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The table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the Midlands 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5472
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.985 %1.818 %
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£343£368
% change on same period last year-6.72 %
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£28.31£31.30
% change on same period last year-9.56 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads67165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.177 %
Daily rates quoted736
Average minimum daily rate£381£295
Average daily rate£399£309
% change on same period last year+28.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted210
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£16.32
Average hourly rate£25.42£18.23
% change on same period last year+39.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.83£20.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

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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 Midlands region.

Midlands Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

12 (50.00 %)LAN
12 (50.00 %)DNS
12 (50.00 %)Cisco
12 (50.00 %)CCIE
12 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
12 (50.00 %)DWDM
12 (50.00 %)MPLS
12 (50.00 %)Firewall
12 (50.00 %)WAN
21 (25.00 %)DHCP
21 (25.00 %)Network Design
21 (25.00 %)VLAN
21 (25.00 %)Financial Modelling
21 (25.00 %)Wireless
21 (25.00 %)Telecoms
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Device Driver
21 (25.00 %)802.11
21 (25.00 %)SDH
21 (25.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)Linux

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)LAN
12 (50.00 %)WAN
12 (50.00 %)DWDM
12 (50.00 %)MPLS
12 (50.00 %)Firewall
12 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (25.00 %)802.11
21 (25.00 %)Wireless
21 (25.00 %)VLAN
21 (25.00 %)DHCP
21 (25.00 %)SDH
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Telecoms
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Architect
12 (50.00 %)Network Designer
12 (50.00 %)Network Architect
21 (25.00 %)Linux Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Principle Engineer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Device Driver
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Linux
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Network Design
11 (25.00 %)Financial Modelling
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)CCIE
12 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Cisco