Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

 Firewall
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank444862
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+14
Matching contract IT job ads344167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands2.274 %2.392 %2.034 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category15.96 %14.39 %17.72 %
Daily rates quoted161921
Average daily rate£280£350£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %+16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£228£262£190
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£337£525£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375£325
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %+15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted8512
Average hourly rate£26.00£36.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.77 %+20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.50£29.30£17.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£29.85£36.90£32.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£22.50£22.00
% change year-on-year
+15.55 %+2.270 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
213285378
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands14.25 %16.63 %11.48 %
Daily rates quoted756485
Average daily rate£300£325£301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %+8.150 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£215£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£388£500£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted332671
Average hourly rate£24.00£22.00£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.090 %-6.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.75£12.10£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£36.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

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.

Firewall
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.

West Midlands Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
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.

West Midlands Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
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 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
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.

West Midlands Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
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 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Firewall Hourly Rate Histogram

Firewall
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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
WarwickshireDown-812£250-27.53 %
CoventryUp+66£250-
BirminghamUp+65£279-
HerefordshireDown-12£330-
SolihullNew entry-2£314-
WorcestershireDown-11£275-
ShropshireDown-41--
Firewall EnglandFirewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

135 (46.05 %)Cisco
222 (28.95 %)CheckPoint
321 (27.63 %)TCP/IP
419 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
518 (23.68 %)VPN
518 (23.68 %)Cisco Certification
615 (19.74 %)Juniper
615 (19.74 %)WAN
714 (18.42 %)LAN
714 (18.42 %)SC Cleared
812 (15.79 %)CCNP
911 (14.47 %)CCNA
911 (14.47 %)Windows
109 (11.84 %)Cisco PIX
109 (11.84 %)Active Directory
109 (11.84 %)CCSP
109 (11.84 %)Government
118 (10.53 %)VoIP
118 (10.53 %)Cisco ASA
127 (9.211 %)Network Security
127 (9.211 %)DNS
127 (9.211 %)Nokia
127 (9.211 %)Wireless
127 (9.211 %)Internet
136 (7.895 %)CCVP
136 (7.895 %)Microsoft Certification
136 (7.895 %)SSL
136 (7.895 %)Microsoft
136 (7.895 %)UNIX
136 (7.895 %)Linux

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (3.947 %)CSS
22 (2.632 %)CGI
22 (2.632 %)Tivoli Directory Integrator
22 (2.632 %)WebSphere
31 (1.316 %)Application Packaging
31 (1.316 %)Middleware
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (3.947 %)Oracle Application Server
22 (2.632 %)MS Exchange
22 (2.632 %)Lotus Domino
31 (1.316 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.316 %)AquaLogic
31 (1.316 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (1.316 %)WebLogic
31 (1.316 %)WebSphere MQ
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (3.947 %)MS Visio
21 (1.316 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.316 %)Oracle EBS R12
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (27.63 %)TCP/IP
218 (23.68 %)VPN
315 (19.74 %)WAN
414 (18.42 %)LAN
59 (11.84 %)Cisco PIX
68 (10.53 %)VoIP
68 (10.53 %)Cisco ASA
77 (9.211 %)Network Security
77 (9.211 %)DNS
77 (9.211 %)Wireless
77 (9.211 %)Internet
86 (7.895 %)SSL
95 (6.579 %)FTP
95 (6.579 %)HTTP
95 (6.579 %)IPsec
104 (5.263 %)LDAP
113 (3.947 %)Intrusion Detection
122 (2.632 %)Extranet
122 (2.632 %)MPLS
122 (2.632 %)BGP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (3.947 %)Oracle 10g
21 (1.316 %)BusinessObjects
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (3.947 %)TestDirector
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (11.84 %)Government
26 (7.895 %)Auditing
35 (6.579 %)Telecoms
44 (5.263 %)Automotive
51 (1.316 %)Billing
51 (1.316 %)Insurance
51 (1.316 %)Health
51 (1.316 %)Law
51 (1.316 %)Legal
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (22.37 %)Analyst
213 (17.11 %)Architect
312 (15.79 %)Network Engineer
410 (13.16 %)Firewall Engineer
59 (11.84 %)Network Analyst
68 (10.53 %)Senior Analyst
68 (10.53 %)Auditor
76 (7.895 %)Senior Network Analyst
84 (5.263 %)Technical Architect
84 (5.263 %)Support Analyst
84 (5.263 %)Consultant
84 (5.263 %)Support Engineer
84 (5.263 %)Security Engineer
84 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Architect
84 (5.263 %)Server Engineer
84 (5.263 %)Network Support
93 (3.947 %)Network Support Engineer
93 (3.947 %)Security Architect
93 (3.947 %)Penetration Tester
93 (3.947 %)Infrastructure Technical Architect
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (3.947 %)PKI
22 (2.632 %)HP Superdome
22 (2.632 %)Open Source
22 (2.632 %)CESG
22 (2.632 %)CESG CLAS
31 (1.316 %)iSeries
31 (1.316 %)DataPower
31 (1.316 %)Clustering
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (14.47 %)Windows
26 (7.895 %)UNIX
26 (7.895 %)Linux
35 (6.579 %)Solaris
44 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (5.263 %)AIX
53 (3.947 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (2.632 %)Windows XP
62 (2.632 %)Windows 2000
71 (1.316 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (1.316 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (1.316 %)HPUX
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (6.579 %)Network Design
15 (6.579 %)ITIL
15 (6.579 %)E-business
15 (6.579 %)Identity Management
24 (5.263 %)Project Management
33 (3.947 %)Use Case
33 (3.947 %)Test Scripting
33 (3.947 %)Information Assurance
33 (3.947 %)Migration
33 (3.947 %)Information Security
33 (3.947 %)Risk Management
42 (2.632 %)Service Delivery
42 (2.632 %)Network Architecture
42 (2.632 %)Penetration Testing
42 (2.632 %)Ethical Hacking
51 (1.316 %)Agile Software Development
51 (1.316 %)Problem Management
51 (1.316 %)Performance Testing
51 (1.316 %)Time Management
51 (1.316 %)Configuration Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (7.895 %)SQL
22 (2.632 %)Java
31 (1.316 %)C
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
218 (23.68 %)Cisco Certification
314 (18.42 %)SC Cleared
412 (15.79 %)CCNP
511 (14.47 %)CCNA
69 (11.84 %)CCSP
76 (7.895 %)CCVP
76 (7.895 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (7.895 %)MCSE
85 (6.579 %)CISSP
93 (3.947 %)CCIP
102 (2.632 %)CISA
102 (2.632 %)CISM
102 (2.632 %)CCSA
111 (1.316 %)CCSE
111 (1.316 %)MCP
111 (1.316 %)CCIE
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (5.263 %)ISO27001
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (11.84 %)Active Directory
23 (3.947 %)Oracle RAC
32 (2.632 %)Nmap
41 (1.316 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.316 %)ISA Server
41 (1.316 %)VMware ESX
41 (1.316 %)VMware Workstation
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (2.632 %)Tivoli
21 (1.316 %)BMC PATROL
21 (1.316 %)ZENworks
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
135 (46.05 %)Cisco
222 (28.95 %)CheckPoint
315 (19.74 %)Juniper
47 (9.211 %)Nokia
56 (7.895 %)Microsoft
65 (6.579 %)Oracle
65 (6.579 %)Citrix
65 (6.579 %)Red Hat
74 (5.263 %)Remedy
74 (5.263 %)IBM
83 (3.947 %)Blue Coat
83 (3.947 %)BT
92 (2.632 %)VMware
92 (2.632 %)HP
92 (2.632 %)Alcatel
92 (2.632 %)Lotus
92 (2.632 %)Infoblox
101 (1.316 %)Altiris
101 (1.316 %)Google
101 (1.316 %)SolarWinds