The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Bristol 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 40 56 47
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -9
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 10 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.938% 0.957% 0.464%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.93% 6.957% 5.172%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £306 £451 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.01% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £26.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -18.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -20.00%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
67 115 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 12.98% 13.76% 8.978%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 70 17
Average daily rate £300 £390 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +6.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £238 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £476 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 9
Average hourly rate £27.00 £21.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.58% -43.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £16.50 £7.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.75 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
TCP/IP
South West

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

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 Bristol region.

Bristol TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 21 (77.78%) Windows
2 19 (70.37%) LAN
3 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 18 (66.67%) Firewall
4 17 (62.96%) WAN
5 14 (51.85%) VPN
5 14 (51.85%) Active Directory
6 12 (44.44%) DNS
7 10 (37.04%) Cisco
7 10 (37.04%) VMware
8 9 (33.33%) MS Excel
9 8 (29.63%) MCSE
9 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (29.63%) BGP
10 7 (25.93%) DMZ
10 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (25.93%) Avaya
10 7 (25.93%) DHCP
10 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (25.93%) SolarWinds
10 7 (25.93%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
11 6 (22.22%) MCTS
11 6 (22.22%) MCITP
11 6 (22.22%) Windows XP
11 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
11 6 (22.22%) ISA Server
11 6 (22.22%) Siemens
11 6 (22.22%) BT
11 6 (22.22%) MPLS

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 Development
1 2 (7.407%) WebSphere
1 2 (7.407%) ISPF
2 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 5 (18.52%) IIS
3 4 (14.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (7.407%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
5 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (70.37%) LAN
2 18 (66.67%) Firewall
3 17 (62.96%) WAN
4 14 (51.85%) VPN
5 12 (44.44%) DNS
6 8 (29.63%) BGP
7 7 (25.93%) DMZ
7 7 (25.93%) DHCP
8 6 (22.22%) MPLS
9 5 (18.52%) Internet
10 3 (11.11%) VoIP
10 3 (11.11%) Network Security
11 2 (7.407%) FWSM
11 2 (7.407%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (7.407%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (7.407%) Cisco PIX
11 2 (7.407%) Wireless
11 2 (7.407%) SSL
11 2 (7.407%) SNMP
11 2 (7.407%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (14.81%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Law
2 1 (3.704%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Network Specialist
4 2 (7.407%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) IP Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) WebSphere Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Applications Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.704%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) IT Assistant
5 1 (3.704%) Help Desk Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.407%) DataPower
2 2 (7.407%) Handset
2 2 (7.407%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.704%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.704%) Clustering
3 1 (3.704%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (22.22%) Windows XP
4 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.407%) zOS
6 1 (3.704%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.81%) ITIL
1 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
2 3 (11.11%) Change Control
3 2 (7.407%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.704%) Service Management
4 1 (3.704%) Business Continuity
4 1 (3.704%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.704%) Information Management
4 1 (3.704%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.704%) Data Protection
4 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.704%) Integration Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.704%) Network Management
4 1 (3.704%) Capacity Management
4 1 (3.704%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) JCL
1 2 (7.407%) REXX
2 1 (3.704%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) MCSE
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (22.22%) MCTS
2 6 (22.22%) MCITP
3 5 (18.52%) MCSA
4 2 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (7.407%) CCNP
4 2 (7.407%) CCNA
5 1 (3.704%) MCP
5 1 (3.704%) HND
5 1 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.704%) MCDST
5 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.407%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (51.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) Forefront TMG
3 6 (22.22%) ISA Server
4 2 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.704%) Terminal Server
5 1 (3.704%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) DameWare
2 1 (3.704%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.704%) WSUS
2 1 (3.704%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (37.04%) Cisco
2 10 (37.04%) VMware
3 7 (25.93%) Avaya
3 7 (25.93%) SolarWinds
4 6 (22.22%) Siemens
4 6 (22.22%) BT
5 3 (11.11%) Juniper
5 3 (11.11%) HP
6 2 (7.407%) Citrix
6 2 (7.407%) IBM
7 1 (3.704%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.704%) Dell
7 1 (3.704%) NetApp
7 1 (3.704%) ProCurve
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