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The table below looks at the demand for Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) 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 Gigabit Ethernet over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGigabit Ethernet (GbE)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£41.67
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads258344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.415 %0.369 %
Daily rates quoted5655
Average minimum daily rate£281£302
Average daily rate£299£317
% change on same period last year-5.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted3857
Average minimum hourly rate£22.90£15.63
Average hourly rate£24.21£16.36
% change on same period last year+48.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.53£17.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
Gigabit Ethernet UKGigabit Ethernet
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.

Gigabit Ethernet
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Gigabit Ethernet Demand Trend

Gigabit Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Gigabit Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Gigabit Ethernet
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Gigabit 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 Gigabit Ethernet.

14 (100.00 %)ATM
14 (100.00 %)Ethernet
14 (100.00 %)Cisco
23 (75.00 %)BGP
23 (75.00 %)EIGRP
23 (75.00 %)RIP
23 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (75.00 %)DNS
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Windows 2000
23 (75.00 %)Windows NT
23 (75.00 %)FDDI
23 (75.00 %)VLAN
23 (75.00 %)Cisco PIX
23 (75.00 %)DHCP
31 (25.00 %)Frame Relay
31 (25.00 %)LAN
31 (25.00 %)WAN
31 (25.00 %)CCNP
31 (25.00 %)CCDA
31 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (25.00 %)MPLS

Gigabit Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Gigabit 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 Gigabit Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)Ethernet
14 (100.00 %)ATM
23 (75.00 %)VLAN
23 (75.00 %)Cisco PIX
23 (75.00 %)DHCP
23 (75.00 %)RIP
23 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (75.00 %)DNS
23 (75.00 %)BGP
23 (75.00 %)EIGRP
23 (75.00 %)FDDI
31 (25.00 %)Frame Relay
31 (25.00 %)MPLS
31 (25.00 %)LAN
31 (25.00 %)WAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Cisco Specialist
21 (25.00 %)Technical Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Network Specialist
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Network Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Network Administrator
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows 2000
13 (75.00 %)Windows NT
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)CCNP
11 (25.00 %)CCDA
11 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Cisco