The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP 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 Dorset 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
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 22 25 31
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +6
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 10 11 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 4.608% 3.943% 3.810%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.25% 23.40% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 3
Average daily rate £228 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.33% -11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £273 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.38% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -32.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £21.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-25.88% -15.00%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
32 47 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 14.75% 16.85% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 33 21
Average daily rate £240 £375 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.00% -1.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.24 £21.00 £24.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £27.50 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
TCP/IP
South West

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset TCP/IP Jobs Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TCP/IP across the Dorset region.

Dorset TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Dorset TCP/IP Daily Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the Dorset region.

Dorset TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Dorset TCP/IP Hourly Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Bournemouth +2 9 £228 -39.33%
TCP/IP
South West

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP.

1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (50.00%) Internet
4 5 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (50.00%) VoIP
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (40.00%) Blackberry
5 4 (40.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (40.00%) HP
5 4 (40.00%) Wireless
6 3 (30.00%) Information Management
6 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (30.00%) Handset
6 3 (30.00%) Citrix
6 3 (30.00%) Avaya
6 3 (30.00%) VPN
6 3 (30.00%) ITIL
6 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (30.00%) Network Management
6 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (20.00%) MCDST
7 2 (20.00%) Windows XP Embedded

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) VoIP
2 4 (40.00%) Wireless
3 3 (30.00%) VPN
4 2 (20.00%) DNS
4 2 (20.00%) DHCP
4 2 (20.00%) Firewall
5 1 (10.00%) SAN
5 1 (10.00%) WAN
5 1 (10.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Legal
1 1 (10.00%) Publishing
1 1 (10.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Desktop Support
2 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
4 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Wintel Support
4 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) Handset
3 1 (10.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Windows XP
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (30.00%) Information Management
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Network Management
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (20.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) OOD
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C
1 2 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) MCDST
1 2 (20.00%) MCSE
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (10.00%) WSUS
1 1 (10.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) Citrix
3 3 (30.00%) Avaya
4 2 (20.00%) Juniper
4 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (10.00%) Blue Coat
5 1 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (10.00%) NetApp
5 1 (10.00%) Nokia
5 1 (10.00%) ProCurve