The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 17 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 Northamptonshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 28 44 26
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -18
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 3 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.220% 0.498% 2.190%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.04% 6.897% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £213 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +70.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.82% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £21.50 £25.75
% change year-on-year
-27.90% -16.50%
All Communications & Networking
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
23 29 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 9.350% 7.214% 4.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 2
Average daily rate £263 £350 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.94% +179.80%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -27.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
TCP/IP
East Midlands

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 7 (87.50%) DHCP
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 5 (62.50%) LAN
3 5 (62.50%) VMware
4 4 (50.00%) EIGRP
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (50.00%) MPLS
4 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 4 (50.00%) Windows
4 4 (50.00%) CCNP
4 4 (50.00%) VLAN
4 4 (50.00%) Firewall
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) DNS
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) VoIP
5 3 (37.50%) WAN
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) SAN
6 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 2 (25.00%) MS Office
6 2 (25.00%) SLA
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) CCNA
6 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (25.00%) Performance Management

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) DHCP
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
3 4 (50.00%) MPLS
3 4 (50.00%) EIGRP
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) VLAN
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (37.50%) VoIP
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 3 (37.50%) DNS
5 2 (25.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Network Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) CAE
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCNP
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) Nokia
5 1 (12.50%) Lotus
5 1 (12.50%) Remedy