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This section looks at the demand for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FTP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFile Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank128140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads1913
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.013 %
As % of the category below2.699 %1.613 %
Daily rates quoted133
Average minimum daily rate£383£300
Average daily rate£428£335
% change on same period last year+27.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£336
% change on same period last year+7.10 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£27.75
Average hourly rate£31.25£31.63
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.72
% change on same period last year-13.60 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads704806
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.938 %0.815 %
Daily rates quoted214203
Average minimum daily rate£312£338
Average daily rate£336£358
% change on same period last year-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted122155
Average minimum hourly rate£27.63£25.82
Average hourly rate£30.44£27.69
% change on same period last year+9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.24£29.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
FTP EnglandFTP
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.

FTP
Demand Trend

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

East of England FTP Demand Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England FTP Daily Rate Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FTP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England FTP Daily Rate Histogram

FTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England FTP Hourly Rate Trend

FTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FTP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England FTP Hourly Rate Histogram

FTP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HertfordshireUp+1412£488+38.37 %
SuffolkUp+96£294-
BedfordshireNew entry-1--
FTP EnglandFTP
England

FTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing FTP 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 FTP.

133 (80.49 %)TCP/IP
229 (70.73 %)SMTP
328 (68.29 %)XML
427 (65.85 %)HTTP
526 (63.41 %)Internet
625 (60.98 %).NET
625 (60.98 %)ASP.NET
625 (60.98 %)AJAX
724 (58.54 %)SQL
724 (58.54 %)C#
822 (53.66 %)XSLT
921 (51.22 %)OO
921 (51.22 %)RAD
921 (51.22 %)Retail
921 (51.22 %)Scrum
921 (51.22 %)WPF
921 (51.22 %)BizTalk Server
1020 (48.78 %)ADO.NET
1118 (43.90 %)E-Commerce
1212 (29.27 %)Games
1311 (26.83 %)Serena
1311 (26.83 %)VSS/SourceSafe
149 (21.95 %)Change Management
157 (17.07 %)HTML
157 (17.07 %)Apache
157 (17.07 %)HP
166 (14.63 %)SNMP
166 (14.63 %)VPN
166 (14.63 %)DNS
166 (14.63 %)Windows

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing FTP 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 FTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (68.29 %)XML
225 (60.98 %).NET
225 (60.98 %)ASP.NET
225 (60.98 %)AJAX
322 (53.66 %)XSLT
421 (51.22 %)WPF
520 (48.78 %)ADO.NET
67 (17.07 %)HTML
75 (12.20 %)XHTML
75 (12.20 %)XSL
75 (12.20 %)CSS
84 (9.756 %)ASP
84 (9.756 %)DOM
93 (7.317 %)JSP
101 (2.439 %)SOAP
101 (2.439 %)XSD
101 (2.439 %)SGML
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (51.22 %)BizTalk Server
27 (17.07 %)Apache
36 (14.63 %)IIS
44 (9.756 %)Tomcat
52 (4.878 %)JBoss
61 (2.439 %)MS Exchange
61 (2.439 %)Exchange Server 5.5
61 (2.439 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (2.439 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (2.439 %)Exchange Server 2007
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (7.317 %)Photoshop
21 (2.439 %)MS Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (80.49 %)TCP/IP
229 (70.73 %)SMTP
327 (65.85 %)HTTP
426 (63.41 %)Internet
56 (14.63 %)VPN
56 (14.63 %)DNS
56 (14.63 %)SNMP
56 (14.63 %)TACACS
56 (14.63 %)TELNET
56 (14.63 %)SSH
65 (12.20 %)Ethernet
65 (12.20 %)Megaco
65 (12.20 %)Broadband
65 (12.20 %)LAN
65 (12.20 %)SDH
65 (12.20 %)WAN
65 (12.20 %)MPLS
65 (12.20 %)BGP
65 (12.20 %)SS7
73 (7.317 %)Firewall
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (7.317 %)SQL Server
13 (7.317 %)RDBMS
22 (4.878 %)Oracle 10g
22 (4.878 %)MySQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (26.83 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (2.439 %)TestDirector
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (51.22 %)Retail
212 (29.27 %)Games
36 (14.63 %)Telecoms
43 (7.317 %)Graphic Design
51 (2.439 %)Electric
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (36.59 %)Developer
210 (24.39 %).NET Developer
210 (24.39 %)C# Developer
39 (21.95 %)Development Manager
42 (4.878 %)Administrator
42 (4.878 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
42 (4.878 %)IT Manager
42 (4.878 %)Web Developer
42 (4.878 %)Project Manager
42 (4.878 %)Systems Administrator
42 (4.878 %)Infrastructure Manager
42 (4.878 %)Web Manager
42 (4.878 %)UNIX Administrator
42 (4.878 %)Applications Developer
42 (4.878 %)UI Developer
51 (2.439 %)Technical Specialist
51 (2.439 %)Network Manager
51 (2.439 %)BizTalk Specialist
51 (2.439 %)IT Operations Manager
51 (2.439 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (9.756 %)W3C
14 (9.756 %)Web 2.0
21 (2.439 %)AS400
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (14.63 %)Windows
24 (9.756 %)Linux
33 (7.317 %)Windows NT
33 (7.317 %)UNIX
42 (4.878 %)HPUX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (51.22 %)OO
121 (51.22 %)RAD
121 (51.22 %)Scrum
218 (43.90 %)E-Commerce
39 (21.95 %)Change Management
45 (12.20 %)Problem Management
53 (7.317 %)ITIL
62 (4.878 %)UML
62 (4.878 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (4.878 %)Project Management
62 (4.878 %)Agile Software Development
62 (4.878 %)Web Development
71 (2.439 %)Release Management
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (58.54 %)C#
124 (58.54 %)SQL
24 (9.756 %)XPath
24 (9.756 %)Java
24 (9.756 %)JavaScript
33 (7.317 %)PHP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.439 %)CCSP
11 (2.439 %)CCNP
11 (2.439 %)Cisco Certification
11 (2.439 %)CCSA
11 (2.439 %)CCSE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (9.756 %)WCAG
14 (9.756 %)WAI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.439 %)Active Directory
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (12.20 %)OpenView
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (26.83 %)Serena
27 (17.07 %)HP
35 (12.20 %)MetaSolv
35 (12.20 %)Cramer
43 (7.317 %)Cisco
52 (4.878 %)Microsoft
52 (4.878 %)Red Hat
52 (4.878 %)CheckPoint
52 (4.878 %)Oracle
61 (2.439 %)WatchGuard
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