The first table below looks at the demand for Ethernet 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 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 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
Ethernet
Rank 138 83 183
Rank change year-on-year
-55 +100
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 87 194 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.116% 1.912% 0.675%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.851% 9.053% 3.646%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 39 12
Average daily rate £225 £310 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.41% +5.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £217 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £332 £400 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £31.75
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.98 - £26.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £94.00 - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.28% -1.53%
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%
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Ethernet Daily Rate Trend

Ethernet
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Ethernet Daily Rate Histogram

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Ethernet Hourly Rate Trend

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East Ethernet Hourly Rate Histogram

Ethernet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet 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
Berkshire -42 50 £225 -16.66%
Surrey +29 22 £158 -61.81%
Hampshire -7 8 £303 -13.57%
Middlesex +6 3 - -
Buckinghamshire +2 2 - -
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 129 (68.25%) Telecoms
2 90 (47.62%) ATM
3 83 (43.92%) SDH
4 75 (39.68%) MPLS
5 52 (27.51%) 3G
6 51 (26.98%) Ericsson
7 50 (26.46%) 2G
7 50 (26.46%) LTE
8 49 (25.93%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 44 (23.28%) Project Management
10 36 (19.05%) Huawei
11 34 (17.99%) Radio Access Network
12 33 (17.46%) TCP/IP
12 33 (17.46%) VPN
13 32 (16.93%) WAN
14 31 (16.40%) BGP
15 30 (15.87%) LAN
16 24 (12.70%) NEC
17 23 (12.17%) BT
18 22 (11.64%) Capacity Planning
18 22 (11.64%) DWDM
18 22 (11.64%) Internet
18 22 (11.64%) OSPF
19 19 (10.05%) Cisco Certification
19 19 (10.05%) Network Design
20 18 (9.524%) Migration
20 18 (9.524%) Security Cleared
20 18 (9.524%) CCNA
20 18 (9.524%) Cisco
21 17 (8.995%) Microsoft

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 2 (1.058%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.587%) MS Exchange
2 2 (1.058%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (1.058%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (1.058%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (1.058%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 16 (8.466%) MS Office
2 14 (7.407%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.587%) MS Project
4 1 (0.529%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.058%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.529%) Minerva
Communications & Networking
1 90 (47.62%) ATM
2 83 (43.92%) SDH
3 75 (39.68%) MPLS
4 52 (27.51%) 3G
5 50 (26.46%) 2G
5 50 (26.46%) LTE
6 34 (17.99%) Radio Access Network
7 33 (17.46%) TCP/IP
7 33 (17.46%) VPN
8 32 (16.93%) WAN
9 31 (16.40%) BGP
10 30 (15.87%) LAN
11 22 (11.64%) DWDM
11 22 (11.64%) Internet
11 22 (11.64%) OSPF
12 16 (8.466%) ADSL
13 15 (7.937%) EIGRP
14 13 (6.878%) HSRP
15 12 (6.349%) RSVP
15 12 (6.349%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.058%) MS Access
2 1 (0.529%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.587%) Rational DOORS
General
1 129 (68.25%) Telecoms
2 14 (7.407%) Front Office
3 7 (3.704%) Finance
4 2 (1.058%) Military
4 2 (1.058%) Electronics
4 2 (1.058%) Automotive
5 1 (0.529%) Back Office
5 1 (0.529%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 73 (38.62%) Transmission Engineer
2 72 (38.10%) Design Engineer
3 32 (16.93%) Network Engineer
4 18 (9.524%) Analyst
5 15 (7.937%) Network Design Engineer
6 11 (5.820%) Test Engineer
7 10 (5.291%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.233%) Network Support
8 8 (4.233%) Field Engineer
8 8 (4.233%) Service Analyst
8 8 (4.233%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.704%) Network Support Engineer
9 7 (3.704%) Transmission Planning Engineer
10 6 (3.175%) Access Transmission Engineer
10 6 (3.175%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.175%) Service Desk Analyst
10 6 (3.175%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.175%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.646%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (2.646%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.175%) Blackberry
2 3 (1.587%) Clustering
3 2 (1.058%) STB
3 2 (1.058%) IPTV
3 2 (1.058%) Device Driver
3 2 (1.058%) Firmware
3 2 (1.058%) DTV
3 2 (1.058%) MPEG
3 2 (1.058%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.529%) IVR
4 1 (0.529%) VHDL
4 1 (0.529%) Derivative
4 1 (0.529%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (0.529%) e-Health
4 1 (0.529%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.529%) SCADA
4 1 (0.529%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.995%) Windows
2 12 (6.349%) Windows XP
3 7 (3.704%) Linux
4 6 (3.175%) Windows 7
4 6 (3.175%) Mac OS X
5 5 (2.646%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (2.646%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.058%) Windows 8
6 2 (1.058%) VxWorks
6 2 (1.058%) UNIX
6 2 (1.058%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.28%) Project Management
2 22 (11.64%) Capacity Planning
3 19 (10.05%) Network Design
4 18 (9.524%) Migration
5 8 (4.233%) Network Management
6 7 (3.704%) Project Planning
7 6 (3.175%) B2B
7 6 (3.175%) Software Distribution
8 5 (2.646%) ITIL
8 5 (2.646%) Service Management
8 5 (2.646%) Network Planning
8 5 (2.646%) Capacity Management
9 4 (2.116%) Time Management
9 4 (2.116%) Load Balancing
9 4 (2.116%) Incident Management
9 4 (2.116%) ITSM
9 4 (2.116%) PRINCE2
10 3 (1.587%) Business Analysis
10 3 (1.587%) Network Architecture
10 3 (1.587%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.349%) C
2 6 (3.175%) C++
3 3 (1.587%) Java
3 3 (1.587%) SQL
3 3 (1.587%) Python
3 3 (1.587%) Bash shell
4 2 (1.058%) VB
5 1 (0.529%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (10.05%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (9.524%) Security Cleared
2 18 (9.524%) CCNA
3 16 (8.466%) CCNP
4 13 (6.878%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.587%) Degree
5 3 (1.587%) BC Cleared
6 2 (1.058%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.058%) HNC
6 2 (1.058%) PMP
6 2 (1.058%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.529%) EMC Certification
7 1 (0.529%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.529%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.291%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.349%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.175%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.529%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 8 (4.233%) SCCM
1 8 (4.233%) Unicenter
2 4 (2.116%) SCOM
3 2 (1.058%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (1.058%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.529%) OpenView
Vendors
1 51 (26.98%) Ericsson
2 49 (25.93%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 36 (19.05%) Huawei
4 24 (12.70%) NEC
5 23 (12.17%) BT
6 18 (9.524%) Cisco
7 17 (8.995%) Microsoft
8 11 (5.820%) HP
9 10 (5.291%) Nokia
10 9 (4.762%) Citrix
10 9 (4.762%) VMware
11 8 (4.233%) FrontRange
11 8 (4.233%) CA
11 8 (4.233%) Royalblue
12 7 (3.704%) Remedy
13 6 (3.175%) Cramer
13 6 (3.175%) Alcatel-Lucent
14 4 (2.116%) Nortel
15 3 (1.587%) Dell
15 3 (1.587%) Juniper
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