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 Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

 Firewall
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank324650
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+4
Matching contract IT job ads201317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire3.384 %1.821 %1.472 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category19.42 %18.06 %7.265 %
Daily rates quoted1045
Average daily rate£325£425£255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52 %+66.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£295£285£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£353£425£302
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375£325
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %+15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted021
Average hourly rate-£19.25£27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--28.70 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£22.50£22.00
% change year-on-year
+15.55 %+2.270 %
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
10372234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire17.43 %10.08 %20.26 %
Daily rates quoted441858
Average daily rate£325£325£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£263£225£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£425£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted171454
Average hourly rate£14.00£21.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33 %-40.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£15.40£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.50£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Firewall South WestFirewall
South West

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 Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Firewall Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wiltshire 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
SwindonUp+1514£325-23.52 %
Firewall South WestFirewall
South West

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

125 (69.44 %)Windows
125 (69.44 %)TCP/IP
224 (66.67 %)DNS
224 (66.67 %)DHCP
224 (66.67 %)ClearCase
323 (63.89 %)3G
422 (61.11 %)ClearQuest
422 (61.11 %)UNIX
521 (58.33 %)3GPP
521 (58.33 %)Configuration Management
619 (52.78 %)Wireless
718 (50.00 %)Test Automation
816 (44.44 %)NetHawk
816 (44.44 %)Wireshark
816 (44.44 %)UTRAN
816 (44.44 %)Tcl
912 (33.33 %)Requirements Analysis
109 (25.00 %)C
118 (22.22 %)C++
127 (19.44 %)Perl
127 (19.44 %)Cisco
127 (19.44 %)Windows Server 2003
127 (19.44 %)Security Cleared
127 (19.44 %)Telecoms
127 (19.44 %)Government
136 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
136 (16.67 %)OpenView
136 (16.67 %)HP
145 (13.89 %)SNMP
145 (13.89 %)MySQL

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (2.778 %)WebSphere
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (2.778 %)AquaLogic
11 (2.778 %)MS Exchange
11 (2.778 %)WebLogic
11 (2.778 %)WebSphere MQ
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
125 (69.44 %)TCP/IP
224 (66.67 %)DNS
224 (66.67 %)DHCP
323 (63.89 %)3G
421 (58.33 %)3GPP
519 (52.78 %)Wireless
616 (44.44 %)Wireshark
616 (44.44 %)UTRAN
75 (13.89 %)SNMP
75 (13.89 %)RNC
82 (5.556 %)SSH
82 (5.556 %)Cisco ASA
82 (5.556 %)Cisco PIX
91 (2.778 %)Network Security
91 (2.778 %)iSCSI
91 (2.778 %)NAS
91 (2.778 %)SSL
91 (2.778 %)LDAP
91 (2.778 %)LAN
91 (2.778 %)Internet
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (13.89 %)MySQL
21 (2.778 %)BusinessObjects
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (66.67 %)ClearCase
222 (61.11 %)ClearQuest
35 (13.89 %)TestDirector
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (19.44 %)Telecoms
17 (19.44 %)Government
21 (2.778 %)Electric
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (44.44 %)Test Engineer
26 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
32 (5.556 %)Analyst
32 (5.556 %)Network Engineer
32 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
32 (5.556 %)Network Specialist
32 (5.556 %)C++ Software Engineer
32 (5.556 %)Project Engineer
41 (2.778 %)Designer
41 (2.778 %)Development Engineer
41 (2.778 %)Server Support Analyst
41 (2.778 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
41 (2.778 %)Desktop Analyst
41 (2.778 %)Security Engineer
41 (2.778 %)Software Development Engineer
41 (2.778 %)Desktop Support Analyst
41 (2.778 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
41 (2.778 %)Systems Integrator
41 (2.778 %)Server Analyst
41 (2.778 %)Senior Systems Engineer
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (2.778 %)Device Driver
11 (2.778 %)DataPower
11 (2.778 %)Client/Server
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
125 (69.44 %)Windows
222 (61.11 %)UNIX
37 (19.44 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (5.556 %)Linux
51 (2.778 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (2.778 %)Embedded Linux
51 (2.778 %)Windows 2000
51 (2.778 %)AIX
51 (2.778 %)Solaris
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
121 (58.33 %)Configuration Management
218 (50.00 %)Test Automation
312 (33.33 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (5.556 %)OOP
42 (5.556 %)OO
51 (2.778 %)Migration
51 (2.778 %)Network Design
51 (2.778 %)Content Management
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (44.44 %)Tcl
29 (25.00 %)C
38 (22.22 %)C++
47 (19.44 %)Perl
52 (5.556 %)Shell Script
61 (2.778 %)Embedded C
61 (2.778 %)Embedded C++
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (19.44 %)Security Cleared
26 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
32 (5.556 %)Cisco Certification
32 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (5.556 %)MCSE
32 (5.556 %)CCNP
41 (2.778 %)CCSE
41 (2.778 %)CCSA
41 (2.778 %)Degree
41 (2.778 %)CCNA
41 (2.778 %)CISSP
41 (2.778 %)CCSP
41 (2.778 %)HNC
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.778 %)VMware ESX
11 (2.778 %)Citrix Presentation Server
11 (2.778 %)Active Directory
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (16.67 %)OpenView
25 (13.89 %)WhatsUp Gold
31 (2.778 %)Netcool
31 (2.778 %)BMC PATROL
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (44.44 %)NetHawk
27 (19.44 %)Cisco
36 (16.67 %)HP
43 (8.333 %)Juniper
52 (5.556 %)CheckPoint
52 (5.556 %)IBM
52 (5.556 %)Microsoft
52 (5.556 %)Citrix
52 (5.556 %)Remedy
61 (2.778 %)SolarWinds
61 (2.778 %)Foundry
61 (2.778 %)Blue Coat
61 (2.778 %)Infovista
61 (2.778 %)Business Objects
61 (2.778 %)Symantec
61 (2.778 %)Websense
61 (2.778 %)Clearswift
61 (2.778 %)Red Hat
61 (2.778 %)Nokia
61 (2.778 %)BEA