The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP 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 Leicestershire 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
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank - 14 15
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 0 12 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire - 5.634% 9.442%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 38.71% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.82% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £21.50 £25.75
% change year-on-year
-27.90% -16.50%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
12 31 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 5.714% 14.55% 14.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 6
Average daily rate £275 £194 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.93% -35.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £180 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £547 £345 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
Average hourly rate £24.50 £18.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.11% -44.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
TCP/IP
East Midlands

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 24 (96.00%) Windows
2 17 (68.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (56.00%) C#
3 14 (56.00%) Visual Studio
4 13 (52.00%) SQL
4 13 (52.00%) .NET
4 13 (52.00%) Oracle
5 11 (44.00%) Siemens
5 11 (44.00%) Modbus
6 9 (36.00%) Active Directory
6 9 (36.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (32.00%) Logistics
7 8 (32.00%) .NET Framework
7 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
7 8 (32.00%) VMware
7 8 (32.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (28.00%) UML
9 6 (24.00%) Linux
10 5 (20.00%) MCSE
10 5 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (20.00%) vSphere
11 4 (16.00%) NetScaler
11 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
11 4 (16.00%) SCOM
11 4 (16.00%) Citrix
11 4 (16.00%) ISO 9001
11 4 (16.00%) IIS
11 4 (16.00%) MCP

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 13 (52.00%) .NET
2 8 (32.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
3 2 (8.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) IIS
2 1 (4.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (12.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (12.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (44.00%) Modbus
2 4 (16.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (4.000%) LAN
3 1 (4.000%) WAN
3 1 (4.000%) DNS
3 1 (4.000%) SAN
3 1 (4.000%) MPLS
3 1 (4.000%) Wireless
3 1 (4.000%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (68.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 14 (56.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Developer
2 10 (40.00%) C# Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Systems Support
3 4 (16.00%) Systems Support Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Software Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Development Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Network Support
6 1 (4.000%) IT Development Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (4.000%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Clustering
2 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 24 (96.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (32.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (24.00%) Linux
5 2 (8.000%) UNIX
5 2 (8.000%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.000%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Logistics
2 7 (28.00%) UML
3 4 (16.00%) Change Management
3 4 (16.00%) TDD
4 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.000%) Configuration Management
4 2 (8.000%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Time Management
5 1 (4.000%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) C#
2 13 (52.00%) SQL
3 4 (16.00%) VBScript
3 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (8.000%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) MCSE
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.00%) MCP
3 2 (8.000%) Degree
3 2 (8.000%) ISEB
4 1 (4.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (4.000%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) ISO 9001
1 4 (16.00%) TickIT
System Software
1 9 (36.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) vSphere
3 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (52.00%) Oracle
3 11 (44.00%) Siemens
4 8 (32.00%) VMware
5 4 (16.00%) Altiris
5 4 (16.00%) Citrix
6 1 (4.000%) Novell
6 1 (4.000%) Cisco
6 1 (4.000%) HP
6 1 (4.000%) Dell