The first table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHCP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Rank 90 121 83
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -38
Contract jobs citing DHCP 27 13 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.131% 0.428% 1.389%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.544% 2.564% 8.451%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 14
Average daily rate £250 £263 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +11.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £120 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £325 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £340 £278
% change year-on-year
-19.11% +22.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 9
Average hourly rate £21.25 £17.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -54.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £12.95 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £23.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £18.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-1.38% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
316 507 497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 13.24% 16.69% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 182 250
Average daily rate £303 £318 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.56% -2.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £199 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 42 47
Average hourly rate £29.50 £22.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.09% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £31.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
DHCP
England

DHCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West DHCP Jobs Demand Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DHCP across the North West region.

North West DHCP Daily Rate Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West DHCP Daily Rate Histogram

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DHCP across the North West region.

North West DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West DHCP Hourly Rate Histogram

DHCP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +7 12 £325 +170.83% 3
Manchester +4 6 £213 -34.61% 14
Lancashire - 6 £250 -
Merseyside +9 2 - -
Cumbria - - - -
DHCP
England

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing DHCP 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 DHCP.

1 45 (88.24%) DNS
2 36 (70.59%) Windows
3 29 (56.86%) Active Directory
4 22 (43.14%) MS Exchange
5 20 (39.22%) VMware
5 20 (39.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (35.29%) SAN
7 17 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 16 (31.37%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (29.41%) ITIL
10 14 (27.45%) HP
10 14 (27.45%) Citrix
11 13 (25.49%) TCP/IP
11 13 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2010
12 12 (23.53%) SCCM
13 11 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
13 11 (21.57%) Exchange Server 2007
13 11 (21.57%) MS Excel
14 10 (19.61%) LAN
14 10 (19.61%) PowerShell
15 9 (17.65%) SCOM
15 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
15 9 (17.65%) Migration
15 9 (17.65%) Windows 7
16 8 (15.69%) Hyper-V
16 8 (15.69%) Windows XP
16 8 (15.69%) WAN
16 8 (15.69%) Windows NT
17 7 (13.73%) Windows 2000
17 7 (13.73%) Clustering

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing DHCP 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 DHCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.922%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.961%) COM
Application Platforms
1 22 (43.14%) MS Exchange
2 13 (25.49%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (21.57%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (3.922%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (3.922%) Lync
5 2 (3.922%) FileNet
6 1 (1.961%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.961%) IBM Notes
6 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.961%) IIS
6 1 (1.961%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (21.57%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.922%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 45 (88.24%) DNS
2 18 (35.29%) SAN
3 13 (25.49%) TCP/IP
4 10 (19.61%) LAN
5 8 (15.69%) WAN
6 6 (11.76%) VoIP
7 5 (9.804%) Firewall
7 5 (9.804%) IP Telephony
8 3 (5.882%) VPN
8 3 (5.882%) SSL
8 3 (5.882%) NAS
8 3 (5.882%) VLAN
9 2 (3.922%) Wireless
9 2 (3.922%) HTTP
9 2 (3.922%) WLAN
10 1 (1.961%) 3G
10 1 (1.961%) SMTP
10 1 (1.961%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.961%) RIP
10 1 (1.961%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.804%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.882%) MSI
General
1 5 (9.804%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.961%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 8 (15.69%) Analyst
3 7 (13.73%) Wintel Specialist
4 5 (9.804%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (9.804%) Wintel Engineer
4 5 (9.804%) Voice Engineer
4 5 (9.804%) Wintel Analyst
5 4 (7.843%) Customer Engineer
5 4 (7.843%) Customer Support Engineer
6 3 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (5.882%) Server Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Implementation Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Deployment Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Windows Server Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (3.922%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (3.922%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Architect
8 1 (1.961%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Clustering
2 2 (3.922%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.961%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.961%) FMCG
3 1 (1.961%) iPhone
3 1 (1.961%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 36 (70.59%) Windows
2 20 (39.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (31.37%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (17.65%) Windows 7
5 8 (15.69%) Windows XP
5 8 (15.69%) Windows NT
6 7 (13.73%) Windows 2000
7 2 (3.922%) Windows 8
7 2 (3.922%) Linux
8 1 (1.961%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.961%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) ITIL
2 9 (17.65%) Migration
3 2 (3.922%) Software Deployment
3 2 (3.922%) Change Control
3 2 (3.922%) Data Migration
3 2 (3.922%) Data Protection
3 2 (3.922%) Content Management
3 2 (3.922%) Change Management
3 2 (3.922%) Project Management
4 1 (1.961%) Workflow
4 1 (1.961%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (1.961%) Network Management
4 1 (1.961%) Software Architecture
4 1 (1.961%) Build Automation
4 1 (1.961%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.882%) C
2 3 (5.882%) SQL
2 3 (5.882%) VB
3 1 (1.961%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.882%) CCNP
3 2 (3.922%) MCSE
4 1 (1.961%) MCP
4 1 (1.961%) CCNA
4 1 (1.961%) MCTS
4 1 (1.961%) MCITP
4 1 (1.961%) ACSA
4 1 (1.961%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.961%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.922%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (56.86%) Active Directory
2 11 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (15.69%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.843%) XenApp
5 2 (3.922%) vSphere
5 2 (3.922%) VMware Server
5 2 (3.922%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.961%) Terminal Server
6 1 (1.961%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.961%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (1.961%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 12 (23.53%) SCCM
2 9 (17.65%) SCOM
3 1 (1.961%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.961%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (1.961%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.961%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.961%) DameWare
3 1 (1.961%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 20 (39.22%) VMware
2 17 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 14 (27.45%) HP
3 14 (27.45%) Citrix
4 6 (11.76%) Cisco
5 5 (9.804%) Siemens
6 4 (7.843%) Dell
7 3 (5.882%) Nortel
8 2 (3.922%) Veeam
8 2 (3.922%) Infoblox
8 2 (3.922%) PlateSpin
8 2 (3.922%) Symantec
8 2 (3.922%) Juniper
8 2 (3.922%) NetApp
9 1 (1.961%) Lotus
9 1 (1.961%) Sage
9 1 (1.961%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.961%) Avaya
9 1 (1.961%) Remedy
9 1 (1.961%) TIBCO
Warrington, North West
Key skills and experience required: Experience with MS Windows 2008 R2 / 2012 ServerVirtualisation Technologies, Hyper-V. Networking - LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, Firewalls (Sonic Wall), Vlans, Natting,...
Computer Futures
Posted: 12 June 2013
Warrington, North West
Other experience required: Networking Skills - Firewalls (sonic wall), Routing, QOS, NAT, Vlan, IPSEC VPV's Servers - 2008 R2, 2012, Terminal Server, Hyper-V, Windows Deployment Server Backups - System...
Computer Futures
Posted: 7 June 2013
Warrington, North West
The Senior Support Engineer will assist my client during a period of transition. They are implementing several technologies and require assistance with the workload.
Computer Futures
Posted: 10 June 2013
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