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This section looks at the demand for File Transfer Protocol (FTP) skills within the Gloucestershire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFile Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4025
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads1330
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.030 %
As % of the category below11.02 %45.45 %
Daily rates quoted015
Average minimum daily rate-£378
Average daily rate-£387
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£363
% change on same period last year-14.16 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00-
Average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.20£31.65
% change on same period last year+17.53 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads11866
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.157 %0.066 %
Daily rates quoted2324
Average minimum daily rate£348£348
Average daily rate£351£367
% change on same period last year-4.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted58
Average minimum hourly rate£26.14£16.75
Average hourly rate£27.32£19.94
% change on same period last year+37.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.50£23.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
FTP South WestFTP
South West

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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire FTP Daily Rate Trend

FTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire FTP Hourly Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
CheltenhamDown-63--
FTP South WestFTP
South West

FTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

112 (85.71 %)Security Cleared
211 (78.57 %)SNMP
211 (78.57 %)Sophos
310 (71.43 %)HP
310 (71.43 %)Symantec
310 (71.43 %)Tripwire
310 (71.43 %)LANDesk
49 (64.29 %)DV Cleared
58 (57.14 %)Windows
58 (57.14 %)Windows 2000
67 (50.00 %)LAN
67 (50.00 %)WAN
76 (42.86 %)Microsoft
76 (42.86 %)Change Management
85 (35.71 %)Tru64
85 (35.71 %)UNIX
85 (35.71 %)HPUX
94 (28.57 %)Government
102 (14.29 %)Active Directory
102 (14.29 %)Norton AntiVirus
102 (14.29 %)HTTP
111 (7.143 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
111 (7.143 %)Requirements Management
111 (7.143 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
111 (7.143 %)Test Scripting
111 (7.143 %)Electronics
111 (7.143 %)Telelogic
111 (7.143 %)Telelogic DOORS
111 (7.143 %)VHDL
111 (7.143 %)SMTP

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (78.57 %)SNMP
27 (50.00 %)LAN
27 (50.00 %)WAN
32 (14.29 %)HTTP
41 (7.143 %)SMTP
41 (7.143 %)Internet
41 (7.143 %)DNS
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
11 (7.143 %)Telelogic DOORS
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Government
21 (7.143 %)Electronics
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Administrator
19 (64.29 %)Systems Administrator
23 (21.43 %)Systems Engineer
32 (14.29 %)Windows Systems Administrator
32 (14.29 %)Windows Administrator
41 (7.143 %)UNIX Consultant
41 (7.143 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
41 (7.143 %)Delphi Developer
41 (7.143 %)UNIX Administrator
41 (7.143 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
41 (7.143 %)UNIX Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Software Developer
41 (7.143 %)Software Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Developer
41 (7.143 %)Consultant
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 (7.143 %)VHDL
11 (7.143 %)Client/Server
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (57.14 %)Windows
18 (57.14 %)Windows 2000
25 (35.71 %)Tru64
25 (35.71 %)UNIX
25 (35.71 %)HPUX
31 (7.143 %)Windows NT
31 (7.143 %)Solaris
31 (7.143 %)Linux
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (85.71 %)Security Cleared
29 (64.29 %)DV Cleared
36 (42.86 %)Change Management
41 (7.143 %)Requirements Management
41 (7.143 %)Test Scripting
41 (7.143 %)UML
41 (7.143 %)OO
41 (7.143 %)Configuration Management
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.143 %)VC++
11 (7.143 %)C
11 (7.143 %)C++
11 (7.143 %)Delphi
11 (7.143 %)Java
11 (7.143 %)SQL
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (14.29 %)Active Directory
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (14.29 %)Norton AntiVirus
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (78.57 %)Sophos
210 (71.43 %)HP
210 (71.43 %)Symantec
210 (71.43 %)Tripwire
210 (71.43 %)LANDesk
36 (42.86 %)Microsoft
41 (7.143 %)Telelogic