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The table below looks at the demand for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) skills within the Watford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank20-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below15.38 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£291
% change on same period last year+36.59 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.54£40.00
% change on same period last year+1.35 %
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Watford
Matching contract IT job ads1364
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.065 %
Daily rates quoted324
Average minimum daily rate£252£317
Average daily rate£261£328
% change on same period last year-20.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£270£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£17.14
Average hourly rate£19.00£17.89
% change on same period last year+6.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00£18.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
IPsec HertfordshireIPsec
Hertfordshire

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.

IPsec
Demand Trend

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

Watford IPsec Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

Watford IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing IPsec 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 IPsec.

13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)CCNP
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Network Security
22 (66.67 %)CCSE
22 (66.67 %)Telecoms
22 (66.67 %)CCSA
22 (66.67 %)CheckPoint
22 (66.67 %)TACACS
22 (66.67 %)CCIE
22 (66.67 %)CCSP
22 (66.67 %)SMTP
22 (66.67 %)FTP
22 (66.67 %)HTTP
22 (66.67 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)DNS
22 (66.67 %)HTTPS
31 (33.33 %)SSL
31 (33.33 %)ITIL
31 (33.33 %)ATM
31 (33.33 %)LAN
31 (33.33 %)WAN
31 (33.33 %)CCNA
31 (33.33 %)MPLS
31 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (33.33 %)3Com
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing IPsec 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 IPsec. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Network Security
22 (66.67 %)TACACS
22 (66.67 %)SMTP
22 (66.67 %)FTP
22 (66.67 %)HTTP
22 (66.67 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)DNS
22 (66.67 %)HTTPS
31 (33.33 %)SSL
31 (33.33 %)MPLS
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
31 (33.33 %)ATM
31 (33.33 %)LAN
31 (33.33 %)WAN
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Finance
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Security Consultant
12 (66.67 %)Security Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Cisco Specialist
21 (33.33 %)Network Specialist
21 (33.33 %)Implementation Specialist
21 (33.33 %)Implementation Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Project Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Cisco Network Engineer
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)ITIL
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)CCNP
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
22 (66.67 %)CCSA
22 (66.67 %)CCSE
22 (66.67 %)CCIE
22 (66.67 %)CCSP
31 (33.33 %)CCNA
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)CheckPoint
31 (33.33 %)3Com