The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 32 34 17
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -17
Contract jobs citing Internet 5 15 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.488% 3.505% 6.773%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.757% 20.27% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
Average daily rate £225 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 2
Average hourly rate £48.25 £12.56 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+284.30% +6.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.65 £9.97 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.85 £56.50 £12.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -23.07%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
74 74 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.02% 17.29% 22.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 20
Average daily rate £285 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 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 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Internet
Cambridgeshire

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) UNIX
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Shell Script
2 6 (60.00%) Cryptography
3 5 (50.00%) Validation
3 5 (50.00%) SNMP
3 5 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (40.00%) VLAN
5 3 (30.00%) System Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 2 (20.00%) HP
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) Intranet
6 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (20.00%) Firewall
6 2 (20.00%) Wireless
6 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (20.00%) Altiris
6 2 (20.00%) Exinda
6 2 (20.00%) Lync
6 2 (20.00%) Unified Communications
6 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 (10.00%) WCF
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (10.00%) COM
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
1 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (20.00%) Lync
1 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) SNMP
2 4 (40.00%) VLAN
3 2 (20.00%) Intranet
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) Wireless
3 2 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (10.00%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Integration Consultant
1 3 (30.00%) Test Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Test Consultant
1 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Integration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Development Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Development Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (10.00%) Streaming Media
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) UNIX
2 6 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Validation
1 5 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (30.00%) System Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) HP
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Altiris
2 2 (20.00%) Exinda
2 2 (20.00%) Riverbed
3 1 (10.00%) Perforce