The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 72 116 78
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -38
Contract jobs citing Internet 186 144 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 2.348% 1.392% 2.085%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.41% 6.566% 11.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 54 85
Average daily rate £320 £336 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.83% +1.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £148 £164 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 36
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -31.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.41 £11.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -23.07%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1499 2193 1876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.92% 21.20% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 637 654
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £190 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 193 231
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 £13.18 £13.68 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Internet
England

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Internet Hourly Rate Histogram

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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 +13 62 £210 -36.36%
Hampshire +29 43 £370 +64.44%
Surrey +23 29 £450 +31.38%
Oxfordshire +4 16 £320 -8.57%
Kent - 10 £240 -
Buckinghamshire +1 9 £350 -24.32%
East Sussex +10 7 £210 +5.00%
West Sussex +17 6 £350 +150.00%
Middlesex +4 3 £250 -35.48%
Internet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 110 (31.52%) Windows
2 75 (21.49%) Microsoft
3 70 (20.06%) Security Cleared
4 62 (17.77%) TCP/IP
5 59 (16.91%) Firewall
6 58 (16.62%) Cisco
7 57 (16.33%) SC Cleared
8 48 (13.75%) Telecoms
9 44 (12.61%) Active Directory
9 44 (12.61%) Oracle
10 43 (12.32%) MS Office
10 43 (12.32%) Windows Server 2003
11 42 (12.03%) DNS
11 42 (12.03%) WAN
11 42 (12.03%) LAN
11 42 (12.03%) Finance
12 41 (11.75%) MS Excel
13 40 (11.46%) VPN
14 39 (11.17%) SQL
14 39 (11.17%) Cisco Certification
15 38 (10.89%) HP
16 36 (10.32%) MPLS
16 36 (10.32%) Degree
17 35 (10.03%) Citrix
17 35 (10.03%) Juniper
18 33 (9.456%) Windows XP
18 33 (9.456%) Solaris
19 32 (9.169%) Migration
20 31 (8.883%) ITIL
20 31 (8.883%) HTML

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 31 (8.883%) HTML
2 29 (8.309%) .NET
3 26 (7.450%) CSS
4 23 (6.590%) XML
5 15 (4.298%) jQuery
6 14 (4.011%) XSLT
6 14 (4.011%) ASP.NET
7 11 (3.152%) Java EE
8 10 (2.865%) WebSphere
9 9 (2.579%) HTML5
9 9 (2.579%) OC4J
9 9 (2.579%) ASP
9 9 (2.579%) Web Services
10 8 (2.292%) XHTML
10 8 (2.292%) J2EE
11 7 (2.006%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (1.719%) Spring
12 6 (1.719%) JSF
12 6 (1.719%) Ajax
12 6 (1.719%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 31 (8.883%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.731%) Apache
3 18 (5.158%) MS Exchange
4 11 (3.152%) Lotus Notes
4 11 (3.152%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (3.152%) CMS
5 10 (2.865%) Oracle Application Server
5 10 (2.865%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 10 (2.865%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (2.292%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (2.006%) IIS
7 7 (2.006%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (1.719%) WebLogic
8 6 (1.719%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (1.146%) WebLogic Portal
9 4 (1.146%) Lync
10 3 (0.860%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (0.860%) Confluence
10 3 (0.860%) OpenCms
11 2 (0.573%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 43 (12.32%) MS Office
2 41 (11.75%) MS Excel
3 17 (4.871%) Photoshop
4 14 (4.011%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (2.006%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (1.719%) Office 365
7 5 (1.433%) MS Project
8 4 (1.146%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.860%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.573%) Fireworks
10 2 (0.573%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.287%) Google Apps
11 1 (0.287%) QuarkXPress
11 1 (0.287%) PaintShop Pro
11 1 (0.287%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 3 (0.860%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (0.860%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.573%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.573%) Oracle HRMS
2 2 (0.573%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.573%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.287%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.287%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.287%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (0.287%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 62 (17.77%) TCP/IP
2 59 (16.91%) Firewall
3 42 (12.03%) DNS
3 42 (12.03%) WAN
3 42 (12.03%) LAN
4 40 (11.46%) VPN
5 36 (10.32%) MPLS
6 31 (8.883%) SMTP
6 31 (8.883%) OSPF
6 31 (8.883%) Intranet
7 29 (8.309%) HTTP
7 29 (8.309%) BGP
7 29 (8.309%) SAN
8 28 (8.023%) Intrusion Detection
9 26 (7.450%) DHCP
10 23 (6.590%) Ethernet
11 19 (5.444%) VLAN
11 19 (5.444%) IPv6
12 16 (4.585%) NAS
13 15 (4.298%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.590%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.152%) Oracle 10g
3 9 (2.579%) Oracle Discoverer
4 7 (2.006%) MySQL
5 6 (1.719%) InterSystems Cache
5 6 (1.719%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.146%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (1.146%) TOAD
6 4 (1.146%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (0.573%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (0.573%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.573%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.573%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (0.573%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.287%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.287%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.287%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.287%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.287%) Oracle OWB
8 1 (0.287%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.865%) Visual Studio
2 8 (2.292%) JIRA
2 8 (2.292%) Dreamweaver
3 7 (2.006%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (1.433%) Maven
5 4 (1.146%) jMock
5 4 (1.146%) LabVIEW
5 4 (1.146%) JUnit
5 4 (1.146%) EasyMock
6 2 (0.573%) Selenium
6 2 (0.573%) InterDev
6 2 (0.573%) WinRunner
6 2 (0.573%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.573%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.287%) Git (software)
7 1 (0.287%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.287%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.287%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.287%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.287%) ClearCase
General
1 48 (13.75%) Telecoms
2 42 (12.03%) Finance
3 20 (5.731%) Legal
4 16 (4.585%) Marketing
5 13 (3.725%) Publishing
6 11 (3.152%) Retail
7 5 (1.433%) Back Office
7 5 (1.433%) Billing
8 4 (1.146%) Law
9 2 (0.573%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.573%) Advertising
9 2 (0.573%) Games
9 2 (0.573%) Military
9 2 (0.573%) Front Office
10 1 (0.287%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.287%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.287%) Banking
10 1 (0.287%) French Language
10 1 (0.287%) German Language
10 1 (0.287%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 78 (22.35%) Analyst
2 38 (10.89%) Developer
3 34 (9.742%) Architect
4 26 (7.450%) Network Engineer
4 26 (7.450%) Support Engineer
5 24 (6.877%) Project Manager
6 22 (6.304%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (6.017%) Administrator
8 19 (5.444%) Service Analyst
8 19 (5.444%) Support Analyst
9 17 (4.871%) Service Desk Analyst
9 17 (4.871%) Designer
10 16 (4.585%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (4.011%) Network Analyst
12 12 (3.438%) IT Support
13 11 (3.152%) 1st Line Support
13 11 (3.152%) Security Analyst
14 10 (2.865%) .NET Developer
14 10 (2.865%) Security Engineer
14 10 (2.865%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.011%) Mobile App
2 13 (3.725%) Blackberry
3 10 (2.865%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.292%) Computer Science
5 7 (2.006%) Clustering
6 6 (1.719%) CESG
7 5 (1.433%) Social Media
7 5 (1.433%) NHS
7 5 (1.433%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.433%) PDA
8 4 (1.146%) Cryptography
8 4 (1.146%) Thin Client
8 4 (1.146%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.146%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.146%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.860%) Open Source
9 3 (0.860%) RMADS
9 3 (0.860%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.860%) PMI
9 3 (0.860%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 110 (31.52%) Windows
2 43 (12.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 33 (9.456%) Windows XP
3 33 (9.456%) Solaris
4 31 (8.883%) Windows 7
5 30 (8.596%) Windows Server 2008
6 24 (6.877%) UNIX
7 23 (6.590%) Linux
8 12 (3.438%) Windows 2000
9 11 (3.152%) Windows Vista
10 6 (1.719%) Mac OS X
11 5 (1.433%) Windows NT
12 4 (1.146%) Windows 8
12 4 (1.146%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.573%) OpenBSD
13 2 (0.573%) FreeBSD
13 2 (0.573%) AIX
14 1 (0.287%) CentOS
14 1 (0.287%) Android
14 1 (0.287%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (9.169%) Migration
2 31 (8.883%) ITIL
3 29 (8.309%) Incident Management
4 26 (7.450%) Project Management
5 21 (6.017%) E-Commerce
6 17 (4.871%) CRM
6 17 (4.871%) UML
6 17 (4.871%) Disaster Recovery
7 16 (4.585%) Network Load Balancing
7 16 (4.585%) PRINCE2
8 15 (4.298%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (4.011%) Change Management
10 13 (3.725%) ITSM
10 13 (3.725%) Service Delivery
11 12 (3.438%) Scrum
11 12 (3.438%) Content Management
11 12 (3.438%) Service Management
12 11 (3.152%) OO
13 10 (2.865%) TOGAF
13 10 (2.865%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 39 (11.17%) SQL
2 30 (8.596%) JavaScript
3 26 (7.450%) Java
4 21 (6.017%) C#
4 21 (6.017%) PHP
5 14 (4.011%) C++
6 13 (3.725%) Python
7 12 (3.438%) Perl
7 12 (3.438%) VB
8 10 (2.865%) C
9 9 (2.579%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.579%) XQuery
10 8 (2.292%) VB.NET
11 6 (1.719%) VB6
12 3 (0.860%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.573%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.287%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
14 1 (0.287%) VBScript
14 1 (0.287%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 70 (20.06%) Security Cleared
2 57 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.17%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (10.32%) Degree
5 25 (7.163%) CCNP
5 25 (7.163%) CCNA
6 22 (6.304%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (5.444%) MCSE
8 12 (3.438%) JNCIP
8 12 (3.438%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.152%) ISEB
9 11 (3.152%) RHCE
10 10 (2.865%) CISSP
11 8 (2.292%) GIAC
11 8 (2.292%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (1.719%) GCIA
12 6 (1.719%) MCP
12 6 (1.719%) APMP
13 5 (1.433%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.146%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.450%) SLA
2 10 (2.865%) QA
3 7 (2.006%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.146%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.287%) JSP 440
System Software
1 44 (12.61%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.304%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.152%) Microsoft App-V
4 9 (2.579%) XenApp
5 7 (2.006%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (1.433%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.433%) vSphere
6 5 (1.433%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.860%) Sendmail
7 3 (0.860%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 3 (0.860%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.860%) ISA Server
7 3 (0.860%) NFS
7 3 (0.860%) Snort
8 2 (0.573%) MetaFrame
8 2 (0.573%) UAG
9 1 (0.287%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.287%) Postfix
9 1 (0.287%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.287%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 15 (4.298%) SCCM
2 10 (2.865%) Unicenter
3 5 (1.433%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (1.433%) Norton AntiVirus
3 5 (1.433%) Backup Exec
4 4 (1.146%) OpenView
4 4 (1.146%) Tivoli
4 4 (1.146%) SCOM
5 3 (0.860%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.573%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.573%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.573%) MOM
7 1 (0.287%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.287%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.287%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 75 (21.49%) Microsoft
2 58 (16.62%) Cisco
3 44 (12.61%) Oracle
4 38 (10.89%) HP
5 35 (10.03%) Citrix
5 35 (10.03%) Juniper
6 30 (8.596%) VMware
7 24 (6.877%) McAfee
8 14 (4.011%) CA
8 14 (4.011%) CheckPoint
9 13 (3.725%) Lotus
9 13 (3.725%) Remedy
9 13 (3.725%) Radware
10 12 (3.438%) Blue Coat
11 11 (3.152%) F5
12 10 (2.865%) Symantec
12 10 (2.865%) Aruba
13 9 (2.579%) Adobe
13 9 (2.579%) Dell
13 9 (2.579%) Royalblue
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