Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hampshire region.

 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank605148
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Down-3
Matching contract IT job ads112567
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire0.957 %1.818 %2.348 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category6.215 %8.475 %10.69 %
Daily rates quoted7313
Average daily rate£375£325£340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38 %-4.410 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£330£265£133
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£383£329£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£313
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted2215
Average hourly rate£22.75£20.50£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.97 %-45.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.15£20.10£18.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.35£20.90£40.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£18.38£27.00
% change year-on-year
-2.040 %-31.94 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
177295627
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire15.40 %21.45 %21.98 %
Daily rates quoted8269119
Average daily rate£350£338£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.700 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£287£278
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£525£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted2641141
Average hourly rate£32.50£41.50£38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.68 %+7.790 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£16.00£21.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.75£50.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
TCP/IP South EastTCP/IP
South East

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.

TCP/IP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire TCP/IP Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
PortsmouthUp+82£375-
BasingstokeUp+22£375-
WinchesterNew entry-1£350-
FarnboroughNew entry-1--
TCP/IP South EastTCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP.

18 (29.63 %)Cisco
18 (29.63 %)Firewall
27 (25.93 %)Windows
27 (25.93 %)Linux
36 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
45 (18.52 %)Ethereal
45 (18.52 %)HSUPA
45 (18.52 %)HSDPA
45 (18.52 %)2G
45 (18.52 %)3G
45 (18.52 %)GPRS
45 (18.52 %)GSM
45 (18.52 %)UNIX
45 (18.52 %)Solaris
45 (18.52 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (18.52 %)3GPP
45 (18.52 %)UMTS
45 (18.52 %)WCDMA
45 (18.52 %)Microsoft
54 (14.81 %)Sun
54 (14.81 %)WAN
54 (14.81 %)Firmware
54 (14.81 %)LAN
54 (14.81 %)DOCSIS
54 (14.81 %)Validation
54 (14.81 %)SC Cleared
63 (11.11 %)CTC Cleared
63 (11.11 %)DV Cleared
63 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (11.11 %)Performance Testing

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (3.704 %)WebSphere
11 (3.704 %)X-Windows
11 (3.704 %)J2EE
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
21 (3.704 %)WebSphere Portal
21 (3.704 %)ESB
21 (3.704 %)SAS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.704 %)MS Office
11 (3.704 %)MS Excel
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (29.63 %)Firewall
25 (18.52 %)Ethereal
25 (18.52 %)HSUPA
25 (18.52 %)HSDPA
25 (18.52 %)2G
25 (18.52 %)3G
25 (18.52 %)GPRS
25 (18.52 %)GSM
25 (18.52 %)3GPP
25 (18.52 %)UMTS
25 (18.52 %)WCDMA
34 (14.81 %)WAN
34 (14.81 %)LAN
34 (14.81 %)DOCSIS
42 (7.407 %)VPN
42 (7.407 %)DNS
42 (7.407 %)SSL
42 (7.407 %)SAN
42 (7.407 %)Wireless
42 (7.407 %)Intrusion Detection
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.407 %)SQL Server
21 (3.704 %)ETL
21 (3.704 %)Datawarehouse
21 (3.704 %)RDBMS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (11.11 %)Telecoms
22 (7.407 %)Education
31 (3.704 %)Finance
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (29.63 %)Systems Engineer
25 (18.52 %)Systems Test Engineer
25 (18.52 %)Test Engineer
34 (14.81 %)Analyst
34 (14.81 %)Field Engineer
34 (14.81 %)Firmware Engineer
43 (11.11 %)Field Support Engineer
43 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
43 (11.11 %)Network Engineer
43 (11.11 %)Architect
52 (7.407 %)Project Manager
52 (7.407 %)Technical Project Manager
52 (7.407 %)Network Security Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Security Analyst
52 (7.407 %)Security Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Technical Manager
52 (7.407 %)Network Architect
52 (7.407 %)Network Project Manager
52 (7.407 %)IT Security Analyst
52 (7.407 %)Network Manager
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (14.81 %)Firmware
23 (11.11 %)Handset
32 (7.407 %)NHS
32 (7.407 %)SecurID
41 (3.704 %)Fat Client
41 (3.704 %)EPoS
41 (3.704 %)Thin Client
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (25.93 %)Windows
17 (25.93 %)Linux
25 (18.52 %)UNIX
25 (18.52 %)Solaris
25 (18.52 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (7.407 %)Windows XP
51 (3.704 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (3.704 %)AIX
51 (3.704 %)Windows 2000
51 (3.704 %)Windows NT
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (14.81 %)Validation
23 (11.11 %)Performance Testing
23 (11.11 %)Benchmarking
32 (7.407 %)ITIL
32 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
32 (7.407 %)Project Management
41 (3.704 %)Software Architecture
41 (3.704 %)Capacity Planning
41 (3.704 %)Load Balancing
41 (3.704 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (3.704 %)Test Scripting
41 (3.704 %)Agile Software Development
41 (3.704 %)Identity Management
41 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
41 (3.704 %)Configuration Management
41 (3.704 %)UML
41 (3.704 %)OOA/OOD
41 (3.704 %)RUP
41 (3.704 %)DSDM
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (11.11 %)SQL
21 (3.704 %)Java
21 (3.704 %)PL/SQL
21 (3.704 %)VB
21 (3.704 %)Shell Script
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
24 (14.81 %)SC Cleared
33 (11.11 %)CTC Cleared
33 (11.11 %)DV Cleared
42 (7.407 %)HNC
51 (3.704 %)MCP
51 (3.704 %)MCSE
51 (3.704 %)Cisco Certification
51 (3.704 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (3.704 %)ISEB
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.407 %)ISO27001
21 (3.704 %)QA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (11.11 %)Active Directory
22 (7.407 %)ISA Server
31 (3.704 %)vSphere
31 (3.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (3.704 %)Oracle RAC
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (7.407 %)MAILsweeper
12 (7.407 %)WSUS
21 (3.704 %)MOM
21 (3.704 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (29.63 %)Cisco
25 (18.52 %)Microsoft
34 (14.81 %)Sun
43 (11.11 %)CheckPoint
52 (7.407 %)Citrix
52 (7.407 %)IBM
52 (7.407 %)Juniper
52 (7.407 %)Nokia
52 (7.407 %)McAfee
52 (7.407 %)IronPort
61 (3.704 %)Blue Coat
61 (3.704 %)VMware
61 (3.704 %)Oracle
61 (3.704 %)Red Hat
61 (3.704 %)Software AG
61 (3.704 %)HP