The first table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ethernet 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 Cambridge 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
Ethernet
Rank 31 47 30
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -17
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 5 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.520% 0.236% 1.563%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.757% 1.333% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.28% -1.53%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
74 75 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.49% 17.69% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 19
Average daily rate £298 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 12
Average hourly rate £37.00 £41.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.30% +17.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £10.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Ethernet
Cambridgeshire

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 10 (83.33%) Linux
2 7 (58.33%) Device Driver
2 7 (58.33%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (50.00%) JTAG
3 6 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (50.00%) VMware
3 6 (50.00%) Electronic Design Automation
3 6 (50.00%) Xen
3 6 (50.00%) VHDL
3 6 (50.00%) Verilog
3 6 (50.00%) C
4 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 3 (25.00%) DNS
5 3 (25.00%) C++
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 3 (25.00%) Flash
5 3 (25.00%) Python
5 3 (25.00%) Broadband
5 3 (25.00%) HTTP
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) Adobe
5 3 (25.00%) Benchmarking
5 3 (25.00%) Silverlight
5 3 (25.00%) Streaming Media
5 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (25.00%) xDSL
5 3 (25.00%) HTML5
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (25.00%) Flash
1 3 (25.00%) Silverlight
1 3 (25.00%) HTML5
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) Broadband
2 3 (25.00%) HTTP
2 3 (25.00%) xDSL
3 1 (8.333%) Wireless
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (8.333%) FCoE
3 1 (8.333%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Network Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Device Driver
2 6 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (50.00%) VHDL
2 6 (50.00%) Verilog
3 3 (25.00%) Streaming Media
4 1 (8.333%) CPLD
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Linux
2 7 (58.33%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 3 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (8.333%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
2 3 (25.00%) C++
2 3 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) CCNP
1 1 (8.333%) CCNA
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (50.00%) Xen
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Adobe
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
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Posted: 15 May 2013