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The table below looks at the demand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) skills within the Luton 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 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1134
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below60.00 %6.250 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£295
% change on same period last year+2.82 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£22.33-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£24.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.22£27.13
% change on same period last year-18.08 %
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Luton
Matching contract IT job ads516
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£250£416
Average daily rate£300£466
% change on same period last year-35.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£516
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£21.74-
Average hourly rate£24.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.52-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£28.50
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
TCP/IP LondonTCP/IP
London

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 Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Luton region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

Luton TCP/IP Hourly Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

16 (66.67 %)LAN
16 (66.67 %)WAN
25 (55.56 %)Cisco
25 (55.56 %)Cisco Certification
25 (55.56 %)CCNP
25 (55.56 %)CCNA
25 (55.56 %)MPLS
25 (55.56 %)OSPF
25 (55.56 %)BGP
25 (55.56 %)Telecoms
34 (44.44 %)MS Office
43 (33.33 %)UNIX
43 (33.33 %)MS Excel
43 (33.33 %)VoIP
43 (33.33 %)Solaris
43 (33.33 %)Linux
43 (33.33 %)ADSL
43 (33.33 %)DSL
43 (33.33 %)Internet
43 (33.33 %)Juniper
43 (33.33 %)Migration
43 (33.33 %)Perl
43 (33.33 %)Shell Script
43 (33.33 %)Data Migration
43 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
43 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
43 (33.33 %)LLU
52 (22.22 %)ISMS
52 (22.22 %)RIP
52 (22.22 %)OpenView Configuration Management

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)COM
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
11 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (44.44 %)MS Office
23 (33.33 %)MS Excel
31 (11.11 %)MS Visio
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (66.67 %)LAN
16 (66.67 %)WAN
25 (55.56 %)MPLS
25 (55.56 %)OSPF
25 (55.56 %)BGP
33 (33.33 %)DSL
33 (33.33 %)LLU
33 (33.33 %)Internet
33 (33.33 %)VoIP
33 (33.33 %)ADSL
42 (22.22 %)ISDN
42 (22.22 %)RIP
42 (22.22 %)NetScreen
51 (11.11 %)Firewall
51 (11.11 %)Cisco PIX
51 (11.11 %)DNS
51 (11.11 %)DHCP
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Telecoms
21 (11.11 %)Finance
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Analyst
13 (33.33 %)Support Manager
13 (33.33 %)NOC Engineer
22 (22.22 %)Network Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Implementation Manager
31 (11.11 %)Helpdesk Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Security Manager
31 (11.11 %)Senior NOC Engineer
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (33.33 %)Solaris
13 (33.33 %)Linux
13 (33.33 %)UNIX
22 (22.22 %)FreeBSD
31 (11.11 %)Windows XP
31 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (11.11 %)Windows
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)Migration
13 (33.33 %)Data Migration
13 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
13 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
22 (22.22 %)ISMS
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)Perl
13 (33.33 %)Shell Script
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (55.56 %)CCNP
15 (55.56 %)CCNA
15 (55.56 %)Cisco Certification
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (22.22 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Cisco
23 (33.33 %)Juniper
31 (11.11 %)CheckPoint
31 (11.11 %)Microsoft
31 (11.11 %)Dell