The first table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHCP over the 3 months to 22 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 Kent 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Rank 25 34 25
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -9
Contract jobs citing DHCP 13 3 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 4.362% 1.119% 5.960%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.50% 11.54% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 17
Average daily rate £240 £308 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.95% +6.95%
UK excluding London average daily rate £278 £420 £275
% change year-on-year
-33.92% +52.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.69 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-18.42% -24.00%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
40 26 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 13.42% 9.701% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 66
Average daily rate £240 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.95% +2.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
Average hourly rate £16.00 £67.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-76.29% +68.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
DHCP
South East

DHCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent DHCP Jobs Demand Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent DHCP Daily Rate Trend

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing DHCP 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 DHCP.

1 28 (100.00%) DNS
2 25 (89.29%) HP
3 19 (67.86%) Juniper
4 18 (64.29%) Windows
5 16 (57.14%) SharePoint
5 16 (57.14%) IPv6
6 14 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (42.86%) Active Directory
7 12 (42.86%) TCP/IP
7 12 (42.86%) PowerShell
8 11 (39.29%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (39.29%) Firewall
8 11 (39.29%) VMware
9 10 (35.71%) Legal
9 10 (35.71%) Wireless
9 10 (35.71%) Change Management
9 10 (35.71%) RHCE
9 10 (35.71%) Internet
9 10 (35.71%) MPLS
9 10 (35.71%) OSPF
9 10 (35.71%) BGP
9 10 (35.71%) CCNP
9 10 (35.71%) MCSE
9 10 (35.71%) VoIP
9 10 (35.71%) Degree
9 10 (35.71%) JNCIP
10 9 (32.14%) Aruba
10 9 (32.14%) VPN
10 9 (32.14%) Citrix
10 9 (32.14%) IPsec

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing DHCP 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 DHCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.571%) COM
Application Platforms
1 16 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 8 (28.57%) MS Exchange
3 7 (25.00%) Lync
3 7 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (3.571%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (100.00%) DNS
2 16 (57.14%) IPv6
3 12 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 11 (39.29%) Firewall
5 10 (35.71%) Wireless
5 10 (35.71%) Internet
5 10 (35.71%) MPLS
5 10 (35.71%) OSPF
5 10 (35.71%) BGP
5 10 (35.71%) VoIP
6 9 (32.14%) VPN
6 9 (32.14%) IPsec
7 8 (28.57%) WLAN
7 8 (28.57%) WAN
7 8 (28.57%) LAN
8 5 (17.86%) HTTP
9 4 (14.29%) IP Telephony
10 3 (10.71%) Junos
11 2 (7.143%) SAN
11 2 (7.143%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 10 (35.71%) Legal
2 1 (3.571%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Analyst
2 10 (35.71%) Network Analyst
3 9 (32.14%) Server Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (21.43%) Desktop Support
5 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
5 5 (17.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Project Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Server Support
6 4 (14.29%) Server Support Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Wintel Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Desktop Analyst
8 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (3.571%) Windows Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Wintel Server Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Wintel Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) PKI
2 2 (7.143%) NHS
2 2 (7.143%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.143%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.571%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 18 (64.29%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (28.57%) Windows 2000 Server
3 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (17.86%) UNIX
5 2 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Change Management
2 6 (21.43%) Release Management
3 5 (17.86%) Migration
4 2 (7.143%) Project Management
4 2 (7.143%) Network Management
4 2 (7.143%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
5 1 (3.571%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 7 (25.00%) VBScript
3 5 (17.86%) SQL
4 2 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (39.29%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (35.71%) RHCE
3 10 (35.71%) CCNP
3 10 (35.71%) MCSE
3 10 (35.71%) Degree
3 10 (35.71%) JNCIP
4 3 (10.71%) MCSA
System Software
1 12 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (21.43%) Terminal Services
4 3 (10.71%) Terminal Server
5 2 (7.143%) Hyper-V
5 2 (7.143%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (3.571%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (89.29%) HP
2 19 (67.86%) Juniper
3 11 (39.29%) VMware
4 9 (32.14%) Aruba
4 9 (32.14%) Citrix
5 8 (28.57%) Dell
6 7 (25.00%) Cisco
7 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 5 (17.86%) EMC
9 2 (7.143%) NetApp
9 2 (7.143%) WatchGuard
10 1 (3.571%) Avaya
10 1 (3.571%) Veritas