The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless Security skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wireless 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Security
Rank 519 581 578
Rank change year-on-year
+62 -3
Contract jobs citing Wireless Security 10 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.005% 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.148% 0.033% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £393 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.64% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £425 -
% change year-on-year
-7.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £15.00
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6757 9144 7905
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.68% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3304 4153 3577
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 529 606 804
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 £12.81 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%

Wireless Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wireless Security Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless Security
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wireless Security Daily Rate Trend

Wireless Security
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wireless Security within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wireless Security Daily Rate Histogram

Wireless Security
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wireless Security Hourly Rate Trend

Wireless Security
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless Security within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +53 10 £393 -7.64%
South East +20 7 £393 -7.64%
West Sussex - 7 £393 -
Crawley - 7 £393 -
London +38 1 - -
City of London +15 1 - -
East of England - 1 £413 -
West Midlands - 1 £190 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £413 -

Wireless Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 19 (100.00%) Wireless
2 15 (78.95%) LAN
3 11 (57.89%) Firewall
4 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (52.63%) DMZ
4 10 (52.63%) NLBS
4 10 (52.63%) Network Load Balancing
4 10 (52.63%) Network Security
4 10 (52.63%) F5
5 9 (47.37%) Technical Architecture
5 9 (47.37%) WAN
6 8 (42.11%) Cisco
7 6 (31.58%) SAN
8 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (21.05%) VPN
9 3 (15.79%) DNS
9 3 (15.79%) WLAN
9 3 (15.79%) Windows
9 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
9 3 (15.79%) CCIE
9 3 (15.79%) CCNP
9 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
9 3 (15.79%) EIGRP
9 3 (15.79%) Juniper
9 3 (15.79%) OSPF
9 3 (15.79%) BGP
9 3 (15.79%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (15.79%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
10 2 (10.53%) SecurID

Wireless Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) IIS
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) Wireless
2 15 (78.95%) LAN
3 11 (57.89%) Firewall
4 10 (52.63%) DMZ
4 10 (52.63%) Network Security
5 9 (47.37%) WAN
6 6 (31.58%) SAN
7 4 (21.05%) VPN
8 3 (15.79%) DNS
8 3 (15.79%) WLAN
8 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
8 3 (15.79%) EIGRP
8 3 (15.79%) OSPF
8 3 (15.79%) BGP
8 3 (15.79%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (15.79%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (10.53%) VPLS
9 2 (10.53%) Junos
9 2 (10.53%) tcpdump
9 2 (10.53%) IPsec
General
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Analyst
2 10 (52.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Network Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (21.05%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Security Specialist
7 1 (5.263%) Network Support
7 1 (5.263%) Cisco Specialist
7 1 (5.263%) Network Architect
7 1 (5.263%) IT Auditor
7 1 (5.263%) Network Support Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Architect
7 1 (5.263%) Network Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Cisco Security Specialist
7 1 (5.263%) Auditor
7 1 (5.263%) Internal Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) SecurID
1 2 (10.53%) IVR
2 1 (5.263%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Stakeholder Management
1 10 (52.63%) Network Load Balancing
2 9 (47.37%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
4 2 (10.53%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL
5 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.263%) TOGAF
5 1 (5.263%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.263%) Security Management
5 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.263%) Network Management
5 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.79%) CCIE
2 3 (15.79%) CCNP
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 10 (52.63%) NLBS
2 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
3 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) F5
2 8 (42.11%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) Juniper
4 2 (10.53%) Verint
4 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
4 2 (10.53%) VMware
4 2 (10.53%) Nortel
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.53%) Avaya
4 2 (10.53%) CA
5 1 (5.263%) Nokia
5 1 (5.263%) HP
5 1 (5.263%) Aruba
5 1 (5.263%) Brocade
Crawley, West Sussex
Requirements: Strong technical expertise covering a range of the following: - Network infrastructure (WAN, LAN, Wireless, voice, Remote Access Solutions) - Network Security (Firewalls, GTM's, LTM's, Proxies, DMZ,...
Connectus
Rate: £380 - £400 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013