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The table below looks at the demand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 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 TCP/IP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4441
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads90135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.145 %
As % of the category below11.14 %13.98 %
Daily rates quoted2651
Average minimum daily rate£355£310
Average daily rate£386£319
% change on same period last year+21.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£306
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted531
Average minimum hourly rate£29.20£27.13
Average hourly rate£32.40£28.40
% change on same period last year+14.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.60£29.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.89£25.02
% change on same period last year-4.52 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads808966
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.273 %1.035 %
Daily rates quoted137234
Average minimum daily rate£396£327
Average daily rate£424£343
% change on same period last year+23.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£451£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted52142
Average minimum hourly rate£29.87£28.53
Average hourly rate£31.82£30.05
% change on same period last year+5.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.78£31.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
TCP/IP South EastTCP/IP
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.

TCP/IP
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire TCP/IP Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire TCP/IP Daily Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire TCP/IP Hourly Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
ReadingDown-1124£408+20.58 %
BracknellDown-86--
SloughUp+83--
NewburyUp+42£463-
MaidenheadDown-101--
TCP/IP South EastTCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP.

1107 (47.98 %)Windows
267 (30.04 %)UNIX
359 (26.46 %)Windows Server 2003
453 (23.77 %)Cisco
549 (21.97 %)Telecoms
645 (20.18 %)Solaris
645 (20.18 %)SQL
744 (19.73 %)Security Cleared
841 (18.39 %)SGSN
841 (18.39 %)Active Directory
939 (17.49 %)GGSN
1037 (16.59 %)Firewall
1136 (16.14 %)Microsoft
1235 (15.70 %)HP
1334 (15.25 %)Nokia
1334 (15.25 %)DNS
1430 (13.45 %)Oracle
1529 (13.00 %)DHCP
1529 (13.00 %)Cisco Certification
1628 (12.56 %)Sun
1725 (11.21 %)GPRS
1824 (10.76 %)IIS
1824 (10.76 %)MS Office
1824 (10.76 %)MPLS
1824 (10.76 %)Government
1922 (9.865 %)VBScript
1922 (9.865 %)Windows XP
1922 (9.865 %)Citrix
2021 (9.417 %)SC Cleared
2120 (8.969 %)Perl

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (7.623 %).NET
216 (7.175 %).NET Framework
314 (6.278 %)Software Packaging
411 (4.933 %)WSH
510 (4.484 %)HTML
66 (2.691 %)J2EE
66 (2.691 %)WebSphere
74 (1.794 %)WAP
83 (1.345 %)XML
92 (0.897 %)ISPF
101 (0.448 %)WSDL
101 (0.448 %)VXML
101 (0.448 %)ODBC
101 (0.448 %)ASP
101 (0.448 %)ASP.NET
101 (0.448 %)JSP
101 (0.448 %)SOAP
101 (0.448 %)WebServices
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (10.76 %)IIS
215 (6.726 %)MS Exchange
314 (6.278 %)Lotus Notes
412 (5.381 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (3.139 %)Apache
66 (2.691 %)WebLogic
75 (2.242 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (1.345 %)Tomcat
83 (1.345 %)BizTalk Server
83 (1.345 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
83 (1.345 %)Exchange Server 5.5
83 (1.345 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (0.897 %)CICS
101 (0.448 %)Tuxedo
101 (0.448 %)Oracle Application Server
101 (0.448 %)Exchange Server 2007
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (10.76 %)MS Office
210 (4.484 %)Shockwave
35 (2.242 %)MS PowerPoint
35 (2.242 %)MS Excel
44 (1.794 %)MS Project
52 (0.897 %)MS Visio
61 (0.448 %)CA Clarity
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
141 (18.39 %)SGSN
239 (17.49 %)GGSN
337 (16.59 %)Firewall
434 (15.25 %)DNS
529 (13.00 %)DHCP
625 (11.21 %)GPRS
724 (10.76 %)MPLS
819 (8.520 %)Internet
819 (8.520 %)3G
916 (7.175 %)VPN
916 (7.175 %)WAN
916 (7.175 %)BGP
916 (7.175 %)LAN
1015 (6.726 %)SS7
1114 (6.278 %)VoIP
1213 (5.830 %)OSPF
1312 (5.381 %)3GPP
1312 (5.381 %)SIGTRAN
1411 (4.933 %)EIGRP
1411 (4.933 %)SNMP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (8.520 %)SQL Server
24 (1.794 %)DB2
33 (1.345 %)Oracle Reports
42 (0.897 %)MS Access
42 (0.897 %)Datawarehouse
42 (0.897 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.448 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.448 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.448 %)SQLPlus
51 (0.448 %)InterBase
51 (0.448 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.448 %)TOAD
51 (0.448 %)Cognos Impromptu
51 (0.448 %)Oracle 9i
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (7.623 %)StarTeam
210 (4.484 %)Flash
38 (3.587 %)TestDirector
42 (0.897 %)MSI
51 (0.448 %)Visual Studio
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
149 (21.97 %)Telecoms
224 (10.76 %)Government
316 (7.175 %)Finance
412 (5.381 %)Pharmaceutical
56 (2.691 %)Front Office
64 (1.794 %)Back Office
73 (1.345 %)Financial Institution
73 (1.345 %)Health
82 (0.897 %)Retail
91 (0.448 %)Multimedia
91 (0.448 %)Marketing
91 (0.448 %)Construction
91 (0.448 %)Legal
91 (0.448 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (12.11 %)Network Engineer
221 (9.417 %)Analyst
317 (7.623 %)Consultant
413 (5.830 %)Tester
413 (5.830 %)Support Engineer
511 (4.933 %)Integration Engineer
610 (4.484 %)Design Engineer
610 (4.484 %)Network Technician
610 (4.484 %)Support Analyst
610 (4.484 %)Architect
79 (4.036 %)Applications Packager
79 (4.036 %)Systems Integrator
88 (3.587 %)Network Design Engineer
88 (3.587 %)Management Consultant
97 (3.139 %)Test Engineer
97 (3.139 %)Switch Engineer
106 (2.691 %)Desktop Support
106 (2.691 %)2nd Line Support
115 (2.242 %)3rd Line Support
115 (2.242 %)Test Analyst
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (2.691 %)Blackberry
24 (1.794 %)VAX
33 (1.345 %)Replication
33 (1.345 %)Client/Server
42 (0.897 %)EPoS
42 (0.897 %)Thin Client
42 (0.897 %)Mainframe
42 (0.897 %)Management Information System
42 (0.897 %)Cryptography
42 (0.897 %)VSAM
42 (0.897 %)PKI
42 (0.897 %)German Language
42 (0.897 %)Fat Client
51 (0.448 %)IPTV
51 (0.448 %)Computer Science
51 (0.448 %)French Language
51 (0.448 %)Clustering
51 (0.448 %)CESG
51 (0.448 %)Handset
51 (0.448 %)HACMP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1107 (47.98 %)Windows
267 (30.04 %)UNIX
359 (26.46 %)Windows Server 2003
445 (20.18 %)Solaris
522 (9.865 %)Windows XP
616 (7.175 %)Linux
712 (5.381 %)Windows 2000
811 (4.933 %)HPUX
97 (3.139 %)AIX
106 (2.691 %)Windows 2000 Server
115 (2.242 %)OpenVMS
124 (1.794 %)VMS
132 (0.897 %)zOS
132 (0.897 %)OpenBSD
132 (0.897 %)FreeBSD
132 (0.897 %)Windows NT
141 (0.448 %)Windows Mobile
141 (0.448 %)Windows Vista
141 (0.448 %)Red Hat Linux
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (19.73 %)Security Cleared
221 (9.417 %)SC Cleared
317 (7.623 %)Configuration Management
413 (5.830 %)Performance Management
512 (5.381 %)Migration
611 (4.933 %)Validation
710 (4.484 %)Load Balancing
89 (4.036 %)Network Design
96 (2.691 %)Automated Testing
96 (2.691 %)ITIL
104 (1.794 %)Service Management
104 (1.794 %)Service Delivery
104 (1.794 %)Test Scripting
104 (1.794 %)Manual Testing
113 (1.345 %)Fault Management
113 (1.345 %)Data Management
122 (0.897 %)Change Management
122 (0.897 %)E-Commerce
122 (0.897 %)Business Intelligence
131 (0.448 %)PRINCE2
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (20.18 %)SQL
222 (9.865 %)VBScript
320 (8.969 %)Perl
417 (7.623 %)Java
510 (4.484 %)VB
69 (4.036 %)AWK
75 (2.242 %)C#
84 (1.794 %)Delphi
84 (1.794 %)VBA
84 (1.794 %)VB6
84 (1.794 %)Shell Script
92 (0.897 %)JCL
92 (0.897 %)Korn
101 (0.448 %)PowerShell
101 (0.448 %)DCL
101 (0.448 %)PHP
101 (0.448 %)VC++
101 (0.448 %)Tcl
101 (0.448 %)C
101 (0.448 %)C++
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
129 (13.00 %)Cisco Certification
219 (8.520 %)CCNA
310 (4.484 %)CCNP
46 (2.691 %)CCDP
53 (1.345 %)HNC
53 (1.345 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (1.345 %)CCSA
53 (1.345 %)CCSE
53 (1.345 %)Degree
62 (0.897 %)MCP
62 (0.897 %)CISSP
71 (0.448 %)CCIP
71 (0.448 %)HND
71 (0.448 %)MCSE
71 (0.448 %)MCSA
71 (0.448 %)CCIE
71 (0.448 %)CCSP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.345 %)QA
22 (0.897 %)ISO27001
31 (0.448 %)SLA
31 (0.448 %)TickIT
31 (0.448 %)ISO8583
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
141 (18.39 %)Active Directory
213 (5.830 %)ISA Server
213 (5.830 %)Citrix Presentation Server
37 (3.139 %)NFS
45 (2.242 %)NetBackup
54 (1.794 %)Backup Exec
63 (1.345 %)VMware Infrastructure
72 (0.897 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.448 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.448 %)VMware ESX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
119 (8.520 %)OpenView Configuration Management
26 (2.691 %)OpenView
26 (2.691 %)Netcool
34 (1.794 %)Tivoli
34 (1.794 %)MOM
43 (1.345 %)CONTROL-M
43 (1.345 %)ARCserve
43 (1.345 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
43 (1.345 %)Netcool/Proviso
52 (0.897 %)DameWare
52 (0.897 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.448 %)Unicenter
61 (0.448 %)EMC NetWorker
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
153 (23.77 %)Cisco
236 (16.14 %)Microsoft
335 (15.70 %)HP
434 (15.25 %)Nokia
530 (13.45 %)Oracle
628 (12.56 %)Sun
722 (9.865 %)Citrix
817 (7.623 %)Borland
916 (7.175 %)IBM
1015 (6.726 %)Siemens
1114 (6.278 %)Lotus
1212 (5.381 %)Adobe
1311 (4.933 %)CheckPoint
1410 (4.484 %)Unisys
1410 (4.484 %)ICL
157 (3.139 %)Crossbeam
157 (3.139 %)VERITAS
157 (3.139 %)SAP
157 (3.139 %)Juniper
166 (2.691 %)NetApp