.03 %)Cisco Certification
1855 (13.03 %)Juniper
1855 (13.03 %)Microsoft
1855 (13.03 %)Linux
1855 (13.03 %)SQL
1954 (12.80 %)Tivoli
2053 (12.56 %)Nokia
2053 (12.56 %)Cisco PIX
2150 (11.85 %)SQL Server
2249 (11.61 %).NET
2249 (11.61 %)WAN

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
172 (17.06 %)WebSphere
259 (13.98 %)Middleware
349 (11.61 %).NET
444 (10.43 %)WBIMB
540 (9.479 %)SOAP
631 (7.346 %)WebServices
727 (6.398 %)ASP.NET
826 (6.161 %)XML
826 (6.161 %)HTML
826 (6.161 %)CSS
916 (3.791 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1015 (3.555 %)J2EE
1015 (3.555 %)MAPI
1114 (3.318 %)COM+
1213 (3.081 %)ASP
1310 (2.370 %)ADO.NET
1310 (2.370 %)JMS
149 (2.133 %).NET Framework
158 (1.896 %)CGI
166 (1.422 %)XHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
165 (15.40 %)IIS
257 (13.51 %)WebSphere MQ
342 (9.953 %)Apache
429 (6.872 %)WebSphere Application Server
525 (5.924 %)MS Exchange
618 (4.265 %)IBM HTTP Server
717 (4.028 %)Exchange Server 2003
816 (3.791 %)SharePoint
914 (3.318 %)SharePoint Server 2007
914 (3.318 %)Gentran
1012 (2.844 %)Exchange Server 2007
1111 (2.607 %)Tomcat
1210 (2.370 %)MQSeries
139 (2.133 %)JBoss
148 (1.896 %)Oracle HTTP Server
155 (1.185 %)Documentum
155 (1.185 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
164 (0.948 %)CMS
164 (0.948 %)WPS
164 (0.948 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (4.502 %)MS Excel
27 (1.659 %)MS Office
32 (0.474 %)Doxygen
41 (0.237 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.237 %)Photoshop
41 (0.237 %)MS Visio
41 (0.237 %)Fireworks
41 (0.237 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.237 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1191 (45.26 %)Firewall
2160 (37.91 %)VPN
388 (20.85 %)HTTP
477 (18.25 %)TCP/IP
562 (14.69 %)Internet
660 (14.22 %)LAN
753 (12.56 %)Cisco PIX
849 (11.61 %)WAN
947 (11.14 %)FTP
1046 (10.90 %)BGP
1144 (10.43 %)DNS
1238 (9.005 %)OSPF
1336 (8.531 %)SMTP
1435 (8.294 %)IPsec
1534 (8.057 %)NetScreen
1631 (7.346 %)MPLS
1730 (7.109 %)HTTPS
1828 (6.635 %)Network Security
1925 (5.924 %)Wireless
2024 (5.687 %)DHCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (11.85 %)SQL Server
231 (7.346 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (2.607 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (2.607 %)MySQL
44 (0.948 %)RDBMS
53 (0.711 %)DTS
62 (0.474 %)DB2
62 (0.474 %)GIS
71 (0.237 %)SQLPlus
71 (0.237 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.237 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.237 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.237 %)Oracle Discoverer
71 (0.237 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.237 %)DataStage
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (2.844 %)LoadRunner
27 (1.659 %)NUnit
27 (1.659 %)Subversion
27 (1.659 %)Visual Studio
27 (1.659 %)Flash
36 (1.422 %)TestDirector
44 (0.948 %)FrontPage
44 (0.948 %)Eclipse
44 (0.948 %)Dreamweaver
53 (0.711 %)Ant
53 (0.711 %)MSI
62 (0.474 %)Selenium
62 (0.474 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.237 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.237 %)JBuilder
71 (0.237 %)Rational Rose
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (21.33 %)Finance
232 (7.583 %)Banking
318 (4.265 %)Government
415 (3.555 %)Financial Institution
510 (2.370 %)Investment Banking
69 (2.133 %)Insurance
77 (1.659 %)Retail
86 (1.422 %)Health
94 (0.948 %)Telecoms
102 (0.474 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (0.474 %)Construction
102 (0.474 %)Local Government
102 (0.474 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.237 %)Corporate Banking
111 (0.237 %)Marketing
111 (0.237 %)Legal
111 (0.237 %)Front Office
111 (0.237 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
156 (13.27 %)Analyst
251 (12.09 %)Consultant
344 (10.43 %)Developer
438 (9.005 %)Network Engineer
526 (6.161 %)Administrator
624 (5.687 %)Security Engineer
722 (5.213 %)Architect
817 (4.028 %)Network Support
916 (3.791 %)Cisco Engineer
1015 (3.555 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1015 (3.555 %)Network Consultant
1015 (3.555 %)Security Analyst
1114 (3.318 %)Network Architect
1213 (3.081 %)Network Specialist
1213 (3.081 %)Project Manager
1312 (2.844 %)Support Engineer
1312 (2.844 %).NET Developer
1312 (2.844 %)Network Analyst
1312 (2.844 %)WebSphere Specialist
1411 (2.607 %)WebSphere Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (10.43 %)Mainframe
239 (9.242 %)Tandem
328 (6.635 %)Clustering
427 (6.398 %)PKI
514 (3.318 %)Blackberry
610 (2.370 %)Computer Science
77 (1.659 %)RIA
86 (1.422 %)Replication
95 (1.185 %)Fixed Income
95 (1.185 %)W3C
95 (1.185 %)Firmware
95 (1.185 %)Derivative
104 (0.948 %)PDA
104 (0.948 %)Multithreading
104 (0.948 %)NHS
104 (0.948 %)Cryptography
113 (0.711 %)Client/Server
122 (0.474 %)N-Tier
122 (0.474 %)HACMP
122 (0.474 %)Russian Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1146 (34.60 %)Windows
296 (22.75 %)UNIX
361 (14.45 %)AIX
361 (14.45 %)Solaris
455 (13.03 %)Linux
544 (10.43 %)Windows Server 2003
641 (9.716 %)HPUX
718 (4.265 %)Red Hat Linux
817 (4.028 %)Windows 2000
915 (3.555 %)Windows 2000 Server
1014 (3.318 %)Windows Server 2008
1113 (3.081 %)Windows XP
128 (1.896 %)Windows NT
136 (1.422 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
145 (1.185 %)Windows Mobile
152 (0.474 %)MVS
152 (0.474 %)NetWare
161 (0.237 %)OS/390
161 (0.237 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
170 (16.59 %)Load Balancing
237 (8.768 %)Change Management
335 (8.294 %)ITIL
433 (7.820 %)Network Design
523 (5.450 %)E-Commerce
622 (5.213 %)PRINCE2
718 (4.265 %)OO
814 (3.318 %)UML
814 (3.318 %)Disaster Recovery
814 (3.318 %)Migration
913 (3.081 %)Penetration Testing
1012 (2.844 %)Security Cleared
1110 (2.370 %)Problem Management
1110 (2.370 %)Content Management
1110 (2.370 %)Project Management
128 (1.896 %)OOD
128 (1.896 %)Incident Management
137 (1.659 %)SC Cleared
137 (1.659 %)B2B
146 (1.422 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
171 (16.82 %)Shell Script
255 (13.03 %)SQL
335 (8.294 %)Java
428 (6.635 %)C#
523 (5.450 %)JavaScript
523 (5.450 %)Perl
616 (3.791 %)VBScript
710 (2.370 %)PHP
710 (2.370 %)DHTML
87 (1.659 %)C
87 (1.659 %)Python
96 (1.422 %)VB.NET
105 (1.185 %)Transact-SQL
114 (0.948 %)Korn
123 (0.711 %)VB
123 (0.711 %)Jython
132 (0.474 %)C++
132 (0.474 %)PHP5
141 (0.237 %)PowerShell
141 (0.237 %)PL/SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
155 (13.03 %)Cisco Certification
237 (8.768 %)CCNP
319 (4.502 %)CCIE
417 (4.028 %)CCDA
417 (4.028 %)CCDP
516 (3.791 %)Microsoft Certification
614 (3.318 %)Degree
710 (2.370 %)CCNA
710 (2.370 %)MCSE
89 (2.133 %)CCSP
96 (1.422 %)MCP
105 (1.185 %)MCTS
113 (0.711 %)CCSA
113 (0.711 %)CCSE
113 (0.711 %)PRINCE2 Certification
113 (0.711 %)ISEB
122 (0.474 %)CISSP
122 (0.474 %)MCAD
131 (0.237 %)MCSA
131 (0.237 %)Check Point Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.185 %)ISO27001
15 (1.185 %)ISO17799
22 (0.474 %)BS7799
22 (0.474 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.237 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.237 %)WCAG
31 (0.237 %)WAI
31 (0.237 %)CESG Infosec
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
137 (8.768 %)Active Directory
211 (2.607 %)VMware ESX
310 (2.370 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (1.422 %)Samba
54 (0.948 %)ISA Server
63 (0.711 %)NFS
63 (0.711 %)Terminal Services
63 (0.711 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
63 (0.711 %)VMware Server
72 (0.474 %)Novell eDirectory
72 (0.474 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.237 %)Snort
81 (0.237 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
154 (12.80 %)Tivoli
240 (9.479 %)OMEGAMON
319 (4.502 %)CA SiteMinder
412 (2.844 %)CiscoWorks
510 (2.370 %)OpenView
67 (1.659 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
76 (1.422 %)NNM
85 (1.185 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
94 (0.948 %)WSUS
94 (0.948 %)MAILsweeper
94 (0.948 %)OpenView Configuration Management
94 (0.948 %)ServiceCenter
103 (0.711 %)Norton AntiVirus
111 (0.237 %)MIIS
111 (0.237 %)BMC PATROL
111 (0.237 %)Nessus
111 (0.237 %)MOM
111 (0.237 %)Netcool
111 (0.237 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
111 (0.237 %)Tivoli NetView
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1146 (34.60 %)Cisco
2100 (23.70 %)CheckPoint
355 (13.03 %)Juniper
355 (13.03 %)Microsoft
453 (12.56 %)Nokia
546 (10.90 %)IBM
632 (7.583 %)Oracle
728 (6.635 %)HP
825 (5.924 %)Blue Coat
918 (4.265 %)Red Hat
1017 (4.028 %)Nortel
1017 (4.028 %)Citrix
1017 (4.028 %)VMware
1112 (2.844 %)Sun
129 (2.133 %)Crossbeam
137 (1.659 %)Sophos
146 (1.422 %)Sybase
155 (1.185 %)EMC
155 (1.185 %)Peregrine
164 (0.948 %)Avaya