The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 38 43 68
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +25
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 34 37 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 4.024% 3.471% 1.161%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.62% 8.315% 5.854%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 4
Average daily rate £250 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £94 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £496 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £304 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.82% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £21.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-27.90% -18.86%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
193 445 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.84% 41.74% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 104 69
Average daily rate £275 £280 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% -24.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £160 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 5
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.04 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.00% -8.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
TCP/IP
Berkshire

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 46 (76.67%) Windows
2 22 (36.67%) VMware
3 21 (35.00%) VPN
4 20 (33.33%) HTTP
5 19 (31.67%) LAN
5 19 (31.67%) MS Office
6 18 (30.00%) SQL
6 18 (30.00%) WAN
6 18 (30.00%) Active Directory
6 18 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 17 (28.33%) ITIL
8 15 (25.00%) Oracle
8 15 (25.00%) Internet
8 15 (25.00%) Citrix
8 15 (25.00%) Windows 7
9 14 (23.33%) UNIX
9 14 (23.33%) SLA
9 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
10 13 (21.67%) Windows XP
10 13 (21.67%) Apache
10 13 (21.67%) SAN
10 13 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (20.00%) Telecoms
11 12 (20.00%) Finance
11 12 (20.00%) Linux
11 12 (20.00%) DNS
12 11 (18.33%) IIS
12 11 (18.33%) Clustering
13 10 (16.67%) VMware ESXi

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (13.33%) Web Services
2 7 (11.67%) .NET
3 6 (10.00%) J2EE
4 5 (8.333%) HTML
4 5 (8.333%) WebSphere
5 4 (6.667%) XHTML
6 2 (3.333%) Middleware
7 1 (1.667%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 13 (21.67%) Apache
2 11 (18.33%) IIS
3 9 (15.00%) Tomcat
4 8 (13.33%) WebLogic
4 8 (13.33%) IBM HTTP Server
5 6 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (10.00%) MS Exchange
5 6 (10.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 4 (6.667%) WebLogic Portal
6 4 (6.667%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (5.000%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (3.333%) CMS
9 1 (1.667%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (1.667%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (1.667%) FileNet
Applications
1 19 (31.67%) MS Office
2 9 (15.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.667%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.667%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.667%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 21 (35.00%) VPN
2 20 (33.33%) HTTP
3 19 (31.67%) LAN
4 18 (30.00%) WAN
5 15 (25.00%) Internet
6 13 (21.67%) SAN
7 12 (20.00%) DNS
8 9 (15.00%) SMTP
8 9 (15.00%) DHCP
8 9 (15.00%) FTP
8 9 (15.00%) Network Security
9 7 (11.67%) Firewall
10 6 (10.00%) SSL
11 5 (8.333%) Kerberos
11 5 (8.333%) Ethernet
11 5 (8.333%) 3G
11 5 (8.333%) VLAN
12 4 (6.667%) VoIP
13 3 (5.000%) LDAP
13 3 (5.000%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.333%) MySQL
1 5 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.000%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (5.000%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.667%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.667%) Subversion
General
1 12 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 12 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (6.667%) Retail
3 3 (5.000%) Banking
4 2 (3.333%) Back Office
5 1 (1.667%) Electronics
5 1 (1.667%) French Language
5 1 (1.667%) German Language
5 1 (1.667%) Automotive
5 1 (1.667%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (18.33%) Analyst
2 10 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 10 (16.67%) Administrator
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle DBA
3 5 (8.333%) Service Analyst
3 5 (8.333%) DBA
3 5 (8.333%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (6.667%) Security Engineer
4 4 (6.667%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (6.667%) Support Analyst
4 4 (6.667%) Architect
4 4 (6.667%) Technical Architect
5 3 (5.000%) Consultant
5 3 (5.000%) Applications Support
5 3 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (5.000%) Support Technician
5 3 (5.000%) WebSphere Consultant
5 3 (5.000%) Security Support Engineer
6 2 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (3.333%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.33%) Clustering
2 3 (5.000%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (5.000%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 46 (76.67%) Windows
2 18 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 18 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 14 (23.33%) UNIX
5 13 (21.67%) Windows XP
6 12 (20.00%) Linux
7 7 (11.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (5.000%) Mac OS X
9 2 (3.333%) Windows 2000
9 2 (3.333%) Solaris
10 1 (1.667%) AIX
10 1 (1.667%) HPUX
10 1 (1.667%) FreeBSD
10 1 (1.667%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.33%) ITIL
2 8 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (13.33%) Fault Management
3 7 (11.67%) Workflow
4 6 (10.00%) Content Management
5 5 (8.333%) Test Scripting
5 5 (8.333%) Problem Management
6 4 (6.667%) Incident Management
7 3 (5.000%) WFM
7 3 (5.000%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.000%) Software Distribution
8 2 (3.333%) Network Architecture
8 2 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (3.333%) Change Control
8 2 (3.333%) Capacity Management
9 1 (1.667%) WAN Optimisation
9 1 (1.667%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.667%) Change Management
9 1 (1.667%) Data Modelling
9 1 (1.667%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.00%) SQL
2 10 (16.67%) Perl
3 5 (8.333%) PHP
3 5 (8.333%) PL/SQL
3 5 (8.333%) Python
3 5 (8.333%) Java
3 5 (8.333%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.333%) Bash shell
4 1 (1.667%) C#
4 1 (1.667%) C++
4 1 (1.667%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.000%) CISSP
2 3 (5.000%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (5.000%) CCSA
2 3 (5.000%) CCSE
3 2 (3.333%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.333%) OCP
3 2 (3.333%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (3.333%) MCP
3 2 (3.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.667%) ACSA
4 1 (1.667%) JNCIS
4 1 (1.667%) Degree
4 1 (1.667%) HNC
4 1 (1.667%) MCSE
4 1 (1.667%) MCDBA
4 1 (1.667%) CCNP
4 1 (1.667%) CCNA
4 1 (1.667%) RHCE
4 1 (1.667%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.33%) SLA
2 2 (3.333%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (10.00%) vSphere
5 4 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (5.000%) VMware ESX
6 3 (5.000%) NLBS
7 2 (3.333%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.667%) NFS
8 1 (1.667%) VirtualBox
8 1 (1.667%) Xen
8 1 (1.667%) Postfix
8 1 (1.667%) Sendmail
8 1 (1.667%) Veritas File System
8 1 (1.667%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 6 (10.00%) HP SIM
2 4 (6.667%) SCCM
2 4 (6.667%) Foglight
3 3 (5.000%) Unicenter
4 2 (3.333%) MOM
5 1 (1.667%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.667%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.667%) OpenView
Vendors
1 22 (36.67%) VMware
2 15 (25.00%) Oracle
2 15 (25.00%) Citrix
3 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
4 10 (16.67%) HP
5 9 (15.00%) IBM
6 8 (13.33%) Cisco
7 7 (11.67%) Red Hat
8 6 (10.00%) Avaya
9 5 (8.333%) JBoss
9 5 (8.333%) CheckPoint
9 5 (8.333%) Remedy
10 4 (6.667%) FrontRange
10 4 (6.667%) Lotus
10 4 (6.667%) Ericsson
11 3 (5.000%) Royalblue
11 3 (5.000%) Verint
11 3 (5.000%) Apple
11 3 (5.000%) CA
12 2 (3.333%) Veritas
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