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This section looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7784
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.361 %3.051 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£264
Average daily rate-£304
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£319
% change on same period last year-13.02 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£15.00
% change on same period last year+200.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.32£31.04
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads294295
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.388 %0.294 %
Daily rates quoted131118
Average minimum daily rate£326£338
Average daily rate£347£361
% change on same period last year-3.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted2039
Average minimum hourly rate£26.81£17.30
Average hourly rate£30.56£19.58
% change on same period last year+56.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.30£21.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
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East of England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Ethernet Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The 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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ethernet across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hertfordshire Ethernet Hourly Rate Histogram

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

19 (69.23 %)GSM
19 (69.23 %)WCDMA
19 (69.23 %)3G
19 (69.23 %)CDMA2000
19 (69.23 %)VHDL
19 (69.23 %)TETRA
19 (69.23 %)WiMAX
19 (69.23 %)Gigabit Ethernet
19 (69.23 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
19 (69.23 %)Wireless
24 (30.77 %)Wi-Fi
24 (30.77 %)TCP/IP
24 (30.77 %)Cisco
24 (30.77 %)CCNA
24 (30.77 %)Cisco Certification
24 (30.77 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (30.77 %)LAN
24 (30.77 %)WAN
24 (30.77 %)MCSE
33 (23.08 %)ADSL
42 (15.38 %)Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (69.23 %)GSM
19 (69.23 %)WCDMA
19 (69.23 %)3G
19 (69.23 %)CDMA2000
19 (69.23 %)TETRA
19 (69.23 %)WiMAX
19 (69.23 %)Gigabit Ethernet
19 (69.23 %)Wireless
24 (30.77 %)Wi-Fi
24 (30.77 %)TCP/IP
24 (30.77 %)LAN
24 (30.77 %)WAN
33 (23.08 %)ADSL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (15.38 %)Health
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (69.23 %)FPGA Engineer
24 (30.77 %)Design Engineer
24 (30.77 %)FPGA Design Engineer
24 (30.77 %)Test Engineer
24 (30.77 %)Helpdesk Support
24 (30.77 %)2nd Line Support
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (69.23 %)VHDL
19 (69.23 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (30.77 %)CCNA
14 (30.77 %)Cisco Certification
14 (30.77 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (30.77 %)MCSE
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (30.77 %)Cisco