TCP/IP Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 85 84 83
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 34 51 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.440% 1.617% 1.561%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.30% 8.979% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 25
Average daily rate £315 £279 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.00% +5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £120 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £360 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £268 £301 £300
% change year-on-year
-10.98% +0.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -63.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £10.00 £36.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £29.50 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £21.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-26.19% -20.75%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 301 568 468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.75% 18.01% 15.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 226 242
Average daily rate £313 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.34% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £461 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 44
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.86 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.92% -39.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West 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 West region.

North West TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West TCP/IP Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

North West TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Manchester +11 12 £338 +9.75%
Cheshire -2 12 £300 +4.34%
Lancashire +10 6 £330 -
Merseyside -6 1 £350 +150.00%
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 47 (59.49%) Windows
2 28 (35.44%) Active Directory
3 27 (34.18%) Microsoft
4 25 (31.65%) VMware
5 24 (30.38%) ITIL
6 22 (27.85%) Cisco
6 22 (27.85%) Firewall
7 21 (26.58%) Windows XP
8 20 (25.32%) SAN
9 19 (24.05%) Citrix
9 19 (24.05%) DNS
10 18 (22.78%) Windows Server 2003
10 18 (22.78%) WAN
11 17 (21.52%) LAN
12 16 (20.25%) HP
12 16 (20.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (18.99%) MS Exchange
13 15 (18.99%) SQL Server
14 14 (17.72%) DHCP
14 14 (17.72%) VPN
14 14 (17.72%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (16.46%) Oracle
16 12 (15.19%) Windows 7
17 11 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
17 11 (13.92%) Service Management
18 10 (12.66%) SQL
18 10 (12.66%) MS Excel
19 9 (11.39%) SOAP
19 9 (11.39%) UNIX
19 9 (11.39%) MS Office

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 9 (11.39%) SOAP
1 9 (11.39%) WebSphere
2 6 (7.595%) Web Services
3 5 (6.329%) .NET
4 4 (5.063%) Middleware
4 4 (5.063%) HTML
5 3 (3.797%) Flash
5 3 (3.797%) J2EE
5 3 (3.797%) Hibernate
5 3 (3.797%) Spring
5 3 (3.797%) Apache Flex
6 2 (2.532%) REST
6 2 (2.532%) XML
7 1 (1.266%) COM
7 1 (1.266%) WCF
7 1 (1.266%) WPF
7 1 (1.266%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 15 (18.99%) MS Exchange
2 7 (8.861%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 7 (8.861%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (7.595%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (7.595%) SharePoint
4 5 (6.329%) CICS
4 5 (6.329%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (5.063%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (3.797%) WebLogic
6 3 (3.797%) IIS
7 1 (1.266%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (1.266%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (1.266%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (1.266%) WorkSite
Applications
1 10 (12.66%) MS Excel
2 9 (11.39%) MS Office
3 1 (1.266%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.266%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 22 (27.85%) Firewall
2 20 (25.32%) SAN
3 19 (24.05%) DNS
4 18 (22.78%) WAN
5 17 (21.52%) LAN
6 14 (17.72%) DHCP
6 14 (17.72%) VPN
7 9 (11.39%) HTTP
7 9 (11.39%) Internet
8 7 (8.861%) Ethernet
8 7 (8.861%) FTP
9 6 (7.595%) NAS
10 5 (6.329%) SMTP
10 5 (6.329%) VoIP
10 5 (6.329%) SNMP
10 5 (6.329%) SSL
10 5 (6.329%) Wireless
11 4 (5.063%) VLAN
11 4 (5.063%) MPLS
11 4 (5.063%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.99%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.595%) DB2
3 4 (5.063%) TOAD
3 4 (5.063%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.797%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.532%) MySQL
5 2 (2.532%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.266%) GIS
6 1 (1.266%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (5.063%) LoadRunner
2 3 (3.797%) Eclipse
2 3 (3.797%) JUnit
2 3 (3.797%) TestNG
2 3 (3.797%) Selenium
3 2 (2.532%) JIRA
3 2 (2.532%) MyEclipse
3 2 (2.532%) Mercurial
3 2 (2.532%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.532%) Subversion
3 2 (2.532%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (1.266%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.266%) MSI
4 1 (1.266%) NUnit
General
1 9 (11.39%) Banking
2 8 (10.13%) Finance
3 7 (8.861%) Retail
3 7 (8.861%) Local Government
4 3 (3.797%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.532%) Legal
5 2 (2.532%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.266%) Electronics
6 1 (1.266%) Games
6 1 (1.266%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 12 (15.19%) Analyst
2 8 (10.13%) Consultant
2 8 (10.13%) Architect
3 7 (8.861%) Desktop Support
3 7 (8.861%) Support Engineer
4 5 (6.329%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (6.329%) Developer
4 5 (6.329%) Test Analyst
5 4 (5.063%) Designer
5 4 (5.063%) Customer Support Engineer
5 4 (5.063%) Security Architect
5 4 (5.063%) Customer Engineer
5 4 (5.063%) Software Engineer
5 4 (5.063%) Security Consultant
6 3 (3.797%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (3.797%) Service Analyst
6 3 (3.797%) Information Architect
6 3 (3.797%) Network Engineer
6 3 (3.797%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (3.797%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.329%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.329%) Mainframe
2 5 (6.329%) VSAM
3 4 (5.063%) IBM Mainframe
3 4 (5.063%) iPad
3 4 (5.063%) Mobile Banking
3 4 (5.063%) Online Banking
3 4 (5.063%) Clustering
4 3 (3.797%) Client/Server
4 3 (3.797%) Firmware
4 3 (3.797%) Handset
4 3 (3.797%) PKI
5 2 (2.532%) SCADA
5 2 (2.532%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.532%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.532%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 2 (2.532%) IVR
6 1 (1.266%) NHS
6 1 (1.266%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 47 (59.49%) Windows
2 21 (26.58%) Windows XP
3 18 (22.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (17.72%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (15.19%) Windows 7
6 9 (11.39%) UNIX
7 5 (6.329%) Android
8 4 (5.063%) Apple iOS
8 4 (5.063%) AIX
8 4 (5.063%) Linux
9 3 (3.797%) Windows NT
9 3 (3.797%) Windows Vista
10 2 (2.532%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (2.532%) zOS
10 2 (2.532%) Windows 2000
11 1 (1.266%) VMS
11 1 (1.266%) MVS
11 1 (1.266%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (1.266%) Windows 8
11 1 (1.266%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.38%) ITIL
2 11 (13.92%) Service Management
3 6 (7.595%) Load Balancing
3 6 (7.595%) TOGAF
3 6 (7.595%) Security Management
3 6 (7.595%) Information Security
4 5 (6.329%) Validation
4 5 (6.329%) Migration
4 5 (6.329%) Performance Testing
5 4 (5.063%) Network Management
5 4 (5.063%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (5.063%) Scrum
6 3 (3.797%) OOD
6 3 (3.797%) ETL
6 3 (3.797%) UML
6 3 (3.797%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (3.797%) ITSM
6 3 (3.797%) Capacity Management
6 3 (3.797%) Unit Testing
6 3 (3.797%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.66%) SQL
2 7 (8.861%) C
3 6 (7.595%) Embedded C
4 5 (6.329%) C++
4 5 (6.329%) JCL
5 4 (5.063%) Java
5 4 (5.063%) C#
5 4 (5.063%) Perl
6 3 (3.797%) VB
6 3 (3.797%) VB.NET
6 3 (3.797%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.797%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (20.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (10.13%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (10.13%) MCP
2 8 (10.13%) MCSA
3 7 (8.861%) MCSE
4 6 (7.595%) MCITP
5 5 (6.329%) CCNA
6 4 (5.063%) MCTS
6 4 (5.063%) CCNP
7 3 (3.797%) CISSP
7 3 (3.797%) Dell Certification
8 2 (2.532%) Degree
8 2 (2.532%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.532%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.532%) CCIE
8 2 (2.532%) HND
9 1 (1.266%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.266%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.266%) ISEB
9 1 (1.266%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.063%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.797%) SLA
3 1 (1.266%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.266%) TickIT
System Software
1 28 (35.44%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.329%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.797%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 3 (3.797%) Postfix
5 2 (2.532%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.532%) XenApp
5 2 (2.532%) vSphere
5 2 (2.532%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.266%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.266%) Samba
6 1 (1.266%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.266%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (1.266%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (8.861%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (5.063%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (3.797%) CiscoWorks
3 3 (3.797%) Tivoli
3 3 (3.797%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (3.797%) SCCM
4 1 (1.266%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.266%) DameWare
4 1 (1.266%) HP NNM
4 1 (1.266%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.266%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 27 (34.18%) Microsoft
2 25 (31.65%) VMware
3 22 (27.85%) Cisco
4 19 (24.05%) Citrix
5 16 (20.25%) HP
6 13 (16.46%) Oracle
7 7 (8.861%) CheckPoint
8 4 (5.063%) Symantec
8 4 (5.063%) Dell
8 4 (5.063%) IBM
9 3 (3.797%) Adobe
9 3 (3.797%) CA
9 3 (3.797%) Juniper
9 3 (3.797%) Brocade
9 3 (3.797%) IronPort
10 2 (2.532%) F5
10 2 (2.532%) Ericsson
11 1 (1.266%) SAP
11 1 (1.266%) Hitachi
11 1 (1.266%) Avaya
2nd Line Service Desk Analyst (FTC)
Manchester, North West
The objective of the position is to provide a user support function or 'Service Desk' facility to all members of the company and undertake technical projects when required...
Hudson
Rate: £22000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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