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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Witham 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below28.57 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£140-
Average daily rate£140-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£140-
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£347
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.42£28.08
% change on same period last year-9.47 %
Witham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Witham
Matching contract IT job ads72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.002 %
Daily rates quoted72
Average minimum daily rate£141£90
Average daily rate£141£90
% change on same period last year+56.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£141£90
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
Firewall EssexFirewall
Essex

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

Witham 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 Witham region.

Witham Firewall Daily Rate Trend

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Firewall across the Witham region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Witham Firewall Daily Rate Histogram

Firewall
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Witham 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.

18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)Windows XP
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
18 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
18 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
23 (37.50 %)Cisco IOS
32 (25.00 %)MS Office
32 (25.00 %)Wireless
32 (25.00 %)Internet
32 (25.00 %)OSPF
32 (25.00 %)DNS
32 (25.00 %)Microsoft
32 (25.00 %)CCNP
32 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
32 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (25.00 %)DHCP
32 (25.00 %)MCSE
32 (25.00 %)Windows NT

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Witham 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.

Witham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
Witham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (37.50 %)Cisco IOS
32 (25.00 %)DHCP
32 (25.00 %)DNS
32 (25.00 %)Internet
32 (25.00 %)OSPF
32 (25.00 %)Wireless
Witham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Network Support
31 (12.50 %)Support Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Network Support Engineer
Witham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)Windows XP
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
18 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
22 (25.00 %)Windows NT
Witham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)MCSE
12 (25.00 %)CCNP
12 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
12 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Witham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (25.00 %)Microsoft