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This section looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2718
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.010 %
As % of the category below8.108 %16.13 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£475
Average daily rate-£479
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£483
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£319
% change on same period last year-13.02 %
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£30.32£31.04
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads3762
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted89
Average minimum daily rate£224£462
Average daily rate£237£466
% change on same period last year-49.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£251£471
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted67
Average minimum hourly rate£28.07£13.50
Average hourly rate£30.00£14.58
% change on same period last year+105.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.93£15.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
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Scotland

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Ethernet Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet.

17 (100.00 %)Windows
26 (85.71 %)Windows 2000
26 (85.71 %)Windows NT
26 (85.71 %)DHCP
26 (85.71 %)RIP
26 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
26 (85.71 %)DNS
26 (85.71 %)ATM
26 (85.71 %)Cisco
26 (85.71 %)BGP
26 (85.71 %)EIGRP
26 (85.71 %)FDDI
26 (85.71 %)Gigabit Ethernet
26 (85.71 %)VLAN
26 (85.71 %)Cisco PIX
32 (28.57 %)CCNP
32 (28.57 %)LAN
32 (28.57 %)Cisco Certification
41 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (14.29 %)ISA Server
41 (14.29 %)Symantec
41 (14.29 %)WAN
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (14.29 %)SLA
41 (14.29 %)Windows XP
41 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
41 (14.29 %)CCNA
41 (14.29 %)CCDA
41 (14.29 %)Handset
41 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
11 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Office
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (85.71 %)DHCP
16 (85.71 %)RIP
16 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
16 (85.71 %)DNS
16 (85.71 %)ATM
16 (85.71 %)BGP
16 (85.71 %)EIGRP
16 (85.71 %)FDDI
16 (85.71 %)Gigabit Ethernet
16 (85.71 %)VLAN
16 (85.71 %)Cisco PIX
22 (28.57 %)LAN
31 (14.29 %)WAN
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Network Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Network Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Support Technician
31 (14.29 %)Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Field Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Network Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Technical Administrator
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Handset
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (100.00 %)Windows
26 (85.71 %)Windows 2000
26 (85.71 %)Windows NT
31 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)Windows XP
31 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)CCNP
12 (28.57 %)Cisco Certification
21 (14.29 %)CCNA
21 (14.29 %)CCDA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)SLA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)ISA Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (85.71 %)Cisco
21 (14.29 %)Symantec
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft