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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the West Sussex 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3851
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.002 %
As % of the category below8.974 %4.545 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£150-
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£345
% change on same period last year-2.96 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£17.00
Average hourly rate£28.75£17.50
% change on same period last year+64.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.24£28.44
% change on same period last year-11.24 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads7844
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.104 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted910
Average minimum daily rate£216£367
Average daily rate£232£371
% change on same period last year-37.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£248£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2110
Average minimum hourly rate£18.48£25.11
Average hourly rate£20.09£25.72
% change on same period last year-21.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.70£26.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.60
% change on same period last year-9.75 %
Firewall South EastFirewall
South East

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.

Firewall
Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex Firewall Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

West Sussex Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

Firewall
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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.

LocationRank 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
ChichesterNew entry-3--
CrawleyNew entry-2£150-
Firewall South EastFirewall
South East

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

19 (75.00 %)Windows
25 (41.67 %)SQL Server
25 (41.67 %)TCP/IP
25 (41.67 %)DNS
25 (41.67 %)Active Directory
25 (41.67 %)VMware
34 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
34 (33.33 %)VLAN
34 (33.33 %)SAN
34 (33.33 %)ISA Server
34 (33.33 %)VPN
34 (33.33 %)MS Excel
34 (33.33 %)Windows XP
34 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (25.00 %)WSUS
43 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (25.00 %)Linux
43 (25.00 %)UNIX
43 (25.00 %)WAN
43 (25.00 %)DHCP
43 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
43 (25.00 %)LAN
43 (25.00 %)VERITAS
43 (25.00 %)Cisco
43 (25.00 %)Microsoft
43 (25.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
52 (16.67 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (16.67 %)Mitel
52 (16.67 %)Asset Management
52 (16.67 %)Apple

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2007
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (33.33 %)MS Excel
22 (16.67 %)MS Office
31 (8.333 %)MS Visio
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (41.67 %)DNS
15 (41.67 %)TCP/IP
24 (33.33 %)VPN
24 (33.33 %)VLAN
24 (33.33 %)SAN
33 (25.00 %)LAN
33 (25.00 %)WAN
33 (25.00 %)DHCP
42 (16.67 %)VoIP
42 (16.67 %)Broadband
51 (8.333 %)MPLS
51 (8.333 %)Intrusion Detection
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (41.67 %)SQL Server
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (33.33 %)Analyst
14 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
23 (25.00 %)Systems Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Network Engineer
32 (16.67 %)3rd Line Support
32 (16.67 %)Administrator
32 (16.67 %)Senior Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Network Administrator
32 (16.67 %)Senior Systems Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Field Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Senior Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Cisco Network Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)NOC Engineer
41 (8.333 %)IT Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Cisco Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Network Support
41 (8.333 %)Field Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Systems Engineer
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Blackberry
11 (8.333 %)AS400
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (75.00 %)Windows
24 (33.33 %)Windows XP
33 (25.00 %)Linux
33 (25.00 %)UNIX
41 (8.333 %)Windows 2000
41 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)Asset Management
21 (8.333 %)Operations Management
21 (8.333 %)Project Management
21 (8.333 %)Validation
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
21 (8.333 %)Degree
21 (8.333 %)CCNA
21 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (41.67 %)Active Directory
24 (33.33 %)ISA Server
24 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
33 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (8.333 %)VMware ESX
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (25.00 %)WSUS
22 (16.67 %)Norton AntiVirus
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (41.67 %)VMware
23 (25.00 %)Cisco
23 (25.00 %)Microsoft
23 (25.00 %)VERITAS
32 (16.67 %)Apple
32 (16.67 %)Symantec
32 (16.67 %)NetApp
32 (16.67 %)Mitel
41 (8.333 %)Sybase
41 (8.333 %)HP
41 (8.333 %)Citrix
41 (8.333 %)Lucent
41 (8.333 %)Alcatel
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