The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Watford region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 1.493% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £326 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.38% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.63% +30.95%
All Communications & Networking
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
10 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 14.93% 11.93% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £275 £235 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.02% -21.99%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £11.75 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+197.87% +4.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Firewall
Hertfordshire

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Watford Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Firewall across the Watford region.

Watford Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Firewall across the Watford region.

Watford Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Firewall 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 Firewall.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
1 1 (50.00%) ASP
1 1 (50.00%) COM+
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) SMS
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Software Distribution

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Firewall 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 Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP
1 1 (50.00%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) SMS
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Assurance Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) HP