The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the North East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank - 28 42
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 0 22 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 4.427% 0.471%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 19.47% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 2
Average daily rate - £363 £151
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +139.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £273 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.38% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £21.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-25.88% -15.00%
All Communications & Networking
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
41 113 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 15.36% 22.74% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 51 22
Average daily rate £300 £350 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +8.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £230 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £456 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
Average hourly rate £10.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.73% -9.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North East TCP/IP Jobs Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TCP/IP across the North East region.

North East TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the North East region.

North East TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) Modbus
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Modbus
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) WPF Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
North East
You will be required to design, develop, test and support software using the latest Microsoft .NET technology (C#, WPF)... Candidates will need; Degree or equivalent in Software Engineering...
Nigel Wright Consultancy
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013