The first table below looks at the demand for FTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FTP over the 3 months to 20 June 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 West 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Rank 107 121 125
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +4
Contract jobs citing FTP 3 14 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.147% 0.454% 0.098%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.984% 3.182% 0.800%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 0
Average daily rate £300 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £330 £413
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+36.00% -13.79%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
305 440 375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.97% 14.27% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 210 163
Average daily rate £350 £375 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £264 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 42 49
Average hourly rate £21.25 £24.38 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% -15.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £20.00 £17.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.70 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
FTP
England

FTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West FTP Jobs Demand Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West FTP Daily Rate Trend

FTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West FTP Hourly Rate Trend

FTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Dorset -6 2 - - 1
Gloucestershire - - - -
Bristol - - - -
Devon - - - -
FTP
England

FTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing FTP 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 FTP.

1 4 (57.14%) SQL
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) C
2 3 (42.86%) HTTP
3 2 (28.57%) TOAD
3 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) ISEB
3 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
3 2 (28.57%) EPoS
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
3 2 (28.57%) Middleware
3 2 (28.57%) 3G
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile Commerce
3 2 (28.57%) Solaris
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 2 (28.57%) GPRS
3 2 (28.57%) VBScript
3 2 (28.57%) VB
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
3 2 (28.57%) JDBC
3 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 2 (28.57%) ODBC
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing FTP 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 FTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Middleware
1 2 (28.57%) JDBC
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
1 2 (28.57%) ODBC
2 1 (14.29%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) HTTP
2 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
2 2 (28.57%) 3G
2 2 (28.57%) GPRS
2 2 (28.57%) IPsec
3 1 (14.29%) RTSP
3 1 (14.29%) IMAP
3 1 (14.29%) POP3
3 1 (14.29%) SMTP
3 1 (14.29%) ICMP
3 1 (14.29%) RTCP
3 1 (14.29%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
1 2 (28.57%) JProbe
1 2 (28.57%) Introscope
1 2 (28.57%) JProfiler
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Help Desk Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Applications Support
1 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Testing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) QA Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) QA Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) EPoS
1 2 (28.57%) SWIFT
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Solaris
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile Commerce
2 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) C
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
3 2 (28.57%) VBScript
3 2 (28.57%) VB
3 2 (28.57%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (28.57%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) HP
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) ATG
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