The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Websense 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 Websense over the 3 months to 17 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 Websense, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Websense
Rank 496 518 535
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +17
Contract jobs citing Websense 34 60 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.073% 0.103% 0.086%
As % of the Vendors category 0.156% 0.222% 0.186%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 40 33
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £550 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £275 £365
% change year-on-year
-9.17% -24.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
Average hourly rate £23.25 £27.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.88% +35.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £27.00 £12.86
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.85 £27.00 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £27.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-29.62% +100.00%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Websense
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Websense Jobs Demand Trend

Websense
Daily Rate Trend

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

Websense Daily Rate Trend

Websense
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Websense within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Websense Daily Rate Histogram

Websense
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Websense Hourly Rate Trend

Websense
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Websense within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +20 31 £388 +14.81%
London +1 22 £431 +26.83%
City of London +1 6 £400 +16.78%
South East +18 4 £250 -16.80%
Hampshire -5 3 £250 -16.80%
Eastleigh - 3 £250 -
East of England +15 2 - -
Norwich - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £250 -
Yorkshire - 2 £350 -
Norfolk - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 2 £250 -
Berkshire +15 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £350 -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
South Yorkshire - 1 £350 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £350 -
Reading - 1 - -
Nottingham - 1 £350 -
Leeds - 1 - -
Doncaster - 1 £350 -

Websense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Websense 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 Websense.

1 39 (55.71%) Windows
2 30 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 30 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 25 (35.71%) Active Directory
3 25 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 22 (31.43%) VMware
4 22 (31.43%) Windows Server 2003
5 20 (28.57%) Citrix
6 19 (27.14%) SCCM
6 19 (27.14%) Exchange Server 2010
7 18 (25.71%) Blue Coat
8 16 (22.86%) Security Cleared
8 16 (22.86%) Symantec
9 15 (21.43%) SC Cleared
9 15 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
9 15 (21.43%) Forefront TMG
10 14 (20.00%) vSphere
10 14 (20.00%) SCOM
10 14 (20.00%) Finjan
10 14 (20.00%) Blackberry
11 13 (18.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 13 (18.57%) Exchange Server 2007
12 12 (17.14%) XenApp
12 12 (17.14%) Firewall
12 12 (17.14%) Cisco
13 11 (15.71%) SharePoint
13 11 (15.71%) M86 Security
13 11 (15.71%) Exchange Server 2003
14 10 (14.29%) Squid
14 10 (14.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault

Websense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Websense 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 Websense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.857%) Middleware
2 1 (1.429%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.429%) COM
Application Platforms
1 30 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 19 (27.14%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (18.57%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (18.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 11 (15.71%) SharePoint
4 11 (15.71%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (8.571%) Lync
7 4 (5.714%) Apache
8 2 (2.857%) IIS
9 1 (1.429%) SAS
9 1 (1.429%) Live Communications Server
9 1 (1.429%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 4 (5.714%) MS Office
2 2 (2.857%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.429%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.429%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (5.714%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.429%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (1.429%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.14%) Firewall
2 9 (12.86%) TCP/IP
3 8 (11.43%) DNS
3 8 (11.43%) SAN
4 7 (10.00%) VPN
5 6 (8.571%) DHCP
6 5 (7.143%) WAN
6 5 (7.143%) S/MIME
7 4 (5.714%) Internet
7 4 (5.714%) IPv6
7 4 (5.714%) MPLS
7 4 (5.714%) LAN
7 4 (5.714%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (5.714%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (5.714%) NetScaler
7 4 (5.714%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (4.286%) VoIP
8 3 (4.286%) SMTP
8 3 (4.286%) Extranet
8 3 (4.286%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.857%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.857%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.429%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.429%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.429%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (7.143%) Banking
2 4 (5.714%) Finance
3 3 (4.286%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.857%) Publishing
4 2 (2.857%) Back Office
5 1 (1.429%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.429%) Local Government
5 1 (1.429%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (15.71%) Server Engineer
2 10 (14.29%) Consultant
3 9 (12.86%) Analyst
3 9 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (11.43%) Security Specialist
4 8 (11.43%) Deployment Specialist
5 6 (8.571%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 6 (8.571%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (5.714%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.714%) Messaging Specialist
7 4 (5.714%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 4 (5.714%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (5.714%) Active Directory Specialist
7 4 (5.714%) Windows Server Engineer
8 3 (4.286%) Messaging Consultant
8 3 (4.286%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.286%) Administrator
8 3 (4.286%) Network Engineer
9 2 (2.857%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.286%) PKI
2 3 (4.286%) Open Source
3 2 (2.857%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.429%) Handset
4 1 (1.429%) Replication
4 1 (1.429%) Clustering
4 1 (1.429%) Online Banking
4 1 (1.429%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.429%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.429%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 39 (55.71%) Windows
2 25 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (31.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (8.571%) Windows 7
4 6 (8.571%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (4.286%) Linux
6 2 (2.857%) UNIX
7 1 (1.429%) Windows XP
7 1 (1.429%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (11.43%) Migration
2 7 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 6 (8.571%) ITIL
4 5 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (7.143%) ITSM
4 5 (7.143%) High Availability
4 5 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (5.714%) Load Balancing
6 3 (4.286%) Network Architecture
7 2 (2.857%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (2.857%) Change Control
7 2 (2.857%) Change Management
7 2 (2.857%) Incident Management
7 2 (2.857%) Business Continuity
8 1 (1.429%) Information Security
8 1 (1.429%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.429%) Asset Management
8 1 (1.429%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 1 (1.429%) Penetration Testing
8 1 (1.429%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.29%) SQL
2 7 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.714%) VB
4 3 (4.286%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.429%) VBScript
5 1 (1.429%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (22.86%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (8.571%) MCSE
4 6 (8.571%) CCNA
4 6 (8.571%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (7.143%) CCNP
6 4 (5.714%) CCIE
7 2 (2.857%) MCSA
8 1 (1.429%) MCP
8 1 (1.429%) CISSP
8 1 (1.429%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.429%) CISM
8 1 (1.429%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.429%) JNCIE
8 1 (1.429%) MCTS
8 1 (1.429%) MCITP
8 1 (1.429%) Degree
8 1 (1.429%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.429%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.429%) SLA
1 1 (1.429%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 15 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (21.43%) Forefront TMG
3 14 (20.00%) vSphere
4 12 (17.14%) XenApp
5 10 (14.29%) ISA Server
5 10 (14.29%) Squid
6 7 (10.00%) UAG
7 6 (8.571%) XenServer
8 5 (7.143%) VMware ESX
9 4 (5.714%) Terminal Services
10 3 (4.286%) XenDesktop
11 2 (2.857%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (1.429%) Hyper-V
12 1 (1.429%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 19 (27.14%) SCCM
2 14 (20.00%) SCOM
3 10 (14.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 4 (5.714%) Backup Exec
4 4 (5.714%) WSUS
5 3 (4.286%) HP Data Protector
5 3 (4.286%) MOM
5 3 (4.286%) MIMEsweeper
5 3 (4.286%) MAILsweeper
6 1 (1.429%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.429%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 30 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 22 (31.43%) VMware
3 20 (28.57%) Citrix
4 18 (25.71%) Blue Coat
5 16 (22.86%) Symantec
6 14 (20.00%) Finjan
7 12 (17.14%) Cisco
8 11 (15.71%) M86 Security
9 10 (14.29%) HP
10 7 (10.00%) IBM
11 6 (8.571%) Remedy
12 5 (7.143%) CheckPoint
12 5 (7.143%) Clearswift
12 5 (7.143%) Oracle
12 5 (7.143%) Dell
12 5 (7.143%) NetApp
13 4 (5.714%) BT
14 3 (4.286%) Wyse
14 3 (4.286%) Radianz
14 3 (4.286%) Open Text
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