The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 30 35 24
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -11
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 4 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.896% 1.699% 3.448%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.12% 12.50% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £330 £375 £165
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +127.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 £29.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.16% -26.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -20.00%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
33 56 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 15.64% 13.59% 22.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 17
Average daily rate £325 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £490 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 19
Average hourly rate £29.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% -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 £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
TCP/IP
North West

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire TCP/IP Jobs Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TCP/IP across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Skelmersdale +3 2 - -
Preston +12 1 - -
TCP/IP
North West

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP.

1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) HP
2 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 5 (50.00%) UNIX
4 4 (40.00%) ITIL
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (40.00%) SOAP
4 4 (40.00%) FTP
4 4 (40.00%) HTTP
4 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Validation
5 3 (30.00%) LoadRunner
5 3 (30.00%) Firewall
5 3 (30.00%) TOAD
5 3 (30.00%) DNS
5 3 (30.00%) Web Services
6 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (20.00%) SSL
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco
6 2 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (20.00%) LAN
6 2 (20.00%) Windows NT
6 2 (20.00%) WLAN

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) SOAP
2 3 (30.00%) Web Services
3 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) CICS
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) FTP
1 4 (40.00%) HTTP
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) SSL
3 2 (20.00%) VPN
3 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (20.00%) WLAN
3 2 (20.00%) WAN
3 2 (20.00%) DHCP
3 2 (20.00%) SAN
3 2 (20.00%) NAS
4 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (10.00%) ATM
4 1 (10.00%) ISDN
4 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) TOAD
3 1 (10.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Performance Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (10.00%) VSAM
1 1 (10.00%) iPad
1 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (10.00%) CESG
1 1 (10.00%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) UNIX
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (20.00%) Windows NT
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (10.00%) Android
6 1 (10.00%) VME
6 1 (10.00%) zOS
6 1 (10.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) UML
4 1 (10.00%) RAD
4 1 (10.00%) SSADM
4 1 (10.00%) DSDM
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JCL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CCNP
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) MCDST
2 1 (10.00%) MCITP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) MCP
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
2 1 (10.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) HP
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) McAfee
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