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This section looks at the demand for Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) 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 Gigabit Ethernet over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGigabit Ethernet (GbE)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank398472
Rank change on same period last yearUp+74
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.026 %0.130 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£220-
Average daily rate£240-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£260-
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£479
% change on same period last year-6.08 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.42£30.00
% change on same period last year+34.72 %
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 %
Gigabit Ethernet EnglandGigabit Ethernet
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.

Gigabit Ethernet
Demand Trend

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

London Gigabit Ethernet Demand Trend

Gigabit Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Gigabit Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Gigabit Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Gigabit Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

Gigabit Ethernet
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Gigabit Ethernet 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-241£240-
Gigabit Ethernet EnglandGigabit Ethernet
England

Gigabit Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Gigabit 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 Gigabit Ethernet.

16 (85.71 %)Ethernet
16 (85.71 %)Cisco
25 (71.43 %)TCP/IP
34 (57.14 %)CheckPoint
34 (57.14 %)VLAN
43 (42.86 %)Firewall
43 (42.86 %)Fast Ethernet
43 (42.86 %)EIGRP
43 (42.86 %)Cisco Certification
43 (42.86 %)VPN
43 (42.86 %)Windows
43 (42.86 %)ATM
52 (28.57 %)Linux
52 (28.57 %)Windows NT
52 (28.57 %)WAN
52 (28.57 %)SMTP
52 (28.57 %)Unix
52 (28.57 %)CCNP
52 (28.57 %)CCNA
52 (28.57 %)RIP
52 (28.57 %)CCSA
52 (28.57 %)FDDI
52 (28.57 %)BGP
52 (28.57 %)Network Security
61 (14.29 %)Auditing
61 (14.29 %)Cisco IOS
61 (14.29 %)Release Management
61 (14.29 %)Cisco PIX
61 (14.29 %)IPsec
61 (14.29 %)Telecoms

Gigabit Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Gigabit 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 Gigabit Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
16 (85.71 %)Ethernet
25 (71.43 %)TCP/IP
34 (57.14 %)VLAN
43 (42.86 %)Firewall
43 (42.86 %)Fast Ethernet
43 (42.86 %)EIGRP
43 (42.86 %)VPN
43 (42.86 %)ATM
52 (28.57 %)WAN
52 (28.57 %)SMTP
52 (28.57 %)RIP
52 (28.57 %)FDDI
52 (28.57 %)BGP
52 (28.57 %)Network Security
61 (14.29 %)Cisco IOS
61 (14.29 %)Cisco PIX
61 (14.29 %)IPsec
61 (14.29 %)SNMP
61 (14.29 %)DWDM
61 (14.29 %)MPLS
General
11 (14.29 %)Auditing
11 (14.29 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
13 (42.86 %)Administrator
13 (42.86 %)Network Analyst
13 (42.86 %)Network Administrator
13 (42.86 %)Security Administrator
13 (42.86 %)Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Support
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Provisioning Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Network Support
21 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Network Support Analyst
Operating Systems
13 (42.86 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)Linux
22 (28.57 %)Windows NT
22 (28.57 %)Unix
31 (14.29 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)Release Management
11 (14.29 %)Network Security Management
11 (14.29 %)Security Management
11 (14.29 %)Network Design
11 (14.29 %)B2B
Qualifications
13 (42.86 %)Cisco Certification
22 (28.57 %)CCNP
22 (28.57 %)CCNA
22 (28.57 %)CCSA
31 (14.29 %)CCSE
31 (14.29 %)CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (14.29 %)SLA
Vendors
16 (85.71 %)Cisco
24 (57.14 %)CheckPoint
31 (14.29 %)Nortel
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