The first table below looks at the demand for IPv6 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 IPv6 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing IPv6 9 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 2.941% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £240 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 - £290
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £52.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-39.04% +87.50%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
39 28 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 12.75% 10.57% 31.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 65
Average daily rate £240 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.95% +2.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 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 £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
IPv6
South East

IPv6
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IPv6 across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Kent IPv6 Jobs Demand Trend

IPv6
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IPv6 across the Kent region.

Kent IPv6 Daily Rate Trend

IPv6
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IPv6 across the Kent region.

Kent IPv6 Hourly Rate Trend

IPv6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing IPv6 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 IPv6.

1 17 (94.44%) Juniper
2 16 (88.89%) DHCP
2 16 (88.89%) DNS
2 16 (88.89%) HP
3 12 (66.67%) CCNP
3 12 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (66.67%) Internet
3 12 (66.67%) MPLS
3 12 (66.67%) OSPF
3 12 (66.67%) BGP
3 12 (66.67%) Legal
3 12 (66.67%) JNCIP
4 11 (61.11%) Wireless
5 10 (55.56%) Change Management
5 10 (55.56%) Degree
5 10 (55.56%) Aruba
5 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (55.56%) RHCE
5 10 (55.56%) MCSE
5 10 (55.56%) VoIP
6 8 (44.44%) Windows
7 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (38.89%) Firewall
8 6 (33.33%) IPsec
8 6 (33.33%) VMware
8 6 (33.33%) PKI
8 6 (33.33%) SCOM
8 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
8 6 (33.33%) Citrix
8 6 (33.33%) Terminal Services

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing IPv6 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 IPv6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 16 (88.89%) DHCP
1 16 (88.89%) DNS
2 12 (66.67%) Internet
2 12 (66.67%) MPLS
2 12 (66.67%) OSPF
2 12 (66.67%) BGP
3 11 (61.11%) Wireless
4 10 (55.56%) VoIP
5 7 (38.89%) Firewall
6 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 6 (33.33%) VPN
6 6 (33.33%) IPsec
7 5 (27.78%) LAN
7 5 (27.78%) WLAN
7 5 (27.78%) WAN
8 3 (16.67%) Junos
9 2 (11.11%) IP Telephony
9 2 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
General
1 12 (66.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
1 12 (66.67%) Network Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Server Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Server Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support
3 4 (22.22%) Project Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Server Support
3 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (27.78%) Windows 2000 Server
4 4 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Change Management
2 3 (16.67%) Release Management
3 2 (11.11%) Network Management
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) VBScript
1 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) CCNP
1 12 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (66.67%) JNCIP
2 10 (55.56%) Degree
2 10 (55.56%) MCSE
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (55.56%) RHCE
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 6 (33.33%) Terminal Services
2 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Juniper
2 16 (88.89%) HP
3 10 (55.56%) Aruba
4 6 (33.33%) Cisco
4 6 (33.33%) Citrix
4 6 (33.33%) VMware
5 5 (27.78%) Dell
5 5 (27.78%) EMC
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (11.11%) Red Hat