The first table below looks at the demand for IPv6 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 IPv6 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 Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 211 244 237
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -7
Contract jobs citing IPv6 18 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.227% 0.019% 0.049%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.201% 0.091% 0.267%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
Average daily rate £240 - £165
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £388 £290
% change year-on-year
-25.16% +33.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £52.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-39.04% +87.50%
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%
IPv6
England

IPv6
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IPv6 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East IPv6 Jobs Demand Trend

IPv6
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IPv6 across the South East region.

South East IPv6 Daily Rate Trend

IPv6
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IPv6 across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East IPv6 Daily Rate Histogram

IPv6
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IPv6 across the South East region.

South East IPv6 Hourly Rate Trend

IPv6
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPv6 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
Kent - 9 £240 -
Hampshire - 7 £350 -
Berkshire +14 2 £403 -
IPv6
England

IPv6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing IPv6 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 IPv6.

1 23 (65.71%) OSPF
2 22 (62.86%) Juniper
3 20 (57.14%) MPLS
4 19 (54.29%) Internet
4 19 (54.29%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (54.29%) CCNP
5 18 (51.43%) BGP
6 17 (48.57%) HP
6 17 (48.57%) DHCP
6 17 (48.57%) DNS
7 16 (45.71%) TCP/IP
8 15 (42.86%) Cisco
9 13 (37.14%) Wireless
9 13 (37.14%) Degree
10 12 (34.29%) JNCIP
10 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
10 12 (34.29%) Legal
11 11 (31.43%) Firewall
12 10 (28.57%) IPsec
12 10 (28.57%) Change Management
12 10 (28.57%) VLAN
12 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (28.57%) RHCE
12 10 (28.57%) MCSE
12 10 (28.57%) VoIP
12 10 (28.57%) Aruba
13 9 (25.71%) Windows
13 9 (25.71%) VPN
13 9 (25.71%) SCOM
14 8 (22.86%) HSRP

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing IPv6 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 IPv6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.714%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 23 (65.71%) OSPF
2 20 (57.14%) MPLS
3 19 (54.29%) Internet
4 18 (51.43%) BGP
5 17 (48.57%) DHCP
5 17 (48.57%) DNS
6 16 (45.71%) TCP/IP
7 13 (37.14%) Wireless
8 11 (31.43%) Firewall
9 10 (28.57%) IPsec
9 10 (28.57%) VLAN
9 10 (28.57%) VoIP
10 9 (25.71%) VPN
11 8 (22.86%) HSRP
12 7 (20.00%) WAN
12 7 (20.00%) VPLS
13 5 (14.29%) Ethernet
13 5 (14.29%) WLAN
13 5 (14.29%) LAN
14 3 (8.571%) Junos
General
1 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
1 12 (34.29%) Legal
2 2 (5.714%) Electronics
3 1 (2.857%) Military
3 1 (2.857%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Network Analyst
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
2 8 (22.86%) Network Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) IP Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Server Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) IP Network Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Server Support Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Project Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Server Support
6 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Desktop Support
7 3 (8.571%) Test Engineer
8 2 (5.714%) Technical Manager
9 1 (2.857%) Network Consultant
9 1 (2.857%) Consultant
9 1 (2.857%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) PKI
2 3 (8.571%) Smart Meter
3 2 (5.714%) Handset
3 2 (5.714%) NHS
3 2 (5.714%) ASIC
4 1 (2.857%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (14.29%) Linux
3 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (5.714%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.857%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Change Management
2 4 (11.43%) Project Management
2 4 (11.43%) Network Management
3 3 (8.571%) Product Management
3 3 (8.571%) Release Management
3 3 (8.571%) Load Balancing
4 2 (5.714%) Time Management
4 2 (5.714%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.857%) Network Security Management
5 1 (2.857%) Security Management
5 1 (2.857%) Network Design
5 1 (2.857%) Stress Testing
5 1 (2.857%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.857%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) VBScript
1 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.714%) C
3 1 (2.857%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) Cisco Certification
1 19 (54.29%) CCNP
2 13 (37.14%) Degree
3 12 (34.29%) JNCIP
4 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (28.57%) RHCE
4 10 (28.57%) MCSE
5 7 (20.00%) CCNA
6 1 (2.857%) HND
6 1 (2.857%) CCSP
6 1 (2.857%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.857%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
1 6 (17.14%) Terminal Services
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.857%) ISA Server
3 1 (2.857%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) SCOM
2 1 (2.857%) Legato
2 1 (2.857%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.857%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (62.86%) Juniper
2 17 (48.57%) HP
3 15 (42.86%) Cisco
4 10 (28.57%) Aruba
5 6 (17.14%) VMware
5 6 (17.14%) Citrix
6 5 (14.29%) Dell
6 5 (14.29%) EMC
7 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
8 2 (5.714%) Red Hat
9 1 (2.857%) Veritas