West Midlands Firewall Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chichester Chippenham City of London Cobham Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Denbighshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Greenwich Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Ipswich Kent Kettering Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Asaph Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wirral Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	42	86
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching contract IT job ads	98	54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.132 %	0.053 %
As % of the category below	19.14 %	11.44 %
Daily rates quoted	28	12
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£274
Average daily rate	£373	£292
% change on same period last year	+27.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£405	£310
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£348
% change on same period last year	+3.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.23	£31.83
Average hourly rate	£29.68	£35.90
% change on same period last year	-17.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.14	£39.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£27.49
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
Communications & Networking West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	512	472
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.692 %	0.465 %
Daily rates quoted	114	71
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£283
Average daily rate	£327	£304
% change on same period last year	+7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	82	120
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.28	£29.23
Average hourly rate	£29.96	£32.75
% change on same period last year	-8.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.65	£36.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£28.54
% change on same period last year	-9.93 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	+35	25	£328	-18.00 %
Warwickshire	-2	22	£402	+136.55 %
Herefordshire	+13	15	£395	-
Shropshire	+4	12	£385	-
Coventry	0	3	£250	-
Worcestershire	-	2	-	-
Wolverhampton	-9	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 80 (54.05 %) Cisco 2 58 (39.19 %) Windows 3 51 (34.46 %) CheckPoint 4 38 (25.68 %) VPN 4 38 (25.68 %) LAN 4 38 (25.68 %) WAN 5 35 (23.65 %) TCP/IP 6 34 (22.97 %) DNS 7 32 (21.62 %) Cisco Certification 8 29 (19.59 %) Cisco PIX 9 28 (18.92 %) Windows Server 2003 9 28 (18.92 %) UNIX 10 27 (18.24 %) Linux 10 27 (18.24 %) Active Directory 11 22 (14.86 %) Blue Coat

11 22 (14.86 %) Government 12 21 (14.19 %) CCNA 12 21 (14.19 %) Juniper 13 20 (13.51 %) MPLS 13 20 (13.51 %) Microsoft 14 19 (12.84 %) Oracle 14 19 (12.84 %) OSPF 15 18 (12.16 %) Nortel 15 18 (12.16 %) Solaris 15 18 (12.16 %) MS Exchange 15 18 (12.16 %) Network Design 16 17 (11.49 %) Security Cleared 16 17 (11.49 %) Red Hat 17 16 (10.81 %) BGP 17 16 (10.81 %) RDBMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 16 (10.81 %) WebSphere 2 2 (1.351 %) J2EE 2 2 (1.351 %) CSS 3 1 (0.676 %) JSP 3 1 (0.676 %) Middleware 3 1 (0.676 %) Advantage:Gen 3 1 (0.676 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 18 (12.16 %) MS Exchange 2 16 (10.81 %) Apache 2 16 (10.81 %) Tomcat 3 10 (6.757 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 2 (1.351 %) SharePoint 4 2 (1.351 %) WebLogic 5 1 (0.676 %) IIS 5 1 (0.676 %) Tuxedo 5 1 (0.676 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 1 (0.676 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 3 (2.027 %) MS Office 1 3 (2.027 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 38 (25.68 %) LAN 1 38 (25.68 %) WAN 1 38 (25.68 %) VPN 2 35 (23.65 %) TCP/IP 3 34 (22.97 %) DNS 4 29 (19.59 %) Cisco PIX 5 20 (13.51 %) MPLS 6 19 (12.84 %) OSPF 7 16 (10.81 %) BGP 8 13 (8.784 %) Ethernet 9 12 (8.108 %) SSL 10 11 (7.432 %) EIGRP 10 11 (7.432 %) Network Security 11 8 (5.405 %) Cisco ASA 11 8 (5.405 %) SMDS 11 8 (5.405 %) DHCP 11 8 (5.405 %) RIP 11 8 (5.405 %) ISDN 12 7 (4.730 %) Internet 13 6 (4.054 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (10.81 %) RDBMS 2 6 (4.054 %) SQL Server 3 5 (3.378 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (2.703 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 3 (2.027 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.676 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.676 %) DB2	Development Applications 1 1 (0.676 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (0.676 %) MSI
General 1 22 (14.86 %) Government 2 6 (4.054 %) Telecoms 3 4 (2.703 %) Finance 4 2 (1.351 %) Health 4 2 (1.351 %) Auditing 5 1 (0.676 %) Legal 5 1 (0.676 %) Games 5 1 (0.676 %) Banking 5 1 (0.676 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (0.676 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 37 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 32 (21.62 %) Network Engineer 3 18 (12.16 %) Network Analyst 4 17 (11.49 %) Network Support 5 16 (10.81 %) Support Analyst 6 15 (10.14 %) Administrator 7 12 (8.108 %) Support Engineer 8 11 (7.432 %) Architect 8 11 (7.432 %) UNIX Administrator 9 10 (6.757 %) Web Administrator 10 8 (5.405 %) Network Support Analyst 11 7 (4.730 %) 3rd Line Support 11 7 (4.730 %) Network Support Engineer 11 7 (4.730 %) Senior Network Engineer 12 6 (4.054 %) Network Specialist 12 6 (4.054 %) Technical Architect 12 6 (4.054 %) Consultant 13 5 (3.378 %) Security Analyst 13 5 (3.378 %) Security Specialist 13 5 (3.378 %) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 9 (6.081 %) NHS 2 4 (2.703 %) PKI 3 3 (2.027 %) Tandem 4 2 (1.351 %) Thin Client 4 2 (1.351 %) Fat Client 4 2 (1.351 %) RMADS 5 1 (0.676 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.676 %) DTV 5 1 (0.676 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.676 %) AS400 5 1 (0.676 %) PACS 5 1 (0.676 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.676 %) IPTV	Operating Systems 1 58 (39.19 %) Windows 2 28 (18.92 %) UNIX 2 28 (18.92 %) Windows Server 2003 3 27 (18.24 %) Linux 4 18 (12.16 %) Solaris 5 16 (10.81 %) AIX 5 16 (10.81 %) Red Hat Linux 6 11 (7.432 %) Windows XP 7 6 (4.054 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 5 (3.378 %) Windows 2000 9 3 (2.027 %) VMS 10 1 (0.676 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.676 %) HPUX 10 1 (0.676 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 1 (0.676 %) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (12.16 %) Network Design 2 17 (11.49 %) Security Cleared 3 12 (8.108 %) SC Cleared 4 10 (6.757 %) ITIL 5 9 (6.081 %) E-Commerce 5 9 (6.081 %) Load Balancing 6 5 (3.378 %) Content Management 6 5 (3.378 %) Service Management 7 4 (2.703 %) Security Management 7 4 (2.703 %) Incident Management 8 3 (2.027 %) Migration 8 3 (2.027 %) Risk Assessment 9 2 (1.351 %) Service Delivery 9 2 (1.351 %) Logistics 10 1 (0.676 %) Supplier Management 10 1 (0.676 %) Technical Architecture 10 1 (0.676 %) Problem Management 10 1 (0.676 %) BC Cleared 10 1 (0.676 %) DV Cleared 10 1 (0.676 %) Disaster Recovery	Programming Languages 1 11 (7.432 %) SQL 2 3 (2.027 %) C 2 3 (2.027 %) Perl 3 2 (1.351 %) Java 4 1 (0.676 %) VBScript 4 1 (0.676 %) VB.NET 4 1 (0.676 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 32 (21.62 %) Cisco Certification 2 21 (14.19 %) CCNA 3 8 (5.405 %) CCNP 4 5 (3.378 %) MCSE 4 5 (3.378 %) Microsoft Certification 4 5 (3.378 %) CCDP 5 4 (2.703 %) CISSP 5 4 (2.703 %) CCDA 6 3 (2.027 %) CCIE 7 2 (1.351 %) Degree 7 2 (1.351 %) CCSA 8 1 (0.676 %) CCSE 8 1 (0.676 %) CISMP 8 1 (0.676 %) CCA 8 1 (0.676 %) Citrix Certification 8 1 (0.676 %) Sun Certification 8 1 (0.676 %) MCP 8 1 (0.676 %) MCSA 8 1 (0.676 %) CCIP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (4.054 %) SLA 1 6 (4.054 %) ISO27001 2 2 (1.351 %) ISO17799 2 2 (1.351 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software 1 27 (18.24 %) Active Directory 2 5 (3.378 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 4 (2.703 %) Terminal Services 4 2 (1.351 %) ISA Server 5 1 (0.676 %) Samba 5 1 (0.676 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.676 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 3 (2.027 %) CiscoWorks 2 2 (1.351 %) Tivoli 2 2 (1.351 %) Tivoli NetView 2 2 (1.351 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.676 %) BMC PATROL 3 1 (0.676 %) MIMEsweeper 3 1 (0.676 %) MAILsweeper
Vendors 1 80 (54.05 %) Cisco 2 51 (34.46 %) CheckPoint 3 22 (14.86 %) Blue Coat 4 21 (14.19 %) Juniper 5 20 (13.51 %) Microsoft 6 19 (12.84 %) Oracle 7 18 (12.16 %) Nortel 8 17 (11.49 %) Red Hat 9 14 (9.459 %) Nokia 10 13 (8.784 %) Citrix 11 8 (5.405 %) BT 12 7 (4.730 %) VMware 13 5 (3.378 %) Remedy 14 4 (2.703 %) HP 15 3 (2.027 %) 3Com 16 2 (1.351 %) Compuware 16 2 (1.351 %) Sophos 17 1 (0.676 %) Symantec 17 1 (0.676 %) VERITAS 17 1 (0.676 %) Sun