The first table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 23 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 Hampshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethernet
Rank 92 95 97
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 8 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.525% 0.252% 0.319%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.556% 1.311% 2.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
Average daily rate £303 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.57% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £322 £292
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £350 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £30.00 - £28.75
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 - £25.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 - £31.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £29.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+21.84% -8.46%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
313 305 276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.55% 19.23% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 124 83
Average daily rate £340 £363 £316
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.20% +14.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 54 75
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Ethernet
South East

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Ethernet Jobs Demand Trend

Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

Ethernet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Portsmouth +1 1 - -
Southampton - 1 - -
Yateley - 1 - -
Ethernet
South East

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet.

1 11 (44.00%) BGP
2 10 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 9 (36.00%) Project Management
3 9 (36.00%) MPLS
4 8 (32.00%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (32.00%) EIGRP
4 8 (32.00%) Migration
4 8 (32.00%) WAN
4 8 (32.00%) LAN
4 8 (32.00%) CCNP
5 7 (28.00%) CCNA
6 6 (24.00%) C
7 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
8 4 (16.00%) Firewall
8 4 (16.00%) BT
8 4 (16.00%) SNMP
8 4 (16.00%) Cisco
8 4 (16.00%) Broadband
8 4 (16.00%) VLAN
8 4 (16.00%) SCOM
9 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
9 3 (12.00%) IPv6
9 3 (12.00%) Juniper
9 3 (12.00%) VPN
9 3 (12.00%) B2B
9 3 (12.00%) Windows
9 3 (12.00%) IPsec
9 3 (12.00%) Wireless
9 3 (12.00%) Finance
9 3 (12.00%) OSPF

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) MS Exchange
1 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (44.00%) BGP
2 10 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 9 (36.00%) MPLS
4 8 (32.00%) EIGRP
4 8 (32.00%) WAN
4 8 (32.00%) LAN
5 4 (16.00%) Firewall
5 4 (16.00%) SNMP
5 4 (16.00%) Broadband
5 4 (16.00%) VLAN
6 3 (12.00%) IPv6
6 3 (12.00%) VPN
6 3 (12.00%) IPsec
6 3 (12.00%) Wireless
6 3 (12.00%) OSPF
7 2 (8.000%) DVB
7 2 (8.000%) FDDI
7 2 (8.000%) SSL
7 2 (8.000%) SAN
7 2 (8.000%) Internet
General
1 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.000%) Electronics
3 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.000%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Support Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Network Support
3 7 (28.00%) Network Support Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) Business Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Architect
6 2 (8.000%) Test Engineer
6 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (8.000%) Telecoms Business Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) PLC Programmer
7 1 (4.000%) Digital Hardware Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.000%) IP Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Network Architect
7 1 (4.000%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) DTV
1 2 (8.000%) MPEG
1 2 (8.000%) IPTV
1 2 (8.000%) STB
2 1 (4.000%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.000%) SCADA
2 1 (4.000%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (8.000%) Windows 8
3 1 (4.000%) UNIX
3 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Project Management
2 8 (32.00%) Migration
3 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (12.00%) B2B
4 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.000%) Requirements Management
4 2 (8.000%) Time Management
4 2 (8.000%) Business Process Improvement
4 2 (8.000%) Network Management
4 2 (8.000%) Process Improvement
5 1 (4.000%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.000%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) C
2 2 (8.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (32.00%) CCNP
2 7 (28.00%) CCNA
3 2 (8.000%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.000%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 2 (8.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) SCOM
2 2 (8.000%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (8.000%) SCCM
2 2 (8.000%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) BT
1 4 (16.00%) Cisco
2 3 (12.00%) Juniper
3 2 (8.000%) McAfee
3 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.000%) HP
3 2 (8.000%) Brocade
3 2 (8.000%) Blue Coat
3 2 (8.000%) 3PAR
3 2 (8.000%) Lumension
4 1 (4.000%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (4.000%) Polycom
4 1 (4.000%) EMC
4 1 (4.000%) Siemens
4 1 (4.000%) Pegasus
4 1 (4.000%) Avaya
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