The first 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 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 for the West Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 39 55 45
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 63 53 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 3.754% 2.334% 3.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.14% 18.40% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 19 21
Average daily rate £315 £250 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £179 £170 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £558 £393 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 12
Average hourly rate £26.50 £20.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.50% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.35 £15.00 £13.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.30 £23.10 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.25 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-3.26% +6.97%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
261 288 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.55% 12.68% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 111 136
Average daily rate £288 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.87% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £140 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £375 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 36
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £30.00 £26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Firewall
England

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 June 2013.

West Midlands Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 June 2013.

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 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
Shropshire +18 19 £294 -14.85% 1
Birmingham +4 11 £350 +55.55% 6
Coventry +2 6 £349 - 3
Warwickshire 0 5 £225 +28.57% 1
Worcestershire -7 3 £255 -44.97% 5
Staffordshire +9 2 £115 -57.40% 3
Solihull +1 1 £375 - 1
Stourbridge - - - -
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
Wednesbury - - - -
West Bromwich - - - -
Willenhall - - - -
Wolverhampton - - - -
Dudley - - - -
Halesowen - - - -
Firewall
England

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 68 (68.00%) Cisco
2 41 (41.00%) Windows
3 29 (29.00%) LAN
4 28 (28.00%) WAN
5 26 (26.00%) Microsoft
6 24 (24.00%) VMware
7 22 (22.00%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (18.00%) SAN
8 18 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 18 (18.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 17 (17.00%) CCNA
10 16 (16.00%) Juniper
11 15 (15.00%) MPLS
11 15 (15.00%) Active Directory
11 15 (15.00%) TCP/IP
12 14 (14.00%) Citrix
12 14 (14.00%) HP
12 14 (14.00%) ITIL
13 13 (13.00%) Linux
13 13 (13.00%) Project Management
13 13 (13.00%) CheckPoint
13 13 (13.00%) Migration
13 13 (13.00%) Network Management
14 12 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 12 (12.00%) CCNP
14 12 (12.00%) Oracle
15 10 (10.00%) DNS
15 10 (10.00%) Network Design
16 9 (9.000%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (9.000%) Red Hat

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 3 (3.000%) CSS
2 2 (2.000%) JSP
2 2 (2.000%) Middleware
2 2 (2.000%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.000%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (1.000%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.000%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.000%) .NET
3 1 (1.000%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.000%) SharePoint
1 8 (8.000%) MS Exchange
2 7 (7.000%) WebLogic
3 6 (6.000%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (3.000%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (3.000%) Apache
5 3 (3.000%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.000%) Lync
6 1 (1.000%) ESB
6 1 (1.000%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 1 (1.000%) CMS
6 1 (1.000%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (6.000%) MS Office
2 4 (4.000%) S-PLUS
3 3 (3.000%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.000%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.000%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 29 (29.00%) LAN
2 28 (28.00%) WAN
3 18 (18.00%) SAN
4 15 (15.00%) MPLS
4 15 (15.00%) TCP/IP
5 10 (10.00%) DNS
6 9 (9.000%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (8.000%) VPN
7 8 (8.000%) OSPF
7 8 (8.000%) NAS
7 8 (8.000%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (7.000%) BGP
8 7 (7.000%) DHCP
9 6 (6.000%) Cisco PIX
9 6 (6.000%) Network Security
10 5 (5.000%) Wireless
10 5 (5.000%) TACACS
10 5 (5.000%) SNMP
11 4 (4.000%) VoIP
11 4 (4.000%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.000%) MySQL
3 4 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.000%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.000%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.000%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (2.000%) MSI
General
1 6 (6.000%) Manufacturing
2 5 (5.000%) Telecoms
2 5 (5.000%) Finance
3 4 (4.000%) Retail
4 3 (3.000%) German Language
5 1 (1.000%) Back Office
5 1 (1.000%) Automotive
5 1 (1.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (16.00%) Network Engineer
2 15 (15.00%) Consultant
3 13 (13.00%) Architect
4 10 (10.00%) Technical Architect
5 7 (7.000%) Implementation Engineer
5 7 (7.000%) Cisco Consultant
5 7 (7.000%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.000%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (6.000%) Support Engineer
6 6 (6.000%) Administrator
6 6 (6.000%) Network Support
6 6 (6.000%) Network Specialist
6 6 (6.000%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (5.000%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 5 (5.000%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (5.000%) Network Support Engineer
7 5 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.000%) Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
7 5 (5.000%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.000%) Computer Science
2 5 (5.000%) Fat Client
2 5 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.000%) Thin Client
3 4 (4.000%) CESG
3 4 (4.000%) CESG CLAS
3 4 (4.000%) Clustering
3 4 (4.000%) EqualLogic
4 2 (2.000%) RMADS
5 1 (1.000%) SaaS
5 1 (1.000%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.000%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.000%) Replication
5 1 (1.000%) NHS
5 1 (1.000%) Firmware
5 1 (1.000%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.000%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 41 (41.00%) Windows
2 18 (18.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (13.00%) Linux
4 12 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (9.000%) UNIX
6 8 (8.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (6.000%) AIX
7 6 (6.000%) Windows 7
8 4 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (3.000%) Windows XP
9 3 (3.000%) HPUX
10 2 (2.000%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.00%) ITIL
2 13 (13.00%) Project Management
2 13 (13.00%) Migration
2 13 (13.00%) Network Management
3 10 (10.00%) Network Design
4 6 (6.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (6.000%) Load Balancing
5 5 (5.000%) Service Management
6 4 (4.000%) PRINCE2
6 4 (4.000%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.000%) Risk Management
6 4 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (4.000%) Security Architecture
7 3 (3.000%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (3.000%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (3.000%) Information Assurance
7 3 (3.000%) Data Protection
7 3 (3.000%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (3.000%) Six Sigma
8 2 (2.000%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.000%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.000%) Bash shell
2 1 (1.000%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.000%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (22.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (17.00%) CCNA
3 12 (12.00%) CCNP
4 6 (6.000%) Degree
4 6 (6.000%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.000%) CCSE
5 5 (5.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.000%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.000%) CCSA
7 3 (3.000%) GCSC
7 3 (3.000%) CISSP
7 3 (3.000%) MCP
8 2 (2.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (2.000%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.000%) VCP4
9 1 (1.000%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.000%) CCVP
9 1 (1.000%) CISM
9 1 (1.000%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.000%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (15.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (5.000%) vSphere
4 4 (4.000%) XenServer
5 2 (2.000%) XenApp
5 2 (2.000%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (2.000%) UAG
6 1 (1.000%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.000%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (6.000%) SCCM
2 5 (5.000%) OpenView
3 2 (2.000%) WSUS
3 2 (2.000%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.000%) HP SIM
4 1 (1.000%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.000%) SCOM
4 1 (1.000%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.000%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.000%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 68 (68.00%) Cisco
2 26 (26.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (24.00%) VMware
4 16 (16.00%) Juniper
5 14 (14.00%) Citrix
5 14 (14.00%) HP
6 13 (13.00%) CheckPoint
7 12 (12.00%) Oracle
8 9 (9.000%) Red Hat
9 7 (7.000%) F5
9 7 (7.000%) SolarWinds
9 7 (7.000%) Fortinet
9 7 (7.000%) Nokia
9 7 (7.000%) IBM
10 6 (6.000%) Dell
11 5 (5.000%) OPNET
11 5 (5.000%) BMC
12 4 (4.000%) SonicWALL
12 4 (4.000%) Veeam
13 3 (3.000%) AppSense
Telford, Shropshire
CISCO DESIGN CONSULTANT - SKILLED IN Routing and Switching, ANY FIREWALL SKILL WELL REGARDED - high and low level design - upgrades, change request and config - TELFORD - £325 per day, 6...
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Rate: £250 - £325 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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You will be provided with the training where and when required including VMware for VMware enterprise partner status, Cisco and Microsoft.Experience*The candidate will be capable of...
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Rate: £140 - £148 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
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Posted: 14 June 2013
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Rate: £320 - £363 per day
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