The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bournemouth region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 17 22 30
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +8
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 9 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 6.870% 3.521% 1.435%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.47% 19.23% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
Average daily rate £228 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.33% -11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £299
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +0.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £17.75 £22.75
% change year-on-year
+7.04% -21.97%
All Communications & Networking
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
34 26 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 25.95% 18.31% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 9
Average daily rate £245 £375 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.66% -1.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £335 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £375 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £21.75 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.90% -31.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
TCP/IP
Dorset

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth TCP/IP Jobs Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bournemouth TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Bournemouth region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Bournemouth TCP/IP Daily Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bournemouth TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 5 (55.56%) LAN
3 5 (55.56%) VoIP
3 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) Internet
3 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) Wireless
4 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (44.44%) Blackberry
4 4 (44.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (44.44%) HP
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
5 3 (33.33%) Network Management
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (33.33%) Avaya
5 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 3 (33.33%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) Information Management
5 3 (33.33%) Handset
5 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
6 2 (22.22%) Firewall
6 2 (22.22%) MCDST
6 2 (22.22%) Windows XP Embedded
6 2 (22.22%) Subversion

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) LAN
1 5 (55.56%) VoIP
1 5 (55.56%) Internet
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) DHCP
5 1 (11.11%) VLAN
5 1 (11.11%) SAN
5 1 (11.11%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
1 2 (22.22%) Subversion
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Desktop Support
2 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Support
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Blackberry
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Handset
3 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
4 2 (22.22%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (33.33%) Information Management
2 3 (33.33%) Network Management
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) UML
3 2 (22.22%) OO
3 2 (22.22%) OOD
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C
1 2 (22.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) MCDST
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
1 1 (11.11%) WSUS
1 1 (11.11%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) HP
3 3 (33.33%) Citrix
3 3 (33.33%) Avaya
4 2 (22.22%) Juniper
4 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
5 1 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat
5 1 (11.11%) ProCurve
5 1 (11.11%) NetApp
5 1 (11.11%) Nokia