The first table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 24 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 Scotland 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethernet
Rank 107 96 109
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +13
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 11 14 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.451% 0.526% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.331% 4.268% 0.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £290 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £32.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.28% -1.53%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
254 328 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.41% 12.33% 9.482%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 134 75
Average daily rate £358 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £239 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £420 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 29 26
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Ethernet
UK

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Ethernet Jobs Demand Trend

Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

Ethernet
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet.

1 11 (91.67%) ATM
1 11 (91.67%) SDH
1 11 (91.67%) Telecoms
2 8 (66.67%) Ericsson
3 7 (58.33%) Nortel
3 7 (58.33%) WAN
4 4 (33.33%) 3G
5 3 (25.00%) HND
5 3 (25.00%) 2G
5 3 (25.00%) 2.5G
5 3 (25.00%) Cramer
5 3 (25.00%) Network Design
5 3 (25.00%) Network Planning
6 2 (16.67%) B2B
6 2 (16.67%) BT
7 1 (8.333%) Wireless
7 1 (8.333%) Mapinfo
7 1 (8.333%) VBScript
7 1 (8.333%) VB
7 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
7 1 (8.333%) Intel
7 1 (8.333%) Windows
7 1 (8.333%) MS Access
7 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
7 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
7 1 (8.333%) Network Architecture
7 1 (8.333%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging
7 1 (8.333%) Asset Management

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) ATM
1 11 (91.67%) SDH
2 7 (58.33%) WAN
3 4 (33.33%) 3G
4 3 (25.00%) 2G
4 3 (25.00%) 2.5G
5 1 (8.333%) Wireless
5 1 (8.333%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) MS Access
General
1 11 (91.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Transmission Planner
2 2 (16.67%) Transmission Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Transmission Planning Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Network Planner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Network Design
1 3 (25.00%) Network Planning
2 2 (16.67%) B2B
3 1 (8.333%) Network Architecture
3 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) VBScript
1 1 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) HND
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Ericsson
2 7 (58.33%) Nortel
3 3 (25.00%) Cramer
4 2 (16.67%) BT
5 1 (8.333%) Mapinfo
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.333%) Intel