The first table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHCP 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 South East 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
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Rank 132 153 170
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +17
Contract jobs citing DHCP 93 87 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.193% 0.857% 0.800%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.254% 4.060% 4.323%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 31 36
Average daily rate £240 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £173 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £450 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 £420 £275
% change year-on-year
-31.25% +52.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 16
Average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% -37.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.65 £14.60 £14.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.11 £22.40 £41.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £19.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-21.05% -20.83%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
DHCP
England

DHCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East DHCP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Oxfordshire +17 19 £160 -
Surrey +23 18 £205 +46.42%
Berkshire -13 16 £170 -43.80%
West Sussex +24 13 £350 +7.69%
Kent +10 13 £240 -21.95%
Hampshire -9 7 £330 -12.00%
Buckinghamshire +8 5 £291 +68.84%
Middlesex +8 2 - -
East Sussex - 2 £365 -
DHCP
England

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 177 (89.39%) DNS
2 161 (81.31%) Windows
3 109 (55.05%) TCP/IP
4 105 (53.03%) Active Directory
5 93 (46.97%) VMware
6 73 (36.87%) Firewall
6 73 (36.87%) Microsoft
7 72 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 66 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
9 65 (32.83%) MS Exchange
10 62 (31.31%) Cisco
11 59 (29.80%) HP
12 48 (24.24%) SAN
13 47 (23.74%) VMware Infrastructure
14 46 (23.23%) VPN
15 44 (22.22%) Windows XP
15 44 (22.22%) ITIL
16 42 (21.21%) Juniper
17 41 (20.71%) LAN
18 40 (20.20%) MS Office
19 38 (19.19%) Citrix
20 37 (18.69%) WAN
21 35 (17.68%) Windows 7
22 34 (17.17%) Exchange Server 2010
23 32 (16.16%) Clustering
24 31 (15.66%) SharePoint
25 30 (15.15%) Exchange Server 2007
26 29 (14.65%) Cisco Certification
27 28 (14.14%) CheckPoint
27 28 (14.14%) SQL

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (4.040%) WebSphere
2 4 (2.020%) JDBC
3 3 (1.515%) Web Services
3 3 (1.515%) CSS
3 3 (1.515%) WSH
4 2 (1.010%) .NET
5 1 (0.505%) LAMP
5 1 (0.505%) X-Windows
5 1 (0.505%) HTML
5 1 (0.505%) COM
Application Platforms
1 65 (32.83%) MS Exchange
2 34 (17.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 31 (15.66%) SharePoint
4 30 (15.15%) Exchange Server 2007
5 27 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
6 22 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 10 (5.051%) IIS
8 7 (3.535%) Apache
8 7 (3.535%) Lync
9 5 (2.525%) SharePoint 2010
10 4 (2.020%) Liferay
10 4 (2.020%) Tomcat
11 2 (1.010%) Zimbra
11 2 (1.010%) Lotus Domino
12 1 (0.505%) CMS
12 1 (0.505%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.505%) Drupal
Applications
1 40 (20.20%) MS Office
2 23 (11.62%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.010%) Office 365
3 2 (1.010%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.505%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (0.505%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.505%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 1 (0.505%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 177 (89.39%) DNS
2 109 (55.05%) TCP/IP
3 73 (36.87%) Firewall
4 48 (24.24%) SAN
5 46 (23.23%) VPN
6 41 (20.71%) LAN
7 37 (18.69%) WAN
8 25 (12.63%) Internet
8 25 (12.63%) MPLS
8 25 (12.63%) VoIP
9 19 (9.596%) BGP
10 18 (9.091%) OSPF
10 18 (9.091%) Wireless
11 16 (8.081%) IPv6
12 13 (6.566%) VLAN
12 13 (6.566%) IPsec
12 13 (6.566%) HTTP
13 12 (6.061%) SNMP
14 11 (5.556%) SSL
15 10 (5.051%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.545%) SQL Server
1 9 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (3.535%) MySQL
3 4 (2.020%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.515%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.515%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.505%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.020%) Hudson
1 4 (2.020%) Jenkins
1 4 (2.020%) Git (software)
General
1 22 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 16 (8.081%) Finance
3 10 (5.051%) Legal
4 9 (4.545%) Back Office
5 6 (3.030%) Advertising
6 5 (2.525%) Publishing
7 4 (2.020%) Banking
8 3 (1.515%) Retail
8 3 (1.515%) Online Betting
9 2 (1.010%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.505%) Games
10 1 (0.505%) Local Government
10 1 (0.505%) Billing
10 1 (0.505%) French Language
10 1 (0.505%) German Language
Job Titles
1 70 (35.35%) Analyst
2 42 (21.21%) Support Analyst
3 28 (14.14%) Support Engineer
4 21 (10.61%) IT Support
5 20 (10.10%) Administrator
6 19 (9.596%) 3rd Line Support
7 18 (9.091%) Server Engineer
8 17 (8.586%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (7.576%) IT Support Analyst
10 14 (7.071%) Desktop Engineer
11 13 (6.566%) Network Analyst
12 11 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
13 10 (5.051%) Network Administrator
13 10 (5.051%) Desktop Support
13 10 (5.051%) Server Support
14 9 (4.545%) Network Engineer
15 8 (4.040%) Consultant
15 8 (4.040%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 8 (4.040%) Technical Support
15 8 (4.040%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.16%) Clustering
2 24 (12.12%) Blackberry
3 5 (2.525%) PKI
3 5 (2.525%) SecurID
4 4 (2.020%) Cryptography
5 3 (1.515%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.010%) iPad
6 2 (1.010%) iPhone
6 2 (1.010%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.010%) NHS
6 2 (1.010%) Thin Client
6 2 (1.010%) CCTV
6 2 (1.010%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.010%) Handset
6 2 (1.010%) IVR
7 1 (0.505%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.505%) Open Source
7 1 (0.505%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 161 (81.31%) Windows
2 72 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
3 66 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 44 (22.22%) Windows XP
5 35 (17.68%) Windows 7
6 23 (11.62%) Linux
7 21 (10.61%) UNIX
8 19 (9.596%) Windows Vista
9 11 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
10 10 (5.051%) NetWare
11 9 (4.545%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.515%) Mac OS X
12 3 (1.515%) VMS
12 3 (1.515%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.515%) Android
13 2 (1.010%) Apple iOS
13 2 (1.010%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (1.010%) AIX
14 1 (0.505%) Fedora
14 1 (0.505%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.22%) ITIL
2 21 (10.61%) Migration
3 15 (7.576%) Change Management
4 14 (7.071%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (5.556%) Project Management
6 9 (4.545%) Configuration Management
7 7 (3.535%) Service Delivery
7 7 (3.535%) Network Management
8 6 (3.030%) Release Management
8 6 (3.030%) PRINCE2
9 4 (2.020%) Memory Management
9 4 (2.020%) ITIL V2
9 4 (2.020%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (2.020%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (2.020%) Mobile Device Management
9 4 (2.020%) Performance Management
9 4 (2.020%) Integration Testing
9 4 (2.020%) Test Scripting
9 4 (2.020%) Load Balancing
9 4 (2.020%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.14%) SQL
2 14 (7.071%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.040%) VBScript
4 5 (2.525%) Shell Script
4 5 (2.525%) VB
5 4 (2.020%) Bash shell
5 4 (2.020%) sed
5 4 (2.020%) C
5 4 (2.020%) Java
5 4 (2.020%) Perl
5 4 (2.020%) AWK
6 1 (0.505%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.505%) C#
Qualifications
1 29 (14.65%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (11.62%) Degree
4 21 (10.61%) CCNP
5 20 (10.10%) MCSE
6 15 (7.576%) Security Cleared
7 12 (6.061%) CCNA
8 10 (5.051%) RHCE
8 10 (5.051%) JNCIP
9 8 (4.040%) SC Cleared
9 8 (4.040%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.020%) MCSA
11 1 (0.505%) MCDST
11 1 (0.505%) ACSA
11 1 (0.505%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.505%) MCDBA
11 1 (0.505%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.051%) SLA
2 3 (1.515%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 105 (53.03%) Active Directory
2 47 (23.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (8.586%) vSphere
4 12 (6.061%) XenApp
5 10 (5.051%) VMware ESX
6 8 (4.040%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 8 (4.040%) Hyper-V
7 7 (3.535%) Postfix
7 7 (3.535%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (3.030%) Terminal Services
9 4 (2.020%) NFS
9 4 (2.020%) Nmap
9 4 (2.020%) Squid
10 3 (1.515%) Terminal Server
10 3 (1.515%) ISA Server
10 3 (1.515%) NLBS
10 3 (1.515%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (1.010%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.505%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 15 (7.576%) WSUS
2 13 (6.566%) Backup Exec
2 13 (6.566%) HP SIM
3 12 (6.061%) SCCM
4 11 (5.556%) SCOM
5 7 (3.535%) Nagios
6 5 (2.525%) Norton AntiVirus
7 4 (2.020%) Puppet
8 3 (1.515%) Tivoli
8 3 (1.515%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (1.515%) Sysprep
9 2 (1.010%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.010%) MOM
9 2 (1.010%) OpenView
9 2 (1.010%) Cisco IPCC
9 2 (1.010%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.505%) HP NNM
10 1 (0.505%) CiscoWorks
10 1 (0.505%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.505%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 93 (46.97%) VMware
2 73 (36.87%) Microsoft
3 62 (31.31%) Cisco
4 59 (29.80%) HP
5 42 (21.21%) Juniper
6 38 (19.19%) Citrix
7 28 (14.14%) CheckPoint
8 25 (12.63%) NetApp
9 18 (9.091%) Dell
9 18 (9.091%) Altiris
10 14 (7.071%) ProCurve
11 12 (6.061%) F5
12 11 (5.556%) Symantec
13 9 (4.545%) Aruba
14 8 (4.040%) Sophos
14 8 (4.040%) EMC
14 8 (4.040%) Blue Coat
15 7 (3.535%) Oracle
16 6 (3.030%) Avaya
16 6 (3.030%) CommVault
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