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The table below looks at the demand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3934
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.013 %
As % of the category below2.564 %26.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£650
Average daily rate-£650
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£291
% change on same period last year+0.70 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£25.00£41.00
% change on same period last year-39.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.11£26.86
% change on same period last year-13.96 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads3950
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted159
Average minimum daily rate£265£406
Average daily rate£283£414
% change on same period last year-31.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£423
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted63
Average minimum hourly rate£19.99£22.00
Average hourly rate£23.12£22.67
% change on same period last year+1.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.24£23.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
TCP/IP North WestTCP/IP
North West

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.

TCP/IP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PrestonNew entry-1--
LancasterNew entry-1--
TCP/IP North WestTCP/IP
North West

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

12 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (25.00 %)VoIP
21 (25.00 %)DHCP
21 (25.00 %)VPN
21 (25.00 %)DNS
21 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)Dell
21 (25.00 %)VERITAS
21 (25.00 %)OS/2
21 (25.00 %)NHS
21 (25.00 %)iSOFT
21 (25.00 %)NPfIT
21 (25.00 %)Firewall
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Backup Exec
21 (25.00 %)Banking
21 (25.00 %)IP Telephony
21 (25.00 %)Insurance
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Fujitsu
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (25.00 %)Multithreading

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)VoIP
11 (25.00 %)DHCP
11 (25.00 %)VPN
11 (25.00 %)DNS
11 (25.00 %)Firewall
11 (25.00 %)IP Telephony
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)Banking
11 (25.00 %)Insurance
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Programmer
11 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Server Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 (25.00 %)C Programmer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)NHS
11 (25.00 %)NPfIT
11 (25.00 %)Multithreading
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (25.00 %)OS/2
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C
11 (25.00 %)SQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)Backup Exec
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)Dell
21 (25.00 %)VERITAS
21 (25.00 %)iSOFT
21 (25.00 %)Fujitsu
21 (25.00 %)Cisco