The first table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHCP 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 Oxfordshire 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
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Rank 31 50 51
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +1
Contract jobs citing DHCP 20 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.630% 1.250% 0.225%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.39% 11.59% 1.205%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £199 - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £284 £500 £270
% change year-on-year
-43.25% +85.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
Average hourly rate £13.75 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £20.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-23.75% -24.52%
All Communications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
82 69 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 18.98% 10.78% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 24 35
Average daily rate £305 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £221 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £400 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 20
Average hourly rate £14.63 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.36% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.28 £17.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
DHCP
South East

DHCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford +13 15 £340 -
DHCP
South East

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 28 (93.33%) DNS
2 26 (86.67%) TCP/IP
3 23 (76.67%) Windows
4 16 (53.33%) Cisco
5 15 (50.00%) Firewall
6 14 (46.67%) VMware
6 14 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (40.00%) Altiris
8 11 (36.67%) Degree
8 11 (36.67%) UNIX
9 10 (33.33%) NetWare
9 10 (33.33%) Windows XP
10 9 (30.00%) ITIL
11 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
12 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
13 5 (16.67%) MS Office
14 4 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
14 4 (13.33%) Windows 2000
14 4 (13.33%) CCNA
14 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (10.00%) Tivoli
15 3 (10.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 3 (10.00%) Nagios
15 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
15 3 (10.00%) SQL
15 3 (10.00%) VB
15 3 (10.00%) MS Exchange
15 3 (10.00%) WSH
15 3 (10.00%) Cisco IOS

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (10.00%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 28 (93.33%) DNS
2 26 (86.67%) TCP/IP
3 15 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (6.667%) IP Telephony
5 2 (6.667%) VLAN
5 2 (6.667%) VPN
5 2 (6.667%) MPLS
5 2 (6.667%) LAN
5 2 (6.667%) PBX
5 2 (6.667%) VoIP
5 2 (6.667%) WAN
General
1 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Administrator
2 10 (33.33%) Network Administrator
3 8 (26.67%) IT Support
3 8 (26.67%) Analyst
3 8 (26.67%) Support Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Windows Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Support
5 3 (10.00%) Network Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Telecoms Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Network Support Technician
7 1 (3.333%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Network Support
7 1 (3.333%) Help Desk Support
7 1 (3.333%) Network Technician
7 1 (3.333%) Support Technician
7 1 (3.333%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) Handset
2 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 23 (76.67%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (36.67%) UNIX
4 10 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 10 (33.33%) NetWare
5 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (13.33%) Windows 2000
7 3 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) ITIL
2 3 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (3.333%) Service Management
3 1 (3.333%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
1 3 (10.00%) VB
2 1 (3.333%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) CCNA
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.00%) vSphere
3 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Tivoli
1 3 (10.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (10.00%) Nagios
1 3 (10.00%) SCCM
1 3 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Cisco
2 14 (46.67%) VMware
3 12 (40.00%) Altiris
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.667%) Juniper
5 2 (6.667%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.667%) Blue Coat
5 2 (6.667%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.667%) Riverbed
5 2 (6.667%) F5