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The table below looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank113126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.013 %
As % of the category below1.157 %2.293 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£412
Average daily rate-£417
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£320
% change on same period last year+8.30 %
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£37.19£35.15
% change on same period last year+5.80 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads432567
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.584 %0.559 %
Daily rates quoted55103
Average minimum daily rate£320£320
Average daily rate£338£332
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted10180
Average minimum hourly rate£22.88£23.26
Average hourly rate£24.34£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
SSL EnglandSSL
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.

SSL
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SSL across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SSL across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SSL Hourly Rate Trend

SSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
West YorkshireDown-43--
North YorkshireNew entry-1--
SSL EnglandSSL
England

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing SSL 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 SSL.

125 (89.29 %)Firewall
224 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
322 (78.57 %)Cisco
421 (75.00 %)ITIL
520 (71.43 %)CCDA
520 (71.43 %)CCDP
520 (71.43 %)Cisco Certification
619 (67.86 %)CCNP
619 (67.86 %)PRINCE2
718 (64.29 %)Finance
815 (53.57 %)OpenView
815 (53.57 %)HP
913 (46.43 %)CCIE
1011 (39.29 %)Financial Institution
117 (25.00 %)Windows
126 (21.43 %)ATM
135 (17.86 %)Microsoft
144 (14.29 %)Active Directory
144 (14.29 %)WAN
144 (14.29 %)Internet
144 (14.29 %)OpenView Configuration Management
144 (14.29 %)Network Design
153 (10.71 %)Penetration Testing
153 (10.71 %)WSUS
153 (10.71 %)Symantec
153 (10.71 %)Norton AntiVirus
153 (10.71 %)Blackberry
153 (10.71 %)Windows Server 2003
153 (10.71 %)Juniper
153 (10.71 %)WebServices

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (10.71 %)WebServices
22 (7.143 %).NET
22 (7.143 %)WebSphere
22 (7.143 %).NET Framework
22 (7.143 %)WCF
31 (3.571 %)JSP
31 (3.571 %)J2ME
31 (3.571 %)Ruby on Rails
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (10.71 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.143 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (7.143 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (3.571 %)Apache
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (89.29 %)Firewall
224 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
36 (21.43 %)ATM
44 (14.29 %)WAN
44 (14.29 %)Internet
53 (10.71 %)VPN
62 (7.143 %)SAN
62 (7.143 %)LAN
62 (7.143 %)FTP
62 (7.143 %)Kerberos
62 (7.143 %)RIP
62 (7.143 %)OSPF
62 (7.143 %)X.509
62 (7.143 %)Frame Relay
62 (7.143 %)iSCSI
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.143 %)SQL Server
12 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (3.571 %)MySQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.571 %)JBuilder
11 (3.571 %)Eclipse
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (64.29 %)Finance
211 (39.29 %)Financial Institution
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (78.57 %)Architect
220 (71.43 %)Network Architect
32 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Engineer
32 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Architect
32 (7.143 %)Cisco Architect
32 (7.143 %)Cisco Network Architect
32 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Designer
32 (7.143 %)Security Engineer
32 (7.143 %)Systems Engineer
32 (7.143 %)Senior Systems Engineer
41 (3.571 %)Infrastructure Analyst
41 (3.571 %)Network Designer
41 (3.571 %)Developer
41 (3.571 %)Analyst
41 (3.571 %)Network Engineer
41 (3.571 %)Server Engineer
41 (3.571 %)Senior Security Engineer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.71 %)Blackberry
22 (7.143 %)Client/Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (25.00 %)Windows
23 (10.71 %)Linux
23 (10.71 %)Windows 2000
23 (10.71 %)Windows XP
23 (10.71 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (7.143 %)Windows Mobile
32 (7.143 %)UNIX
32 (7.143 %)NetWare
41 (3.571 %)Windows 2000 Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (75.00 %)ITIL
219 (67.86 %)PRINCE2
34 (14.29 %)Network Design
43 (10.71 %)Penetration Testing
52 (7.143 %)SOA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (3.571 %)JavaScript
11 (3.571 %)PHP
11 (3.571 %)Ruby
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (71.43 %)CCDA
120 (71.43 %)CCDP
120 (71.43 %)Cisco Certification
219 (67.86 %)CCNP
313 (46.43 %)CCIE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.143 %)ISO17799
12 (7.143 %)ISO27001
12 (7.143 %)PCI DSS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (14.29 %)Active Directory
22 (7.143 %)Terminal Services
22 (7.143 %)Novell eDirectory
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (53.57 %)OpenView
24 (14.29 %)OpenView Configuration Management
33 (10.71 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (10.71 %)WSUS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (78.57 %)Cisco
215 (53.57 %)HP
35 (17.86 %)Microsoft
43 (10.71 %)Symantec
43 (10.71 %)Juniper
52 (7.143 %)Novell
52 (7.143 %)Citrix
52 (7.143 %)IBM