The first table below looks at the demand for FTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FTP over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Rank 346 411 432
Rank change year-on-year
+65 +21
Contract jobs citing FTP 172 147 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.414% 0.276% 0.250%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.813% 1.758% 1.913%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 62 71
Average daily rate £339 £325 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.30% -21.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £154 £190 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £415 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £463
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -29.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 11
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -27.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
-25.00% -29.20%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6115 8361 7369
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.71% 15.67% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3080 3931 3411
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 557 730
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
FTP
UK

FTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England FTP Jobs Demand Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England FTP Daily Rate Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FTP across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England FTP Daily Rate Histogram

FTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England FTP Hourly Rate Trend

FTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FTP across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England FTP Hourly Rate Histogram

FTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +57 80 £500 +53.84%
South East +26 39 £196 -32.32%
Yorkshire +6 16 £250 -28.57%
East of England +1 15 £325 +71.05%
North West +19 10 £341 -10.63%
West Midlands +13 7 £263 -
East Midlands +5 4 - -
South West +10 2 £300 -20.00%
FTP
UK

FTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 133 (42.49%) Windows
2 84 (26.84%) SQL
3 78 (24.92%) .NET
4 73 (23.32%) SQL Server
5 69 (22.04%) Microsoft
6 68 (21.73%) Finance
7 66 (21.09%) IIS
7 66 (21.09%) Web Services
8 64 (20.45%) HTTP
9 57 (18.21%) TCP/IP
9 57 (18.21%) HTML
10 53 (16.93%) JavaScript
11 51 (16.29%) MS Office
11 51 (16.29%) Oracle
12 50 (15.97%) Banking
13 46 (14.70%) Linux
14 45 (14.38%) ASP.NET
15 42 (13.42%) UNIX
16 41 (13.10%) Windows Server 2003
17 38 (12.14%) Firewall
18 37 (11.82%) XML
19 35 (11.18%) DNS
20 34 (10.86%) Telecoms
20 34 (10.86%) Investment Banking
21 33 (10.54%) jQuery
21 33 (10.54%) VBScript
22 30 (9.585%) Citrix
22 30 (9.585%) SMTP
22 30 (9.585%) Internet
22 30 (9.585%) VMware

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 78 (24.92%) .NET
2 66 (21.09%) Web Services
3 57 (18.21%) HTML
4 45 (14.38%) ASP.NET
5 37 (11.82%) XML
6 33 (10.54%) jQuery
7 24 (7.668%) CSS
8 23 (7.348%) Ajax
9 22 (7.029%) SOAP
9 22 (7.029%) ADO.NET
9 22 (7.029%) DHTML
9 22 (7.029%) WinForms
10 21 (6.709%) .NET Framework
11 17 (5.431%) WebSphere
12 15 (4.792%) ADSI
13 12 (3.834%) J2EE
14 11 (3.514%) Middleware
14 11 (3.514%) HTML5
15 9 (2.875%) JDBC
15 9 (2.875%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 66 (21.09%) IIS
2 29 (9.265%) Apache
3 12 (3.834%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (3.514%) CMS
5 7 (2.236%) IBM HTTP Server
5 7 (2.236%) Oracle Application Server
5 7 (2.236%) Tomcat
5 7 (2.236%) ESB
6 6 (1.917%) MQSeries
6 6 (1.917%) MS Exchange
6 6 (1.917%) WebSphere MQ
7 5 (1.597%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (1.597%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.597%) nginx
8 4 (1.278%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (1.278%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.958%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.958%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.958%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 3 (0.958%) Umbraco
Applications
1 51 (16.29%) MS Office
2 26 (8.307%) MS Excel
3 16 (5.112%) Photoshop
4 6 (1.917%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (1.278%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (0.958%) InDesign
7 2 (0.639%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.639%) Fireworks
8 1 (0.319%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.319%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.319%) SPSS
8 1 (0.319%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.319%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.319%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 5 (1.597%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.597%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.278%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.958%) Remedy AR System
3 3 (0.958%) Kondor+
4 2 (0.639%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.319%) Cognos Planning
5 1 (0.319%) HFM
5 1 (0.319%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.319%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.319%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 64 (20.45%) HTTP
2 57 (18.21%) TCP/IP
3 38 (12.14%) Firewall
4 35 (11.18%) DNS
5 30 (9.585%) SMTP
5 30 (9.585%) Internet
6 26 (8.307%) VPN
7 24 (7.668%) DHCP
8 21 (6.709%) SSL
9 20 (6.390%) SAN
10 17 (5.431%) WAN
11 16 (5.112%) NAS
12 14 (4.473%) SSH
13 13 (4.153%) HTTPS
14 8 (2.556%) Ethernet
14 8 (2.556%) SMS
14 8 (2.556%) BIG-IP
14 8 (2.556%) IPsec
15 7 (2.236%) 4G
15 7 (2.236%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (23.32%) SQL Server
2 24 (7.668%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 22 (7.029%) DTS
4 12 (3.834%) MySQL
5 11 (3.514%) DB2
6 7 (2.236%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.597%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (1.597%) TOAD
8 3 (0.958%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (0.639%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.639%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.319%) MS Access
10 1 (0.319%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.319%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (3.834%) Subversion
2 5 (1.597%) LoadRunner
2 5 (1.597%) Eclipse
2 5 (1.597%) JIRA
3 4 (1.278%) ClearCase
3 4 (1.278%) Trac
4 3 (0.958%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.639%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (0.639%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.319%) JProfiler
6 1 (0.319%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.319%) Firebug
6 1 (0.319%) Ant
6 1 (0.319%) JProbe
6 1 (0.319%) Introscope
6 1 (0.319%) Maven
General
1 68 (21.73%) Finance
2 50 (15.97%) Banking
3 34 (10.86%) Investment Banking
3 34 (10.86%) Telecoms
4 16 (5.112%) Retail
5 11 (3.514%) Publishing
6 9 (2.875%) Marketing
7 8 (2.556%) Billing
7 8 (2.556%) Legal
7 8 (2.556%) Back Office
8 4 (1.278%) Front Office
8 4 (1.278%) Games
8 4 (1.278%) Advertising
9 3 (0.958%) Electronics
9 3 (0.958%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.639%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.639%) Automotive
11 1 (0.319%) Law
11 1 (0.319%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.319%) Music
Job Titles
1 78 (24.92%) Analyst
2 75 (23.96%) Developer
3 35 (11.18%) Project Manager
4 33 (10.54%) Business Analyst
5 27 (8.626%) Support Analyst
6 26 (8.307%) Web Developer
7 19 (6.070%) Applications Support
7 19 (6.070%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (5.751%) Technical Business Analyst
9 16 (5.112%) Applications Support Analyst
9 16 (5.112%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.792%) Wintel Engineer
11 14 (4.473%) Consultant
12 13 (4.153%) Administrator
12 13 (4.153%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.514%) Front-End Developer
14 9 (2.875%) Architect
15 7 (2.236%) Java Developer
16 6 (1.917%) .NET Developer
16 6 (1.917%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.751%) Clustering
2 9 (2.875%) W3C
3 8 (2.556%) Computer Science
3 8 (2.556%) Open Source
4 6 (1.917%) Social Media
4 6 (1.917%) Client/Server
4 6 (1.917%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.278%) EFT
5 4 (1.278%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.278%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 4 (1.278%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (0.958%) Psychology
6 3 (0.958%) Streaming Media
6 3 (0.958%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (0.958%) Mainframe
6 3 (0.958%) NHS
6 3 (0.958%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.639%) EPoS
7 2 (0.639%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.319%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 133 (42.49%) Windows
2 46 (14.70%) Linux
3 42 (13.42%) UNIX
4 41 (13.10%) Windows Server 2003
5 27 (8.626%) Windows XP
6 17 (5.431%) Windows Server 2008
7 15 (4.792%) Windows 7
7 15 (4.792%) Windows 2000
7 15 (4.792%) Windows NT
8 14 (4.473%) Solaris
9 11 (3.514%) AIX
9 11 (3.514%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.597%) Windows Vista
11 4 (1.278%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (1.278%) CentOS
12 3 (0.958%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.958%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.958%) Debian
12 3 (0.958%) Gentoo
13 2 (0.639%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (8.626%) Project Management
2 24 (7.668%) Migration
3 22 (7.029%) User Acceptance Testing
4 17 (5.431%) ITIL
5 13 (4.153%) Configuration Management
6 12 (3.834%) OO
7 10 (3.195%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (2.875%) E-Commerce
8 9 (2.875%) Fault Management
8 9 (2.875%) Incident Management
9 8 (2.556%) Matrix Management
9 8 (2.556%) SOA
9 8 (2.556%) SEO
10 7 (2.236%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (2.236%) Risk Management
10 7 (2.236%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (2.236%) ERP
10 7 (2.236%) OOP
10 7 (2.236%) Data Modelling
11 6 (1.917%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 84 (26.84%) SQL
2 53 (16.93%) JavaScript
3 33 (10.54%) VBScript
4 26 (8.307%) VB
4 26 (8.307%) T-SQL
5 25 (7.987%) Java
6 24 (7.668%) VB.NET
7 18 (5.751%) Perl
7 18 (5.751%) PowerShell
8 14 (4.473%) PHP
8 14 (4.473%) C
9 11 (3.514%) C#
9 11 (3.514%) Python
10 10 (3.195%) C++
11 7 (2.236%) Bash shell
12 5 (1.597%) VC++
13 4 (1.278%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.958%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.958%) RPG IV
14 3 (0.958%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 20 (6.390%) Degree
2 5 (1.597%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.278%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (0.958%) MCSE
4 3 (0.958%) BC Cleared
4 3 (0.958%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.639%) MCP
5 2 (0.639%) MBA
5 2 (0.639%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.639%) CCNP
5 2 (0.639%) ISEB
6 1 (0.319%) CCIE
6 1 (0.319%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.319%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.319%) ACCA
6 1 (0.319%) CIMA
6 1 (0.319%) CFA
6 1 (0.319%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.112%) QA
2 12 (3.834%) SLA
3 3 (0.958%) HL7
3 3 (0.958%) WAI
4 2 (0.639%) WCAG
5 1 (0.319%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (6.709%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (5.751%) Active Directory
3 17 (5.431%) vSphere
4 15 (4.792%) XenApp
4 15 (4.792%) VMware ESX
4 15 (4.792%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 10 (3.195%) NFS
6 7 (2.236%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.639%) Samba
7 2 (0.639%) XenServer
7 2 (0.639%) Postfix
7 2 (0.639%) SRDF
7 2 (0.639%) Varnish
8 1 (0.319%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.319%) Snort
8 1 (0.319%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (7.029%) SCOM
2 15 (4.792%) Legato
2 15 (4.792%) NetBackup
2 15 (4.792%) Backup Exec
3 9 (2.875%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.958%) Sysprep
4 3 (0.958%) Puppet
4 3 (0.958%) SCCM
4 3 (0.958%) Control-M
4 3 (0.958%) Nagios
5 1 (0.319%) Cacti
5 1 (0.319%) WSUS
5 1 (0.319%) Veritas Storage Foundation
5 1 (0.319%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.319%) HP SiteScope
5 1 (0.319%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 69 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.29%) Oracle
3 30 (9.585%) Citrix
3 30 (9.585%) VMware
4 25 (7.987%) IBM
5 24 (7.668%) HP
6 19 (6.070%) BMC
7 18 (5.751%) McAfee
8 16 (5.112%) Sophos
8 16 (5.112%) Veritas
9 15 (4.792%) Dell
9 15 (4.792%) Adobe
9 15 (4.792%) PlateSpin
9 15 (4.792%) Leostream
10 14 (4.473%) Cisco
11 12 (3.834%) Red Hat
12 11 (3.514%) F5
13 9 (2.875%) Blue Coat
14 6 (1.917%) Remedy
15 5 (1.597%) Juniper
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