The first table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethernet
Rank 60 50 51
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 3 20 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.471% 2.047% 1.484%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.609% 10.05% 6.161%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £270 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.28% -1.53%
All Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
115 199 211
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.05% 20.37% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 46 62
Average daily rate £300 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £208 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 28
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.23% -34.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.75 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.25 £42.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Ethernet
East of England

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hemel Hempstead -3 2 £270 -10.00%
Ethernet
East of England

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 10 (62.50%) VB.NET
1 10 (62.50%) .NET
1 10 (62.50%) JavaScript
1 10 (62.50%) SQL
1 10 (62.50%) T-SQL
1 10 (62.50%) Telecoms
1 10 (62.50%) Migration
1 10 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (37.50%) WinForms
2 6 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (37.50%) .NET Framework
2 6 (37.50%) jQuery
2 6 (37.50%) Ajax
2 6 (37.50%) VBScript
2 6 (37.50%) DTS
2 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (37.50%) MS Office
2 6 (37.50%) ADO.NET
2 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET
2 6 (37.50%) Web Services
2 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) FTP
2 6 (37.50%) DHTML
2 6 (37.50%) HTML
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (25.00%) ATM
4 2 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 2 (12.50%) Logistics
4 2 (12.50%) Mapinfo

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 Development
1 10 (62.50%) .NET
2 6 (37.50%) WinForms
2 6 (37.50%) .NET Framework
2 6 (37.50%) jQuery
2 6 (37.50%) Ajax
2 6 (37.50%) ADO.NET
2 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET
2 6 (37.50%) Web Services
2 6 (37.50%) DHTML
2 6 (37.50%) HTML
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) FTP
2 4 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (6.250%) Internet
3 1 (6.250%) 3G
3 1 (6.250%) MPLS
3 1 (6.250%) OSPF
3 1 (6.250%) IPv6
3 1 (6.250%) VPN
3 1 (6.250%) LAN
3 1 (6.250%) SDH
3 1 (6.250%) Frame Relay
3 1 (6.250%) 2G
3 1 (6.250%) 2.5G
3 1 (6.250%) Firewall
3 1 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (37.50%) DTS
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) GIS
2 2 (12.50%) MS Access
General
1 10 (62.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
1 6 (37.50%) Web Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Designer
2 4 (25.00%) Web Designer
2 4 (25.00%) Solutions Designer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Web Designer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Designer
4 2 (12.50%) Transmission Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Transmission Planning Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Design Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Test and Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Transmission Planner
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
1 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Migration
1 10 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (12.50%) Logistics
3 1 (6.250%) B2B
3 1 (6.250%) Integration Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Network Planning
3 1 (6.250%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) VB.NET
1 10 (62.50%) JavaScript
1 10 (62.50%) SQL
1 10 (62.50%) T-SQL
2 6 (37.50%) VBScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 2 (12.50%) Mapinfo
2 2 (12.50%) NEC
2 2 (12.50%) Ericsson
3 1 (6.250%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.250%) Juniper
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco
3 1 (6.250%) BT
3 1 (6.250%) Cramer
3 1 (6.250%) Crossbeam
3 1 (6.250%) Huawei