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The table below looks at the demand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) skills within the North East 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4451
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.012 %
As % of the category below5.195 %11.11 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£110
Average daily rate-£110
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£110
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£308
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£11.00£16.80
Average hourly rate£11.75£17.10
% change on same period last year-31.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.50£17.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£24.33
% change on same period last year-4.29 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North East
Matching contract IT job ads7799
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.124 %0.106 %
Daily rates quoted1530
Average minimum daily rate£215£260
Average daily rate£231£264
% change on same period last year-12.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£248£268
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1218
Average minimum hourly rate£14.63£19.43
Average hourly rate£15.95£20.04
% change on same period last year-20.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.26£20.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
TCP/IP EnglandTCP/IP
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.

TCP/IP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

North East TCP/IP Hourly Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Tyne and WearUp+73--
DurhamNew entry-1--
TCP/IP EnglandTCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

15 (45.45 %)Windows
15 (45.45 %)Windows XP
24 (36.36 %)Cisco
24 (36.36 %)Active Directory
24 (36.36 %)Government
33 (27.27 %)Telecoms
33 (27.27 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (27.27 %)DNS
33 (27.27 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
33 (27.27 %)Microsoft
33 (27.27 %)WAN
33 (27.27 %)C
42 (18.18 %)MS Excel
42 (18.18 %)Embedded C
42 (18.18 %)CCNP
42 (18.18 %)ICMP
42 (18.18 %)Blackberry
42 (18.18 %)Cisco Certification
42 (18.18 %)MS Office
42 (18.18 %)VPN
42 (18.18 %)IP Telephony
51 (9.091 %)Firewall
51 (9.091 %)AS400
51 (9.091 %)Manufacturing
51 (9.091 %)VMware
51 (9.091 %)Local Government
51 (9.091 %)WatchGuard
51 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
51 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (9.091 %)iSeries

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (27.27 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (9.091 %)IIS
21 (9.091 %)Lotus Notes
21 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (18.18 %)MS Office
12 (18.18 %)MS Excel
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (27.27 %)WAN
13 (27.27 %)DNS
22 (18.18 %)ICMP
22 (18.18 %)VPN
22 (18.18 %)IP Telephony
31 (9.091 %)Firewall
31 (9.091 %)Internet
31 (9.091 %)DHCP
31 (9.091 %)Ethernet
31 (9.091 %)LAN
31 (9.091 %)VoIP
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (36.36 %)Government
23 (27.27 %)Telecoms
31 (9.091 %)Manufacturing
31 (9.091 %)Local Government
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (27.27 %)Analyst
13 (27.27 %)Support Analyst
13 (27.27 %)Network Support
22 (18.18 %)Software Engineer
22 (18.18 %)Systems Support Analyst
22 (18.18 %)Systems Analyst
22 (18.18 %)Systems Support
22 (18.18 %)Support Technician
22 (18.18 %)Support Specialist
22 (18.18 %)2nd Line Support
31 (9.091 %)Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Network Technician
31 (9.091 %)Technical Support Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Embedded Software Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Technical Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Network Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Technical Support
31 (9.091 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Network Specialist
31 (9.091 %)Network Support Technician
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)Blackberry
21 (9.091 %)AS400
21 (9.091 %)iSeries
21 (9.091 %)Client/Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (45.45 %)Windows
15 (45.45 %)Windows XP
23 (27.27 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (27.27 %)C
22 (18.18 %)Embedded C
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (18.18 %)CCNP
12 (18.18 %)Cisco Certification
21 (9.091 %)CCNA
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (36.36 %)Active Directory
21 (9.091 %)ISA Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (36.36 %)Cisco
23 (27.27 %)Microsoft
31 (9.091 %)Nortel
31 (9.091 %)Citrix
31 (9.091 %)Lotus
31 (9.091 %)VMware
31 (9.091 %)WatchGuard
31 (9.091 %)Cognos