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This section looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank86114
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads1414
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.014 %
As % of the category below4.667 %3.024 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£400£447
Average daily rate£450£456
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£464
UK excluding London average daily rate£272£337
% change on same period last year-19.19 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£26.00-
Average hourly rate£28.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£31.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.11£33.77
% change on same period last year-16.75 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads300463
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.468 %
Daily rates quoted6085
Average minimum daily rate£281£348
Average daily rate£308£358
% change on same period last year-14.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2131
Average minimum hourly rate£24.32£18.73
Average hourly rate£26.37£19.84
% change on same period last year+32.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.43£20.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Ethernet UKEthernet
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ethernet across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Scotland Ethernet Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The 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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ethernet across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland Ethernet Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowNew entry-7£450-
AberdeenDown-36--
Ethernet UKEthernet
UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

114 (70.00 %)TCP/IP
211 (55.00 %)ATM
211 (55.00 %)Cisco
310 (50.00 %)Windows
49 (45.00 %)BGP
49 (45.00 %)EIGRP
49 (45.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
57 (35.00 %)VLAN
57 (35.00 %)FDDI
57 (35.00 %)Windows NT
57 (35.00 %)DNS
57 (35.00 %)RIP
57 (35.00 %)DHCP
66 (30.00 %)HTTP
66 (30.00 %)C#
66 (30.00 %).NET
75 (25.00 %)UPnP
84 (20.00 %)Wireless
84 (20.00 %)Frame Relay
84 (20.00 %)MPLS
84 (20.00 %)WinForms
84 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
84 (20.00 %)Music
93 (15.00 %)WAN
93 (15.00 %)CCNP
102 (10.00 %)Windows Mobile
102 (10.00 %)OSPF
102 (10.00 %)CCDA
102 (10.00 %)SONET
102 (10.00 %)CCIE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (30.00 %).NET
24 (20.00 %)WinForms
32 (10.00 %).NET Framework
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)MS Office
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (70.00 %)TCP/IP
211 (55.00 %)ATM
39 (45.00 %)BGP
39 (45.00 %)EIGRP
39 (45.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
47 (35.00 %)VLAN
47 (35.00 %)FDDI
47 (35.00 %)DNS
47 (35.00 %)DHCP
47 (35.00 %)RIP
56 (30.00 %)HTTP
65 (25.00 %)UPnP
74 (20.00 %)MPLS
74 (20.00 %)Frame Relay
74 (20.00 %)Wireless
83 (15.00 %)WAN
92 (10.00 %)OSPF
92 (10.00 %)SONET
92 (10.00 %)LAN
92 (10.00 %)SDH
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (20.00 %)Music
21 (5.000 %)Music Industry
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (30.00 %)Developer
16 (30.00 %)Cisco Engineer
24 (20.00 %).NET Developer
24 (20.00 %)C# Developer
24 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
24 (20.00 %)WinForms Developer
33 (15.00 %)Applications Developer
33 (15.00 %)Analyst
33 (15.00 %)Network Analyst
33 (15.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
42 (10.00 %)Cisco Specialist
42 (10.00 %)Senior C# Developer
42 (10.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
42 (10.00 %)Network Specialist
42 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
51 (5.000 %)Support Technician
51 (5.000 %)Administrator
51 (5.000 %)Field Engineer
51 (5.000 %)Design Engineer
51 (5.000 %)Technical Administrator
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Handset
11 (5.000 %)VHDL
11 (5.000 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (50.00 %)Windows
27 (35.00 %)Windows NT
32 (10.00 %)Windows CE
32 (10.00 %)Windows Mobile
41 (5.000 %)Windows XP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (30.00 %)C#
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
23 (15.00 %)CCNP
32 (10.00 %)CCIE
32 (10.00 %)CCDA
41 (5.000 %)CCNA
41 (5.000 %)CCVP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.000 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.000 %)ISA Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (55.00 %)Cisco
21 (5.000 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Symantec
21 (5.000 %)Xilinx
21 (5.000 %)Mentor Graphics
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