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The table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4977
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.623 %0.336 %
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-10.26 %
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£29.54£30.86
% change on same period last year-4.29 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads151298
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.213 %0.301 %
Daily rates quoted1730
Average minimum daily rate£221£257
Average daily rate£255£280
% change on same period last year-9.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£289£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted5674
Average minimum hourly rate£25.12£32.17
Average hourly rate£27.46£34.80
% change on same period last year-21.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.80£37.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Ethernet East of EnglandEthernet
East of England

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.

Ethernet
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ethernet across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire Ethernet Hourly Rate Histogram

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 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+269£315-
Ethernet East of EnglandEthernet
East of England

Ethernet
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

114 (82.35 %)C
213 (76.47 %)Device Driver
311 (64.71 %)Windows
311 (64.71 %)PhD
410 (58.82 %)TCP/IP
56 (35.29 %)WDF
56 (35.29 %)iSCSI
65 (29.41 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
74 (23.53 %)Linux
82 (11.76 %)C++
82 (11.76 %)Perl
82 (11.76 %)Tcl
82 (11.76 %)ASIC
82 (11.76 %)Firewall
82 (11.76 %)Windows Vista
82 (11.76 %)VHDL
82 (11.76 %)Verilog
82 (11.76 %)IC Design
82 (11.76 %)ASIC Verification
91 (5.882 %)Degree
91 (5.882 %)MPLS
91 (5.882 %)Microsoft
91 (5.882 %)CCIE
91 (5.882 %)Active Directory
91 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
91 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
91 (5.882 %)LAN
91 (5.882 %)WAN

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (35.29 %)WDF
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (58.82 %)TCP/IP
26 (35.29 %)iSCSI
32 (11.76 %)Firewall
41 (5.882 %)MPLS
41 (5.882 %)LAN
41 (5.882 %)WAN
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (47.06 %)Developer
21 (5.882 %)Systems Administrator
21 (5.882 %)Administrator
21 (5.882 %)Design Engineer
21 (5.882 %)Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (76.47 %)Device Driver
25 (29.41 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
32 (11.76 %)ASIC
32 (11.76 %)VHDL
32 (11.76 %)Verilog
32 (11.76 %)ASIC Verification
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (64.71 %)Windows
24 (23.53 %)Linux
32 (11.76 %)Windows Vista
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)IC Design
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (82.35 %)C
22 (11.76 %)C++
22 (11.76 %)Perl
22 (11.76 %)Tcl
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (64.71 %)PhD
21 (5.882 %)CCIE
21 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
21 (5.882 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.882 %)Active Directory
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft