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The table below looks at the demand for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 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 FTP over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFile Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank126158
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.852 %0.905 %
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£315£373
% change on same period last year-15.64 %
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£37.72£30.68
% change on same period last year+22.95 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads9391215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.269 %1.198 %
Daily rates quoted168372
Average minimum daily rate£406£356
Average daily rate£420£372
% change on same period last year+12.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£434£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted79177
Average minimum hourly rate£22.38£27.55
Average hourly rate£23.82£29.01
% change on same period last year-17.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.27£30.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
FTP South EastFTP
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.

FTP
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire FTP Demand Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire FTP Daily Rate Trend

FTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire FTP Hourly Rate Trend

FTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the Berkshire 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
BracknellNew entry-2--
ReadingNew entry-2--
SloughNew entry-1--
FTP South EastFTP
South East

FTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

19 (75.00 %)HTTP
27 (58.33 %)XML
36 (50.00 %)UNIX
36 (50.00 %)Solaris
36 (50.00 %)WSDL
45 (41.67 %)Linux
54 (33.33 %)Windows
54 (33.33 %)SOA
54 (33.33 %)XSD
54 (33.33 %)SQL
54 (33.33 %)Java
54 (33.33 %)J2EE
54 (33.33 %)WAP
54 (33.33 %)BPEL
54 (33.33 %)SSH
63 (25.00 %)TELNET
63 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
63 (25.00 %)HTTPS
63 (25.00 %)BEA
63 (25.00 %)HTML
63 (25.00 %)Apache
72 (16.67 %)Tomcat
72 (16.67 %)HPUX
72 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
72 (16.67 %)Windows NT
72 (16.67 %)SNMP
72 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
72 (16.67 %)Perl
72 (16.67 %)PHP
72 (16.67 %)Oracle

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (58.33 %)XML
26 (50.00 %)WSDL
34 (33.33 %)WAP
34 (33.33 %)XSD
34 (33.33 %)J2EE
43 (25.00 %)HTML
52 (16.67 %).NET
52 (16.67 %)JSP
52 (16.67 %)SOAP
52 (16.67 %)WebServices
52 (16.67 %)ASP
52 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
52 (16.67 %)ODBC
61 (8.333 %)XHTML
61 (8.333 %).NET Framework
61 (8.333 %)CSS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (25.00 %)Apache
22 (16.67 %)Tomcat
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (75.00 %)HTTP
24 (33.33 %)SSH
33 (25.00 %)TELNET
33 (25.00 %)HTTPS
42 (16.67 %)SNMP
42 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
42 (16.67 %)Firewall
51 (8.333 %)VLAN
51 (8.333 %)IMAP
51 (8.333 %)VPN
51 (8.333 %)DNS
51 (8.333 %)SAN
51 (8.333 %)DMZ
51 (8.333 %)LDAP
51 (8.333 %)LAN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Government
21 (8.333 %)Publishing
21 (8.333 %)Telecoms
21 (8.333 %)Construction
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Consultant
23 (25.00 %)Technical Consultant
23 (25.00 %)Administrator
23 (25.00 %)UNIX Administrator
23 (25.00 %)Technical Designer
32 (16.67 %)UNIX Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Perl Programmer
32 (16.67 %)UNIX Consultant
32 (16.67 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
32 (16.67 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
32 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
32 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Data Centre Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Implementation Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Web Editor
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Client/Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (50.00 %)Solaris
16 (50.00 %)UNIX
25 (41.67 %)Linux
34 (33.33 %)Windows
42 (16.67 %)HPUX
42 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
42 (16.67 %)Windows NT
42 (16.67 %)Tru64
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)BPEL
14 (33.33 %)SOA
22 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
22 (16.67 %)DV Cleared
22 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
31 (8.333 %)Validation
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)Java
14 (33.33 %)SQL
23 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
32 (16.67 %)Perl
32 (16.67 %)PHP
41 (8.333 %)C#
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)CCNA
11 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)BEA
22 (16.67 %)Sophos
22 (16.67 %)Oracle
22 (16.67 %)Microsoft
22 (16.67 %)Sun
31 (8.333 %)HP
31 (8.333 %)EMC
31 (8.333 %)Nortel
31 (8.333 %)Cisco