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This section looks at the demand for Fast Ethernet skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fast Ethernet over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFast Ethernet
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank130-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.109 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads9161244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.209 %1.239 %
Daily rates quoted163365
Average minimum daily rate£401£365
Average daily rate£416£382
% change on same period last year+8.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted73182
Average minimum hourly rate£21.74£27.45
Average hourly rate£23.02£28.83
% change on same period last year-20.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.31£30.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Fast Ethernet South EastFast Ethernet
South East

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.

Fast Ethernet
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Fast Ethernet Demand Trend

Fast Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Fast Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Fast Ethernet
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Fast 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 Fast Ethernet.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)Client/Server
12 (100.00 %)DHCP
12 (100.00 %)Ethernet
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)VPN
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)Dell
12 (100.00 %)EMC
12 (100.00 %)Citrix
12 (100.00 %)SAN
12 (100.00 %)Internet
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)Wireless
12 (100.00 %)Terminal Server
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)Remedy
21 (50.00 %)BMC
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)Windows

Fast Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Fast 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 Fast Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)DHCP
12 (100.00 %)Ethernet
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)VPN
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)SAN
12 (100.00 %)Internet
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)Wireless
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Remedy Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Client/Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)Terminal Server
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Dell
12 (100.00 %)EMC
12 (100.00 %)Citrix
21 (50.00 %)Remedy
21 (50.00 %)BMC