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The table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3256
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads91
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.001 %
As % of the category below9.574 %0.515 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£315-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£380-
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£348
% change on same period last year-10.24 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.17£30.68
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads94194
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.134 %0.196 %
Daily rates quoted1123
Average minimum daily rate£230£285
Average daily rate£256£311
% change on same period last year-17.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted3937
Average minimum hourly rate£25.61£31.77
Average hourly rate£27.92£34.31
% change on same period last year-18.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.23£36.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Ethernet CambridgeshireEthernet
Cambridgeshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Ethernet Demand Trend

Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ethernet across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cambridge Ethernet Hourly Rate Histogram

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Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

113 (81.25 %)C
212 (75.00 %)Device Driver
310 (62.50 %)Windows
310 (62.50 %)PhD
49 (56.25 %)TCP/IP
56 (37.50 %)WDF
56 (37.50 %)iSCSI
65 (31.25 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
74 (25.00 %)Linux
82 (12.50 %)C++
82 (12.50 %)Perl
82 (12.50 %)Tcl
82 (12.50 %)ASIC
82 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
82 (12.50 %)Firewall
82 (12.50 %)VHDL
82 (12.50 %)Verilog
82 (12.50 %)IC Design
82 (12.50 %)ASIC Verification
91 (6.250 %)MPLS
91 (6.250 %)Microsoft
91 (6.250 %)CCIE
91 (6.250 %)Active Directory
91 (6.250 %)Cisco Certification
91 (6.250 %)MS Exchange
91 (6.250 %)LAN
91 (6.250 %)WAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (37.50 %)WDF
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)MS Exchange
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (56.25 %)TCP/IP
26 (37.50 %)iSCSI
32 (12.50 %)Firewall
41 (6.250 %)MPLS
41 (6.250 %)LAN
41 (6.250 %)WAN
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (43.75 %)Developer
21 (6.250 %)Systems Administrator
21 (6.250 %)Administrator
21 (6.250 %)Design Engineer
21 (6.250 %)Software Engineer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (75.00 %)Device Driver
25 (31.25 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
32 (12.50 %)ASIC
32 (12.50 %)VHDL
32 (12.50 %)Verilog
32 (12.50 %)ASIC Verification
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (62.50 %)Windows
24 (25.00 %)Linux
32 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (12.50 %)IC Design
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (81.25 %)C
22 (12.50 %)C++
22 (12.50 %)Perl
22 (12.50 %)Tcl
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (62.50 %)PhD
21 (6.250 %)CCIE
21 (6.250 %)Cisco Certification
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.250 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.250 %)Microsoft