The first table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 19 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 Buckinghamshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethernet
Rank 72 68 69
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 3 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.329% 0.418% 1.192%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.609% 2.548% 7.514%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £274 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.69% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.96 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £31.75
% change year-on-year
+33.92% -11.81%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
115 157 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.60% 16.42% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 48 64
Average daily rate £425 £313 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 27
Average hourly rate £14.23 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £12.50 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.39 £35.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Ethernet
South East

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Ethernet Jobs Demand Trend

Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ethernet across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

Ethernet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes - 2 - -
High Wycombe - 1 - -
Amersham - - - -
Aylesbury - - - -
Beaconsfield - - - -
Ethernet
South East

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing 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 Ethernet.

1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) ADSL
2 2 (66.67%) VoIP
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Avaya
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Genesys
3 1 (33.33%) DWDM
3 1 (33.33%) OpenView
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) RIP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) ISDN
3 1 (33.33%) SDH
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) DSL
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) L2TP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing 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 Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) ADSL
2 2 (66.67%) VoIP
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) DWDM
3 1 (33.33%) RIP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) ISDN
3 1 (33.33%) SDH
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) DSL
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) L2TP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) xDSL
3 1 (33.33%) HSRP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Junior
1 1 (33.33%) Network Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Network Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) NOC Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) IVR
1 1 (33.33%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Network Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Fault Management
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) OpenView
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Avaya
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Genesys
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Foundry
2 1 (33.33%) F5