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The table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the Devon 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2935
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads313
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.013 %
As % of the category below5.000 %13.68 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£348
% change on same period last year-10.24 %
Hourly rates quoted112
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£13.58
Average hourly rate£36.00£14.04
% change on same period last year+156.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.00£14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.31£30.51
% change on same period last year-3.91 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads6095
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted2111
Average minimum daily rate£347£276
Average daily rate£359£290
% change on same period last year+23.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£335
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Hourly rates quoted1146
Average minimum hourly rate£19.83£22.20
Average hourly rate£22.17£23.38
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.51£24.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.48£28.80
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
Ethernet South WestEthernet
South West

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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Devon Ethernet Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

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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 Devon region over the 3 months to 8 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
ExeterUp+91--
Ethernet South WestEthernet
South West

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

11 (33.33 %)Firewall
11 (33.33 %)Wireless
11 (33.33 %)VHDL
11 (33.33 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 (33.33 %)ISDN
11 (33.33 %)LAN
11 (33.33 %)WAN
11 (33.33 %)VPN
11 (33.33 %)Cisco
11 (33.33 %)CCNP
11 (33.33 %)CCNA
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
11 (33.33 %)CheckPoint

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)ISDN
11 (33.33 %)LAN
11 (33.33 %)WAN
11 (33.33 %)VPN
11 (33.33 %)Firewall
11 (33.33 %)Wireless
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Support Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Network Support Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Hardware Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Network Support
21 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)VHDL
11 (33.33 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CCNP
11 (33.33 %)CCNA
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Cisco
11 (33.33 %)CheckPoint