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This section looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank347339
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads54129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.131 %
As % of the category below1.395 %2.328 %
Daily rates quoted2339
Average minimum daily rate£383£398
Average daily rate£400£413
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£272£337
% change on same period last year-19.19 %
Hourly rates quoted1123
Average minimum hourly rate£20.68£21.87
Average hourly rate£20.95£22.93
% change on same period last year-8.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.23£24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.11£33.77
% change on same period last year-16.75 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads38705541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.158 %5.606 %
Daily rates quoted15031771
Average minimum daily rate£361£371
Average daily rate£382£391
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted300497
Average minimum hourly rate£24.02£25.43
Average hourly rate£25.30£27.27
% change on same period last year-7.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.57£29.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Ethernet EnglandEthernet
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.

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Demand Trend

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

London Ethernet Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

London Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ethernet across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Ethernet Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ethernet across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Ethernet Hourly Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the London region over the 3 months to 25 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-3515£444+9.58 %
GreenfordNew entry-1£300-
WestminsterNew entry-1--
HayesNew entry-1--
Ethernet EnglandEthernet
England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet.

168 (50.75 %)Cisco
265 (48.51 %)TCP/IP
354 (40.30 %)Firewall
442 (31.34 %)LAN
442 (31.34 %)WAN
442 (31.34 %)BGP
541 (30.60 %)Cisco Certification
541 (30.60 %)Windows
637 (27.61 %)VPN
736 (26.87 %)OSPF
828 (20.90 %)MPLS
828 (20.90 %)CCNA
926 (19.40 %)Microsoft
1025 (18.66 %)UNIX
1124 (17.91 %)CCNP
1223 (17.16 %)Linux
1321 (15.67 %)Finance
1420 (14.93 %)CheckPoint
1518 (13.43 %)Banking
1617 (12.69 %)OpenView
1617 (12.69 %)EIGRP
1716 (11.94 %)Active Directory
1814 (10.45 %)IPsec
1814 (10.45 %)Telecoms
1814 (10.45 %)HP
1814 (10.45 %)Windows 2000
1814 (10.45 %)Windows XP
1814 (10.45 %)VoIP
1913 (9.701 %)RIP
1913 (9.701 %)Tivoli

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (2.239 %)HTML
22 (1.493 %)Middleware
31 (0.746 %)STL
31 (0.746 %)XML
31 (0.746 %)EDI
31 (0.746 %)CGI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (8.955 %)MS Exchange
211 (8.209 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (5.970 %)Lotus Notes
46 (4.478 %)Apache
46 (4.478 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.746 %)IIS
51 (0.746 %)SharePoint
51 (0.746 %)Content Management Server
51 (0.746 %)GroupWise
51 (0.746 %)CMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (8.955 %)MS Office
28 (5.970 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.746 %)RMDS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
165 (48.51 %)TCP/IP
254 (40.30 %)Firewall
342 (31.34 %)BGP
342 (31.34 %)LAN
342 (31.34 %)WAN
437 (27.61 %)VPN
536 (26.87 %)OSPF
628 (20.90 %)MPLS
717 (12.69 %)EIGRP
814 (10.45 %)VoIP
814 (10.45 %)IPsec
913 (9.701 %)RIP
1012 (8.955 %)Internet
1012 (8.955 %)Cisco PIX
1111 (8.209 %)Frame Relay
1111 (8.209 %)ATM
1210 (7.463 %)SNMP
138 (5.970 %)DNS
138 (5.970 %)NetScreen
138 (5.970 %)VLAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (3.731 %)PostgreSQL
24 (2.985 %)SQL Server
32 (1.493 %)MySQL
41 (0.746 %)RDBMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.746 %)ClearCase
11 (0.746 %)LoadRunner
11 (0.746 %)ClearQuest
11 (0.746 %)Subversion
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (15.67 %)Finance
218 (13.43 %)Banking
314 (10.45 %)Telecoms
411 (8.209 %)Investment Banking
55 (3.731 %)Retail
63 (2.239 %)Insurance
63 (2.239 %)Government
72 (1.493 %)Health
72 (1.493 %)Pensions
81 (0.746 %)Marketing
81 (0.746 %)Auditing
81 (0.746 %)Financial Institution
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
140 (29.85 %)Network Engineer
233 (24.63 %)Analyst
319 (14.18 %)Administrator
415 (11.19 %)Support Engineer
415 (11.19 %)Network Analyst
513 (9.701 %)Cisco Engineer
611 (8.209 %)Cisco Network Engineer
710 (7.463 %)Network Support
710 (7.463 %)Network Support Engineer
87 (5.224 %)Consultant
96 (4.478 %)Systems Administrator
96 (4.478 %)Network Administrator
96 (4.478 %)Cisco Support
105 (3.731 %)Service Desk Analyst
105 (3.731 %)Security Administrator
105 (3.731 %)Support Analyst
105 (3.731 %)Technical Support
105 (3.731 %)Service Analyst
114 (2.985 %)Technical Consultant
114 (2.985 %)Senior Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (3.731 %)French Language
15 (3.731 %)German Language
15 (3.731 %)Italian Language
24 (2.985 %)Blackberry
33 (2.239 %)Mainframe
42 (1.493 %)Clustering
42 (1.493 %)Computer Science
51 (0.746 %)Tandem
51 (0.746 %)Web 2.0
51 (0.746 %)Derivative
51 (0.746 %)Fixed Income
51 (0.746 %)NHS
51 (0.746 %)Firmware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
141 (30.60 %)Windows
225 (18.66 %)UNIX
323 (17.16 %)Linux
414 (10.45 %)Windows 2000
414 (10.45 %)Windows XP
512 (8.955 %)HPUX
68 (5.970 %)Solaris
76 (4.478 %)Windows NT
76 (4.478 %)Debian
85 (3.731 %)Windows Server 2003
92 (1.493 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.746 %)OpenBSD
101 (0.746 %)Ubuntu
101 (0.746 %)Symbian OS
101 (0.746 %)VMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (7.463 %)Migration
27 (5.224 %)Load Balancing
27 (5.224 %)ITIL
34 (2.985 %)Configuration Management
34 (2.985 %)Project Management
34 (2.985 %)Disaster Recovery
34 (2.985 %)Business Continuity
34 (2.985 %)Data Protection
34 (2.985 %)SC Cleared
34 (2.985 %)Security Cleared
43 (2.239 %)Change Management
43 (2.239 %)E-Commerce
43 (2.239 %)B2B
52 (1.493 %)Business Intelligence
52 (1.493 %)PRINCE
52 (1.493 %)Test Scripting
61 (0.746 %)Release Management
61 (0.746 %)Asset Management
61 (0.746 %)Network Design
61 (0.746 %)Service Delivery
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (5.970 %)Perl
27 (5.224 %)PHP
27 (5.224 %)C
36 (4.478 %)Python
43 (2.239 %)C++
52 (1.493 %)Java
52 (1.493 %)SQL
61 (0.746 %)Embedded C
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
141 (30.60 %)Cisco Certification
228 (20.90 %)CCNA
324 (17.91 %)CCNP
410 (7.463 %)CCIE
59 (6.716 %)Degree
65 (3.731 %)CCIP
74 (2.985 %)CCDP
82 (1.493 %)HND
82 (1.493 %)CCSA
91 (0.746 %)CCSE
91 (0.746 %)Microsoft Certification
91 (0.746 %)MCSE
91 (0.746 %)CCDA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.239 %)QA
22 (1.493 %)SLA
31 (0.746 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (11.94 %)Active Directory
24 (2.985 %)NFS
31 (0.746 %)Terminal Services
31 (0.746 %)ISA Server
31 (0.746 %)Citrix Presentation Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (12.69 %)OpenView
213 (9.701 %)Tivoli
32 (1.493 %)HP Data Protector
41 (0.746 %)Netcool
41 (0.746 %)Netcool/Proviso
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
168 (50.75 %)Cisco
226 (19.40 %)Microsoft
320 (14.93 %)CheckPoint
414 (10.45 %)HP
513 (9.701 %)VERITAS
69 (6.716 %)IBM
69 (6.716 %)Nortel
78 (5.970 %)Citrix
78 (5.970 %)Lotus
85 (3.731 %)Brocade
94 (2.985 %)NetApp
94 (2.985 %)Nokia
94 (2.985 %)Compaq
94 (2.985 %)EMC
103 (2.239 %)Intel
103 (2.239 %)Avaya
103 (2.239 %)Juniper
103 (2.239 %)Alcatel
103 (2.239 %)Blue Coat
112 (1.493 %)VMware
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