West Midlands IPsec Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) 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 IPsec over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Manchester Middlesex Newcastle North East North West Reading Redditch Scotland South East South Wales South West Sunderland Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Watford West Midlands Wiltshire Worcestershire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	3	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.667 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£110	-
Average daily rate	£110	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£110	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£349
% change on same period last year	-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£29.50
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	450	553
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.600 %	0.559 %
Daily rates quoted	123	102
Average minimum daily rate	£281	£318
Average daily rate	£302	£337
% change on same period last year	-10.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£323	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	61	119
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.57	£29.46
Average hourly rate	£25.17	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-24.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.77	£36.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
IPsec England

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 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 IPsec 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 IPsec across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 IPsec across the West Midlands region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Worcestershire	-	2	£110	-
Warwickshire	-	1	-	-

IPsec England

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory 1 2 (66.67 %) Internet 1 2 (66.67 %) Blackberry 1 2 (66.67 %) VPN 1 2 (66.67 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 2 (66.67 %) WatchGuard 2 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) SSH 2 1 (33.33 %) SSL 2 1 (33.33 %) Government 2 1 (33.33 %) Handset 2 1 (33.33 %) TETRA

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Platforms 1 2 (66.67 %) Exchange Server 2003	Communications & Networking 1 2 (66.67 %) VPN 1 2 (66.67 %) Internet 2 1 (33.33 %) TETRA 2 1 (33.33 %) SSH 2 1 (33.33 %) SSL
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Desktop Engineer 1 2 (66.67 %) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) Blackberry 2 1 (33.33 %) Handset	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared
System Software 1 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) WatchGuard