The first table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHCP 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 Lancashire 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
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Rank 27 - 11
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing DHCP 3 0 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.531% - 9.375%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% - 39.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £213
UK excluding London average daily rate £284 £500 £270
% change year-on-year
-43.25% +85.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
Average hourly rate £27.50 - £38.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.50 - £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 - £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £20.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-23.75% -24.52%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
30 62 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 15.31% 14.35% 23.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 16
Average daily rate £325 £370 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.24% +34.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £490 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 20
Average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £29.75 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
DHCP
North West

DHCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

DHCP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Preston - 2 - -
Blackpool - 1 - -
DHCP
North West

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) NAS
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) SSL
3 2 (50.00%) Windows NT
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WLAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Content Management
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
1 3 (75.00%) NAS
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WLAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Leader
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Project Leader
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Windows NT
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
Blackpool, North West
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Posted: 25 April 2013