East of England TCP/IP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 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 TCP/IP over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Angus Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Coalville County Antrim Coventry Cramlington Crawley Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Driffield Dudley Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenwich Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Highland Hounslow Hull Inverness Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romsey Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Neots Stevenage Stockport Strathclyde Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Taunton Tayside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Trowbridge Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	62
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	125	92
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.160 %	0.103 %
As % of the category below	16.07 %	11.99 %
Daily rates quoted	43	24
Average minimum daily rate	£334	£285
Average daily rate	£370	£301
% change on same period last year	+23.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£318
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£315
% change on same period last year	+3.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.70	£25.63
Average hourly rate	£24.11	£28.10
% change on same period last year	-14.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.52	£30.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.05	£23.55
% change on same period last year	+2.14 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	778	767
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.998 %	0.862 %
Daily rates quoted	264	187
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£311
Average daily rate	£349	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£334
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	166	128
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.13	£27.89
Average hourly rate	£26.70	£30.21
% change on same period last year	-11.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.26	£32.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.63	£27.52
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
TCP/IP 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.

TCP/IP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing TCP/IP across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

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

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing TCP/IP across the East of England region.

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Hertfordshire	+23	62	£448	+49.42 %
2	Cambridgeshire	-2	42	£176	-30.88 %
3	Essex	-15	14	£167	-57.05 %
4	Suffolk	+2	8	-	-
4	Bedfordshire	+9	8	-	-
5	Norfolk	+19	3	-	-

TCP/IP England

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing TCP/IP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing TCP/IP.

1 98 (43.36 %) Windows 2 71 (31.42 %) Cisco 3 58 (25.66 %) Firewall 4 57 (25.22 %) Microsoft 5 51 (22.57 %) LAN 6 46 (20.35 %) Linux 7 44 (19.47 %) WAN 7 44 (19.47 %) Active Directory 8 43 (19.03 %) C 8 43 (19.03 %) SQL 9 38 (16.81 %) Windows NT 9 38 (16.81 %) HTTP 10 36 (15.93 %) DNS 11 35 (15.49 %) Microsoft Certification 11 35 (15.49 %) MS Office

11 35 (15.49 %) Internet 12 34 (15.04 %) C++ 12 34 (15.04 %) Windows 2000 13 33 (14.60 %) MS Exchange 13 33 (14.60 %) VPN 14 32 (14.16 %) XML 15 30 (13.27 %) Unix 15 30 (13.27 %) FTP 15 30 (13.27 %) SMTP 16 29 (12.83 %) .NET 17 28 (12.39 %) Cisco Certification 17 28 (12.39 %) Exchange Server 2003 18 27 (11.95 %) AJAX 18 27 (11.95 %) C# 19 26 (11.50 %) ASP.NET

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing TCP/IP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing TCP/IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 32 (14.16 %) XML 2 29 (12.83 %) .NET 3 27 (11.95 %) AJAX 4 26 (11.50 %) ASP.NET 5 24 (10.62 %) XSLT 6 23 (10.18 %) WPF 7 21 (9.292 %) ADO.NET 8 13 (5.752 %) WebSphere 9 12 (5.310 %) J2EE 10 10 (4.425 %) LAMP 11 9 (3.982 %) MFC 12 8 (3.540 %) HTML 13 6 (2.655 %) WAP 14 5 (2.212 %) XSL 14 5 (2.212 %) ActiveX 14 5 (2.212 %) ASP 15 4 (1.770 %) CSS 15 4 (1.770 %) XHTML 15 4 (1.770 %) DOM 16 3 (1.327 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 33 (14.60 %) MS Exchange 2 28 (12.39 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 22 (9.735 %) BizTalk Server 3 22 (9.735 %) Apache 4 18 (7.965 %) IIS 5 16 (7.080 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 15 (6.637 %) Tomcat 7 13 (5.752 %) WebLogic 8 12 (5.310 %) JBoss 9 3 (1.327 %) Lotus Notes 10 2 (0.885 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 10 2 (0.885 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 2 (0.885 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 1 (0.442 %) CMS 11 1 (0.442 %) CICS
Applications 1 35 (15.49 %) MS Office 2 8 (3.540 %) MS Excel 2 8 (3.540 %) MS Project 3 5 (2.212 %) MS Visio 4 3 (1.327 %) Photoshop 5 1 (0.442 %) S-PLUS 5 1 (0.442 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 58 (25.66 %) Firewall 2 51 (22.57 %) LAN 3 44 (19.47 %) WAN 4 38 (16.81 %) HTTP 5 36 (15.93 %) DNS 6 35 (15.49 %) Internet 7 33 (14.60 %) VPN 8 30 (13.27 %) FTP 8 30 (13.27 %) SMTP 9 22 (9.735 %) VoIP 10 21 (9.292 %) Wi-Fi 11 19 (8.407 %) DHCP 11 19 (8.407 %) ISDN 12 18 (7.965 %) OSPF 12 18 (7.965 %) BGP 13 17 (7.522 %) ADSL 14 14 (6.195 %) Intrusion Detection 15 11 (4.867 %) RTP 15 11 (4.867 %) Cisco PIX 16 10 (4.425 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (8.407 %) MySQL 2 11 (4.867 %) SQL Server 3 3 (1.327 %) RDBMS 4 1 (0.442 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (0.442 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.442 %) DB2	Development Applications 1 11 (4.867 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 4 (1.770 %) Flash 2 4 (1.770 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (1.327 %) ClearCase 3 3 (1.327 %) ClearQuest
General 1 26 (11.50 %) Retail 2 16 (7.080 %) Telecoms 3 12 (5.310 %) Multimedia 3 12 (5.310 %) Games 4 10 (4.425 %) Finance 5 9 (3.982 %) Government 6 8 (3.540 %) Electronics 7 6 (2.655 %) Back Office 8 4 (1.770 %) Automotive 9 3 (1.327 %) Health 9 3 (1.327 %) Graphic Design 10 2 (0.885 %) Auditing 10 2 (0.885 %) Education 11 1 (0.442 %) Pharmaceutical 11 1 (0.442 %) Banking 11 1 (0.442 %) Music	Job Titles 1 38 (16.81 %) Analyst 2 37 (16.37 %) Support Engineer 3 30 (13.27 %) Software Engineer 4 27 (11.95 %) Developer 4 27 (11.95 %) Network Engineer 5 24 (10.62 %) Network Support 6 23 (10.18 %) Support Analyst 7 17 (7.522 %) Desktop Support 8 16 (7.080 %) Network Support Engineer 9 11 (4.867 %) C# Developer 10 10 (4.425 %) .NET Developer 10 10 (4.425 %) Development Manager 10 10 (4.425 %) 2nd Line Support 11 9 (3.982 %) Network Analyst 11 9 (3.982 %) Desktop Support Analyst 11 9 (3.982 %) Desktop Analyst 12 8 (3.540 %) UNIX Support 12 8 (3.540 %) Linux Support 13 7 (3.097 %) Embedded Software Engineer 14 6 (2.655 %) Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 10 (4.425 %) PDA 2 8 (3.540 %) Blackberry 3 6 (2.655 %) French Language 4 5 (2.212 %) Client/Server 5 4 (1.770 %) MPEG 5 4 (1.770 %) W3C 5 4 (1.770 %) IVR 5 4 (1.770 %) Web 2.0 6 3 (1.327 %) IPTV 6 3 (1.327 %) AS400 6 3 (1.327 %) Streaming Video 7 2 (0.885 %) Replication 7 2 (0.885 %) Device Driver 7 2 (0.885 %) STB 7 2 (0.885 %) DTV 8 1 (0.442 %) Mainframe 8 1 (0.442 %) Thin Client 8 1 (0.442 %) EFT 8 1 (0.442 %) NHS 8 1 (0.442 %) Streaming Media	Operating Systems 1 98 (43.36 %) Windows 2 46 (20.35 %) Linux 3 38 (16.81 %) Windows NT 4 34 (15.04 %) Windows 2000 5 30 (13.27 %) Unix 6 20 (8.850 %) Solaris 7 11 (4.867 %) Windows CE 8 10 (4.425 %) Windows XP 9 5 (2.212 %) Windows Server 2003 10 2 (0.885 %) Embedded Linux 10 2 (0.885 %) AIX 11 1 (0.442 %) HPUX 11 1 (0.442 %) OpenVMS 11 1 (0.442 %) zOS 11 1 (0.442 %) Windows Vista 11 1 (0.442 %) SUSE 11 1 (0.442 %) MVS
Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (10.18 %) OO 2 22 (9.735 %) RAD 2 22 (9.735 %) E-Commerce 2 22 (9.735 %) Scrum 3 12 (5.310 %) Change Management 4 11 (4.867 %) Security Management 4 11 (4.867 %) Migration 5 10 (4.425 %) UML 6 8 (3.540 %) Configuration Management 6 8 (3.540 %) ITIL 6 8 (3.540 %) Project Management 7 7 (3.097 %) Data Migration 8 6 (2.655 %) Software Engineering 8 6 (2.655 %) DRM 9 3 (1.327 %) Service Management 9 3 (1.327 %) Service Delivery 9 3 (1.327 %) Network Design 10 2 (0.885 %) Network Planning 10 2 (0.885 %) Web Development 10 2 (0.885 %) Fault Management	Programming Languages 1 43 (19.03 %) C 1 43 (19.03 %) SQL 2 34 (15.04 %) C++ 3 27 (11.95 %) C# 4 16 (7.080 %) PHP 4 16 (7.080 %) Embedded C 5 8 (3.540 %) Perl 6 5 (2.212 %) Java 6 5 (2.212 %) VC++ 7 4 (1.770 %) Embedded C++ 7 4 (1.770 %) XPath 7 4 (1.770 %) JavaScript 8 1 (0.442 %) COBOL 8 1 (0.442 %) Python 8 1 (0.442 %) VB 8 1 (0.442 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 35 (15.49 %) Microsoft Certification 2 28 (12.39 %) Cisco Certification 3 19 (8.407 %) MCP 4 17 (7.522 %) MCSE 5 9 (3.982 %) CCNA 5 9 (3.982 %) Degree 6 8 (3.540 %) CCNP 7 4 (1.770 %) CCVP 8 3 (1.327 %) CCSE 9 2 (0.885 %) MCDST 9 2 (0.885 %) CCIP 9 2 (0.885 %) CCIE 9 2 (0.885 %) CCDP 9 2 (0.885 %) ITIL Certification 10 1 (0.442 %) RHCT	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (4.425 %) SLA 2 4 (1.770 %) WCAG 2 4 (1.770 %) WAI
System Software 1 44 (19.47 %) Active Directory 2 11 (4.867 %) ISA Server 3 2 (0.885 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.442 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.442 %) MetaFrame 4 1 (0.442 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 13 (5.752 %) OpenView 2 10 (4.425 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (0.442 %) WSUS 3 1 (0.442 %) OMEGAMON 3 1 (0.442 %) CiscoWorks 3 1 (0.442 %) Unicenter
Vendors 1 71 (31.42 %) Cisco 2 57 (25.22 %) Microsoft 3 25 (11.06 %) Dell 4 21 (9.292 %) HP 5 14 (6.195 %) McAfee Security 6 12 (5.310 %) 3Com 7 11 (4.867 %) Serena 8 10 (4.425 %) Red Hat 8 10 (4.425 %) CheckPoint 8 10 (4.425 %) Sun 8 10 (4.425 %) Nokia 9 8 (3.540 %) Oracle 10 6 (2.655 %) VERITAS 11 5 (2.212 %) NetApp 12 4 (1.770 %) Sophos 12 4 (1.770 %) Nortel 13 3 (1.327 %) Citrix 13 3 (1.327 %) Avaya 13 3 (1.327 %) Lotus 13 3 (1.327 %) VMware