The first table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridgeshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethernet
Rank 53 59 58
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 2 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.339% 0.139% 0.785%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.923% 0.699% 5.319%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £325 - £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £274 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.69% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+33.92% -9.67%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
104 143 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 17.63% 19.86% 14.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 67 31
Average daily rate £275 £318 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.38% +10.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £205 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £423 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 24
Average hourly rate £37.00 £38.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.89% +185.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.30 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Ethernet
East of England

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge - 1 £325 - 6
Ethernet
East of England

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (76.92%) Linux
2 7 (53.85%) Device Driver
2 7 (53.85%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (46.15%) Electronic Design Automation
3 6 (46.15%) Xen
3 6 (46.15%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (46.15%) JTAG
3 6 (46.15%) VMware
3 6 (46.15%) VHDL
3 6 (46.15%) Verilog
3 6 (46.15%) C
4 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
5 3 (23.08%) DNS
5 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) HTTP
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) Adobe
5 3 (23.08%) C++
5 3 (23.08%) Broadband
5 3 (23.08%) Flash
5 3 (23.08%) Python
5 3 (23.08%) Benchmarking
5 3 (23.08%) Streaming Media
5 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
5 3 (23.08%) xDSL
5 3 (23.08%) HTML5
5 3 (23.08%) Silverlight
6 2 (15.38%) Finance
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (23.08%) Flash
1 3 (23.08%) HTML5
1 3 (23.08%) Silverlight
2 1 (7.692%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) HTTP
2 3 (23.08%) Broadband
2 3 (23.08%) xDSL
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) WAN
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (7.692%) BT 21CN
3 1 (7.692%) FCoE
3 1 (7.692%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Electronics
2 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Network Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Network Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Device Driver
2 6 (46.15%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (46.15%) VHDL
2 6 (46.15%) Verilog
3 3 (23.08%) Streaming Media
4 1 (7.692%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
2 7 (53.85%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Electronic Design Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Benchmarking
2 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.692%) CRM
3 1 (7.692%) Network Design
3 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C
2 3 (23.08%) C++
2 3 (23.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) CCNP
1 1 (7.692%) CCNA
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Xen
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) VMware
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Adobe
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
4 1 (7.692%) Siebel
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Embedded Software Engineer - Linux , real-time systems design Location - Peterborough Hourly Rate - Depends on experience , but around £350-400 per day Excellent Contract Software Engineer opportunities for talented...
Informatiq Consulting
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Key Responsibilities: - Act as a technical resource for embedded Linux operating systems... Person Specification: - In-depth experience implementing embedded systems using Linux in a commercial environment... - Experience with...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: Excellent rates
Posted: 19 June 2013