The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 60 61 51
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -10
Contract jobs citing Internet 9 12 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.108% 1.196% 2.174%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.911% 7.843% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 5
Average daily rate £350 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.32% -7.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £21.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -23.07%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
101 153 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.44% 15.25% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 37 61
Average daily rate £425 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £173 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 22
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £10.05 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £40.00 £84.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Internet
South East

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Milton Keynes +3 6 £425 -19.04%
Aylesbury - 3 £350 -
Internet
South East

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) MS Exchange
3 9 (40.91%) Firewall
4 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (31.82%) MS Office
6 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
6 6 (27.27%) SLA
6 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
6 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
7 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
7 5 (22.73%) HP
7 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (22.73%) Symantec
7 5 (22.73%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (22.73%) Sophos
7 5 (22.73%) DHCP
7 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
7 5 (22.73%) VPN
7 5 (22.73%) DNS
7 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
7 5 (22.73%) Windows 2000
8 4 (18.18%) Linux
8 4 (18.18%) Oracle
8 4 (18.18%) Citrix
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (18.18%) SAN

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (13.64%) JMS
1 3 (13.64%) SOAP
2 2 (9.091%) CSS
2 2 (9.091%) XHTML
2 2 (9.091%) HTML5
2 2 (9.091%) jQuery
3 1 (4.545%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.545%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (45.45%) MS Exchange
2 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (13.64%) Lync
4 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
5 1 (4.545%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) MS Office
2 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
3 2 (9.091%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Firewall
2 5 (22.73%) DHCP
2 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
2 5 (22.73%) VPN
2 5 (22.73%) DNS
3 4 (18.18%) SAN
3 4 (18.18%) SMTP
3 4 (18.18%) NAS
4 3 (13.64%) iSCSI
5 1 (4.545%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.545%) ICMP
5 1 (4.545%) Intranet
5 1 (4.545%) Extranet
5 1 (4.545%) LAN
5 1 (4.545%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (4.545%) Retail
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
1 1 (4.545%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Service Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.091%) UI Programmer
4 2 (9.091%) UI Developer
4 2 (9.091%) SharePoint Administrator
4 2 (9.091%) Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) WebSphere Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Cryptography
2 3 (13.64%) Clustering
3 2 (9.091%) Thin Client
3 2 (9.091%) Fat Client
4 1 (4.545%) PKI
4 1 (4.545%) PDA
4 1 (4.545%) CESG
4 1 (4.545%) SaaS
4 1 (4.545%) Digital Media
4 1 (4.545%) Blackberry
4 1 (4.545%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
3 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
4 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (22.73%) Windows 2000
5 4 (18.18%) Linux
6 1 (4.545%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.545%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
1 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (13.64%) UML
2 2 (9.091%) ITIL
2 2 (9.091%) Incident Management
2 2 (9.091%) Market Research
2 2 (9.091%) Web Development
2 2 (9.091%) Web Design
3 1 (4.545%) Content Management
3 1 (4.545%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.545%) ITSM
3 1 (4.545%) Risk Management
3 1 (4.545%) Migration
3 1 (4.545%) Unit Testing
3 1 (4.545%) System Testing
3 1 (4.545%) Information Assurance
3 1 (4.545%) Project Management
3 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) C
1 3 (13.64%) C++
1 3 (13.64%) Perl
2 2 (9.091%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.545%) Ruby
3 1 (4.545%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (18.18%) CCSP
2 4 (18.18%) CCNA
2 4 (18.18%) MCTS
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (13.64%) ISEB
3 3 (13.64%) MCSE
3 3 (13.64%) MCP
4 2 (9.091%) MCDST
5 1 (4.545%) CISSP
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) XenApp
3 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (13.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (13.64%) OpenView
3 2 (9.091%) Backup Exec
4 1 (4.545%) SCCM
4 1 (4.545%) SCOM
4 1 (4.545%) SCVMM
4 1 (4.545%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) HP
2 5 (22.73%) Symantec
2 5 (22.73%) Sophos
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle
3 4 (18.18%) Citrix
3 4 (18.18%) VMware
4 3 (13.64%) Sun
4 3 (13.64%) StorageTek
5 2 (9.091%) Dell
6 1 (4.545%) Finjan
6 1 (4.545%) hybris
6 1 (4.545%) CA
6 1 (4.545%) Remedy