The first table below looks at the demand for X.509 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited X.509 over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
X.509
Rank 540 569 573
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +4
Contract jobs citing X.509 1 10 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.017% 0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.014% 0.112% 0.210%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 9
Average daily rate - £450 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £383
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7041 8897 8099
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.40% 15.56% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3525 3976 3672
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £206 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 596 803
Average hourly rate £23.75 £25.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%

X.509
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing X.509 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

X.509 Jobs Demand Trend

X.509
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing X.509 within the UK.

X.509 Daily Rate Trend

X.509
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing X.509 within the UK.

X.509 Hourly Rate Trend

X.509
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing X.509 within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +24 1 - - 6
East of England - - - -
Cambridge - - - -
Dunstable - - - -
Manchester - - - - 6
Bedfordshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
North West - - - - 6

X.509
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing X.509 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 X.509.

1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) Adobe
2 3 (50.00%) SOAP
2 3 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (50.00%) LiveCycle
3 2 (33.33%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
3 2 (33.33%) SPNEGO
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) AIX
3 2 (33.33%) HPUX
3 2 (33.33%) Solaris
3 2 (33.33%) LDAP
3 2 (33.33%) SMS
3 2 (33.33%) Kerberos
3 2 (33.33%) IBM
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Perl
3 2 (33.33%) Tivoli
3 2 (33.33%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 2 (33.33%) Middleware
4 1 (16.67%) Smartcard
4 1 (16.67%) CA
4 1 (16.67%) PKI

X.509
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing X.509 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 X.509. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) SOAP
1 3 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (33.33%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
2 2 (33.33%) SPNEGO
2 2 (33.33%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) LiveCycle
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
1 2 (33.33%) LDAP
1 2 (33.33%) SMS
1 2 (33.33%) Kerberos
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Management Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Smartcard
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) AIX
1 2 (33.33%) HPUX
1 2 (33.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Perl
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Tivoli
1 2 (33.33%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) CA
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