Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Firmware skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirmware
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-51
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.971 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£282
% change on same period last year+12.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.28£39.70
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads120103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.193 %0.111 %
Daily rates quoted3011
Average minimum daily rate£315£383
Average daily rate£330£395
% change on same period last year-16.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£345
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted1523
Average minimum hourly rate£18.92£16.96
Average hourly rate£20.04£18.29
% change on same period last year+9.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.17£19.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Firmware South EastFirmware
South East

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.

Firmware
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Firmware across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Kent Firmware Demand Trend

Firmware
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Firmware Daily Rate Trend

Firmware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Firmware Hourly Rate Trend

Firmware
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Firmware 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 Firmware.

12 (100.00 %)SAN
12 (100.00 %)Tivoli
12 (100.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (50.00 %)Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)Capita
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)IBM
21 (50.00 %)EMC

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Firmware 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 Firmware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)SAN
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Storage Specialist
11 (50.00 %)Storage Engineer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Mainframe
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (100.00 %)Tivoli
12 (100.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)EMC
11 (50.00 %)Capita