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This section looks at the demand for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DHCP over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank246269
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads161236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.212 %0.247 %
As % of the category below4.232 %4.395 %
Daily rates quoted4953
Average minimum daily rate£314£346
Average daily rate£335£361
% change on same period last year-7.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£343
% change on same period last year-12.94 %
Hourly rates quoted2340
Average minimum hourly rate£21.91£22.03
Average hourly rate£23.76£23.49
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.61£24.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.36£26.65
% change on same period last year-16.08 %
Communications & Networking LondonCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads38045370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.015 %5.615 %
Daily rates quoted14141680
Average minimum daily rate£357£372
Average daily rate£378£393
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted305499
Average minimum hourly rate£24.96£24.85
Average hourly rate£26.38£26.44
% change on same period last year-0.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.80£28.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.60£28.49
% change on same period last year-10.13 %
DHCP EnglandDHCP
England

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.

DHCP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DHCP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London DHCP Demand Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DHCP across the London region.

London DHCP Daily Rate Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London DHCP Daily Rate Histogram

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DHCP across the London region.

London DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London DHCP Hourly Rate Histogram

DHCP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing DHCP within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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
City of LondonDown-3049£362+15.93 %
HounslowNew entry-5--
Docklands, LondonUp+214£225-
GreenwichNew entry-3--
GraysNew entry-2£300-
RomfordNew entry-1£260-
WestminsterNew entry-1£275-
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-1--
Canary WharfUp+41£400-
LutonNew entry-1--
DHCP EnglandDHCP
England

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1312 (91.76 %)DNS
2237 (69.71 %)Windows
3170 (50.00 %)Active Directory
4163 (47.94 %)TCP/IP
5138 (40.59 %)WINS
6105 (30.88 %)Microsoft
6105 (30.88 %)MS Exchange
7102 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
892 (27.06 %)Exchange Server 2003
991 (26.76 %)SAN
1080 (23.53 %)HP
1177 (22.65 %)Cisco
1275 (22.06 %)Citrix
1275 (22.06 %)Microsoft Certification
1368 (20.00 %)VMware
1465 (19.12 %)MCSE
1564 (18.82 %)LAN
1661 (17.94 %)Linux
1760 (17.65 %)WAN
1858 (17.06 %)Windows Server 2003
1955 (16.18 %)SQL Server
2054 (15.88 %)SQL
2153 (15.59 %)Banking
2249 (14.41 %)Windows NT
2346 (13.53 %)MS Office
2444 (12.94 %)ITIL
2444 (12.94 %)Exchange Server 2000
2542 (12.35 %)IIS
2542 (12.35 %)Finance
2640 (11.76 %)Firewall

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 Development
19 (2.647 %).NET
27 (2.059 %)Middleware
27 (2.059 %)ODBC
36 (1.765 %)HTML
45 (1.471 %)MAPI
53 (0.882 %)J2EE
53 (0.882 %)WebServices
62 (0.588 %).NET Framework
62 (0.588 %)WMI
71 (0.294 %)WebSphere
71 (0.294 %)WSH
71 (0.294 %)COM
71 (0.294 %)ADSI
Application Platforms
1105 (30.88 %)MS Exchange
292 (27.06 %)Exchange Server 2003
344 (12.94 %)Exchange Server 2000
442 (12.35 %)IIS
521 (6.176 %)Exchange Server 2007
620 (5.882 %)SharePoint
719 (5.588 %)Lotus Notes
88 (2.353 %)Exchange Server 5.5
97 (2.059 %)Apache
103 (0.882 %)Rendezvous
103 (0.882 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
103 (0.882 %)Tomcat
112 (0.588 %)Lotus Domino
112 (0.588 %)SAS
112 (0.588 %)WebLogic
112 (0.588 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.294 %)WorkSite
121 (0.294 %)SharePoint Server 2007
121 (0.294 %)WebSphere MQ
121 (0.294 %)GroupWise
Applications
146 (13.53 %)MS Office
228 (8.235 %)MS Excel
310 (2.941 %)MS Visio
43 (0.882 %)Acrobat
43 (0.882 %)MS Project
51 (0.294 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
12 (0.588 %)Oracle EBS
12 (0.588 %)assyst
21 (0.294 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
1312 (91.76 %)DNS
2163 (47.94 %)TCP/IP
3138 (40.59 %)WINS
491 (26.76 %)SAN
564 (18.82 %)LAN
660 (17.65 %)WAN
740 (11.76 %)Firewall
833 (9.706 %)VPN
930 (8.824 %)SMTP
1019 (5.588 %)Internet
1116 (4.706 %)Network Security
1215 (4.412 %)VoIP
1313 (3.824 %)Cisco PIX
1412 (3.529 %)ISDN
1510 (2.941 %)ADSL
1510 (2.941 %)VLAN
169 (2.647 %)Wireless
178 (2.353 %)SNMP
186 (1.765 %)HTTP
195 (1.471 %)MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
155 (16.18 %)SQL Server
214 (4.118 %)SQL Server 2000
37 (2.059 %)SQL Server 7
45 (1.471 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
45 (1.471 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (1.471 %)Oracle 10g
45 (1.471 %)RDBMS
54 (1.176 %)Oracle 9i
63 (0.882 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.588 %)DTS
72 (0.588 %)MS Access
72 (0.588 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (0.588 %)MySQL
72 (0.588 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.294 %)PostgreSQL
81 (0.294 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
111 (3.235 %)JIRA
111 (3.235 %)ClearQuest
111 (3.235 %)ClearCase
27 (2.059 %)Ant
33 (0.882 %)TestDirector
General
153 (15.59 %)Banking
242 (12.35 %)Finance
318 (5.294 %)Investment Banking
417 (5.000 %)Law
516 (4.706 %)Government
611 (3.235 %)Auditing
79 (2.647 %)Telecoms
88 (2.353 %)Health
88 (2.353 %)Legal
96 (1.765 %)Insurance
105 (1.471 %)Retail
105 (1.471 %)Financial Institution
114 (1.176 %)Back Office
123 (0.882 %)Publishing
123 (0.882 %)Education
123 (0.882 %)Police
132 (0.588 %)Local Government
141 (0.294 %)Music
141 (0.294 %)Marketing
141 (0.294 %)Pensions
Job Titles
197 (28.53 %)Analyst
254 (15.88 %)Support Analyst
336 (10.59 %)Consultant
429 (8.529 %)Administrator
525 (7.353 %)Infrastructure Engineer
622 (6.471 %)Technical Analyst
622 (6.471 %)Enterprise Consultant
622 (6.471 %)Solutions Consultant
721 (6.176 %)Support Engineer
820 (5.882 %)Desktop Support
919 (5.588 %)3rd Line Support
1018 (5.294 %)2nd Line Support
1018 (5.294 %)Network Engineer
1116 (4.706 %)Technical Support
1116 (4.706 %)Systems Administrator
1215 (4.412 %)Senior Analyst
1314 (4.118 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1314 (4.118 %)Server Analyst
1314 (4.118 %)Technical Support Analyst
1413 (3.824 %)Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
125 (7.353 %)Clustering
223 (6.765 %)Blackberry
39 (2.647 %)Replication
45 (1.471 %)Asset Management
54 (1.176 %)CLARiiON
63 (0.882 %)PDA
63 (0.882 %)Japanese Language
63 (0.882 %)Client/Server
72 (0.588 %)Fixed Income
72 (0.588 %)Derivative
81 (0.294 %)Statistics
81 (0.294 %)CMDB
81 (0.294 %)Fat Client
81 (0.294 %)Celerra
81 (0.294 %)Thin Client
81 (0.294 %)Management Information System
81 (0.294 %)NHS
81 (0.294 %)PMI
81 (0.294 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
1237 (69.71 %)Windows
2102 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
361 (17.94 %)Linux
458 (17.06 %)Windows Server 2003
549 (14.41 %)Windows NT
636 (10.59 %)Unix
733 (9.706 %)Windows XP
822 (6.471 %)Solaris
93 (0.882 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.588 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.294 %)Debian
111 (0.294 %)SUSE
111 (0.294 %)NetWare
111 (0.294 %)AIX
111 (0.294 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
144 (12.94 %)ITIL
219 (5.588 %)Migration
315 (4.412 %)Disaster Recovery
412 (3.529 %)Security Cleared
59 (2.647 %)Incident Management
59 (2.647 %)SC Cleared
59 (2.647 %)PRINCE2
68 (2.353 %)Service Delivery
68 (2.353 %)Configuration Management
68 (2.353 %)Project Management
77 (2.059 %)Problem Management
77 (2.059 %)Service Management
85 (1.471 %)Change Management
85 (1.471 %)CRM
94 (1.176 %)Security Management
102 (0.588 %)Process Management
102 (0.588 %)BCP
102 (0.588 %)MOF
102 (0.588 %)Supplier Management
111 (0.294 %)Document Management
Programming Languages
154 (15.88 %)SQL
217 (5.000 %)Shell Script
315 (4.412 %)Perl
413 (3.824 %)VB
510 (2.941 %)Java
69 (2.647 %)VBScript
76 (1.765 %)C
84 (1.176 %)VB.NET
93 (0.882 %)Korn
93 (0.882 %)AWK
93 (0.882 %)C#
102 (0.588 %)C++
102 (0.588 %)VBA
102 (0.588 %)PowerShell
102 (0.588 %)VB6
111 (0.294 %)PHP
Qualifications
175 (22.06 %)Microsoft Certification
265 (19.12 %)MCSE
335 (10.29 %)MCP
433 (9.706 %)Cisco Certification
522 (6.471 %)CCNA
616 (4.706 %)CCNP
78 (2.353 %)CCIE
87 (2.059 %)Degree
96 (1.765 %)MCSA
96 (1.765 %)Citrix Certification
104 (1.176 %)RHCE
104 (1.176 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
113 (0.882 %)CCA
122 (0.588 %)CCDP
122 (0.588 %)CCEA
131 (0.294 %)JNCIA
131 (0.294 %)JNCIS
131 (0.294 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
131 (0.294 %)MCTS
131 (0.294 %)CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
111 (3.235 %)SLA
25 (1.471 %)QA
32 (0.588 %)ISO9001
32 (0.588 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.294 %)JSP 440
System Software
1170 (50.00 %)Active Directory
232 (9.412 %)VMware ESX
327 (7.941 %)VMware Infrastructure
425 (7.353 %)Backup Exec
522 (6.471 %)ISA Server
615 (4.412 %)MetaFrame
712 (3.529 %)NetBackup
810 (2.941 %)Terminal Server
97 (2.059 %)Citrix Presentation Server
106 (1.765 %)NFS
115 (1.471 %)VMware GSX
123 (0.882 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
132 (0.588 %)Samba
132 (0.588 %)Terminal Services
141 (0.294 %)Oracle RMAN
141 (0.294 %)VMware Server
141 (0.294 %)VMware Workstation
Systems Management
116 (4.706 %)MOM
214 (4.118 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
39 (2.647 %)Norton AntiVirus
39 (2.647 %)CiscoWorks
47 (2.059 %)WSUS
47 (2.059 %)MAILsweeper
54 (1.176 %)Legato
63 (0.882 %)ARCserve
63 (0.882 %)RepliStor
63 (0.882 %)Unicenter
72 (0.588 %)OpenView
72 (0.588 %)DameWare
72 (0.588 %)Tivoli NetView
72 (0.588 %)EMC NetWorker
72 (0.588 %)SCCM
81 (0.294 %)ServiceCenter
81 (0.294 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1105 (30.88 %)Microsoft
280 (23.53 %)HP
377 (22.65 %)Cisco
475 (22.06 %)Citrix
568 (20.00 %)VMware
633 (9.706 %)VERITAS
730 (8.824 %)Altiris
828 (8.235 %)CheckPoint
923 (6.765 %)Reuters
923 (6.765 %)Bloomberg
923 (6.765 %)Dell
1020 (5.882 %)Oracle
1020 (5.882 %)Lotus
1020 (5.882 %)Nokia
1117 (5.000 %)Symantec
1117 (5.000 %)IBM
1216 (4.706 %)EMC
1312 (3.529 %)Remedy
1411 (3.235 %)Red Hat
1510 (2.941 %)Sun
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