The first table below looks at the demand for IPv6 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 IPv6 over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 120 132 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing IPv6 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.045% 0.099% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.258% 0.492% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £265 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.46% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £450 £225
% change year-on-year
-27.77% +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £54.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £54.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-41.28% +147.72%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
387 610 388
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.28% 20.17% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 210 108
Average daily rate £320 £325 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 65 79
Average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.04 £11.06
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
IPv6
England

IPv6
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IPv6 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England IPv6 Jobs Demand Trend

IPv6
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IPv6 across the East of England region.

East of England IPv6 Daily Rate Trend

IPv6
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IPv6 across the East of England region.

East of England IPv6 Hourly Rate Trend

IPv6
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPv6 within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire +21 1 £265 -18.46%
Suffolk - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
IPv6
England

IPv6
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing IPv6 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 IPv6.

1 3 (75.00%) IPv4
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
1 3 (75.00%) MPLS
1 3 (75.00%) OSPF
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) JNCIP
2 2 (50.00%) JNCIE
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Frame Relay
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) 3GPP
3 1 (25.00%) UMTS
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) Huawei
3 1 (25.00%) Agilent
3 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (25.00%) Crossbeam
3 1 (25.00%) LTE
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing IPv6 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 IPv6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) MPLS
1 3 (75.00%) OSPF
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
1 3 (75.00%) IPv4
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Frame Relay
3 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (25.00%) LTE
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) 3GPP
3 1 (25.00%) UMTS
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) JNCIP
1 2 (50.00%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Huawei
2 1 (25.00%) Agilent
2 1 (25.00%) Crossbeam
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
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