The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IPsec over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 38 - 49
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing IPsec 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.028% - 0.227%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.897% - 1.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
All Communications & Networking
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
58 62 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 14.91% 9.309% 21.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 33 33
Average daily rate £350 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £140 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £400 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 13
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IPsec across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Sussex IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IPsec across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Crawley - 4 - -
IPsec
South East

IPsec
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
2 2 (50.00%) tcpdump
2 2 (50.00%) Junos
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (50.00%) Verint
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (50.00%) XenApp
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) IVR
2 2 (50.00%) SecurID
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) VPLS

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) tcpdump
2 2 (50.00%) Junos
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) VPLS
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) ISDN
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WLAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
1 2 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Support Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Support Team Leader
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) IVR
1 2 (50.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) AIX
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (50.00%) XenApp
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco IPCC
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Verint
2 2 (50.00%) Nortel
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Avaya
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) CA
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
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