The first table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHCP over the 3 months to 21 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 East of England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Rank 68 110 87
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -23
Contract jobs citing DHCP 53 21 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.431% 0.715% 1.509%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.59% 4.000% 9.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 1 4
Average daily rate £325 £110 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -56.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £110 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £110 £289
UK excluding London average daily rate £278 £450 £273
% change year-on-year
-38.33% +65.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £52.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-71.42% +288.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £27.65 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.00 £55.30 £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £19.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-18.42% -28.30%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
390 525 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.89% 17.88% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 173 128
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 51 83
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
DHCP
England

DHCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England DHCP Jobs Demand Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DHCP across the East of England region.

East of England DHCP Daily Rate Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England DHCP Daily Rate Histogram

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DHCP across the East of England region.

East of England DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England DHCP Hourly Rate Histogram

DHCP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire +17 15 £263 -
Essex +8 15 £325 +195.45%
Hertfordshire +23 12 £350 -
Bedfordshire - 7 £325 -
Suffolk +6 4 - -
DHCP
England

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing DHCP 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 DHCP.

1 87 (97.75%) DNS
2 55 (61.80%) Windows
3 51 (57.30%) Active Directory
4 45 (50.56%) Microsoft
5 37 (41.57%) TCP/IP
6 35 (39.33%) Linux
6 35 (39.33%) VMware
7 34 (38.20%) MS Exchange
8 33 (37.08%) ITIL
9 31 (34.83%) Windows Server 2008
10 26 (29.21%) Firewall
11 24 (26.97%) Citrix
12 23 (25.84%) IIS
13 19 (21.35%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (21.35%) Exchange Server 2010
13 19 (21.35%) VMware Infrastructure
14 18 (20.22%) Perl
14 18 (20.22%) SQL
15 17 (19.10%) Apache
15 17 (19.10%) Cisco
15 17 (19.10%) WAN
15 17 (19.10%) Red Hat
15 17 (19.10%) Exchange Server 2007
16 15 (16.85%) LAN
16 15 (16.85%) Oracle
17 14 (15.73%) HP
17 14 (15.73%) Symantec
18 13 (14.61%) DMZ
18 13 (14.61%) Configuration Management
18 13 (14.61%) SAN

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing DHCP 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 DHCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.494%) CGI
1 4 (4.494%) HTML
1 4 (4.494%) Middleware
2 3 (3.371%) Web Services
3 2 (2.247%) Flash
3 2 (2.247%) COM
4 1 (1.124%) CSS
4 1 (1.124%) Application Packaging
4 1 (1.124%) Memcached
4 1 (1.124%) Gearman
Application Platforms
1 34 (38.20%) MS Exchange
2 23 (25.84%) IIS
3 19 (21.35%) Exchange Server 2010
4 17 (19.10%) Apache
4 17 (19.10%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (12.36%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (7.865%) Tomcat
7 3 (3.371%) SharePoint
7 3 (3.371%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (1.124%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (1.124%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (1.124%) Lync
Applications
1 13 (14.61%) MS Excel
2 11 (12.36%) MS Office
3 2 (2.247%) Office 365
3 2 (2.247%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (6.742%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (97.75%) DNS
2 37 (41.57%) TCP/IP
3 26 (29.21%) Firewall
4 17 (19.10%) WAN
5 15 (16.85%) LAN
6 13 (14.61%) DMZ
6 13 (14.61%) SAN
7 12 (13.48%) BIG-IP
7 12 (13.48%) VoIP
7 12 (13.48%) Wireless
8 11 (12.36%) VPN
9 9 (10.11%) FTP
10 8 (8.989%) VLAN
11 7 (7.865%) Network Security
11 7 (7.865%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (7.865%) NAS
12 6 (6.742%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (6.742%) HTTP
13 5 (5.618%) OSPF
13 5 (5.618%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.61%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.742%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.371%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.124%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (5.618%) JIRA
2 4 (4.494%) Trac
2 4 (4.494%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.124%) Subversion
General
1 6 (6.742%) Publishing
2 5 (5.618%) Back Office
3 4 (4.494%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.371%) Electronics
4 3 (3.371%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.371%) Retail
5 2 (2.247%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (28.09%) Administrator
2 24 (26.97%) Systems Administrator
3 16 (17.98%) Analyst
4 11 (12.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (10.11%) Support Engineer
6 8 (8.989%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (6.742%) Linux Administrator
7 6 (6.742%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (5.618%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.618%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (5.618%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (5.618%) Network Specialist
8 5 (5.618%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 5 (5.618%) Network Security Specialist
8 5 (5.618%) Server Engineer
8 5 (5.618%) Senior Technical Analyst
8 5 (5.618%) Security Specialist
8 5 (5.618%) E-Commerce Specialist
9 4 (4.494%) IT Support
9 4 (4.494%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.48%) Blackberry
2 10 (11.24%) PKI
3 5 (5.618%) Thin Client
3 5 (5.618%) Clustering
3 5 (5.618%) Fat Client
4 4 (4.494%) iPhone
5 3 (3.371%) Streaming Media
6 2 (2.247%) iPad
7 1 (1.124%) CMDB
7 1 (1.124%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 55 (61.80%) Windows
2 35 (39.33%) Linux
3 31 (34.83%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (21.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (14.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (14.61%) Windows 7
6 11 (12.36%) Windows XP
7 10 (11.24%) UNIX
8 7 (7.865%) HPUX
9 4 (4.494%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (4.494%) Windows 2000
10 2 (2.247%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (2.247%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.08%) ITIL
2 13 (14.61%) Configuration Management
3 10 (11.24%) Project Management
4 9 (10.11%) Migration
4 9 (10.11%) ERP
5 7 (7.865%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (7.865%) Infrastructure Management
6 6 (6.742%) Data Analysis
6 6 (6.742%) E-Commerce
7 4 (4.494%) Service Delivery
8 3 (3.371%) Change Management
8 3 (3.371%) E-business
9 2 (2.247%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (2.247%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (1.124%) Network Load Balancing
10 1 (1.124%) Software Engineering
10 1 (1.124%) Incident Management
10 1 (1.124%) Network Architecture
10 1 (1.124%) Capacity Management
10 1 (1.124%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.22%) Perl
1 18 (20.22%) SQL
2 10 (11.24%) C
3 9 (10.11%) Shell Script
3 9 (10.11%) Java
4 6 (6.742%) T-SQL
5 5 (5.618%) PowerShell
6 4 (4.494%) Embedded C
6 4 (4.494%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.124%) PHP
7 1 (1.124%) Korn
7 1 (1.124%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (10.11%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (8.989%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.742%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (6.742%) OCP
3 6 (6.742%) Oracle Certification
3 6 (6.742%) RHCE
3 6 (6.742%) CCNP
4 5 (5.618%) CCIE
4 5 (5.618%) CCSE
5 4 (4.494%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.247%) MCSE
7 1 (1.124%) MCP
7 1 (1.124%) MCSA
7 1 (1.124%) CCNA
7 1 (1.124%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.742%) SLA
2 2 (2.247%) GAMP
2 2 (2.247%) GxP
3 1 (1.124%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (57.30%) Active Directory
2 19 (21.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (11.24%) vSphere
3 10 (11.24%) VMware ESX
4 9 (10.11%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (5.618%) ProxySG
6 4 (4.494%) Forefront TMG
6 4 (4.494%) XenServer
7 3 (3.371%) Terminal Services
7 3 (3.371%) Xen
7 3 (3.371%) XenApp
7 3 (3.371%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.124%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.124%) NFS
8 1 (1.124%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.124%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (1.124%) Postfix
8 1 (1.124%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.124%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 13 (14.61%) SCOM
2 10 (11.24%) WSUS
3 9 (10.11%) Backup Exec
3 9 (10.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 9 (10.11%) EMC NetWorker
4 7 (7.865%) NetBackup
5 6 (6.742%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 6 (6.742%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (5.618%) Cisco UCCX
6 5 (5.618%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (4.494%) Puppet
8 3 (3.371%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (1.124%) Nagios
9 1 (1.124%) SCCM
9 1 (1.124%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 45 (50.56%) Microsoft
2 35 (39.33%) VMware
3 24 (26.97%) Citrix
4 17 (19.10%) Cisco
4 17 (19.10%) Red Hat
5 15 (16.85%) Oracle
6 14 (15.73%) HP
6 14 (15.73%) Symantec
7 9 (10.11%) SAP
7 9 (10.11%) EMC
8 8 (8.989%) Juniper
9 7 (7.865%) JBoss
10 6 (6.742%) F5
10 6 (6.742%) Infoblox
11 5 (5.618%) Sophos
11 5 (5.618%) CheckPoint
11 5 (5.618%) Blue Coat
11 5 (5.618%) Imperva
12 4 (4.494%) NetApp
12 4 (4.494%) BT
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