The first table below looks at the demand for IPv6 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 IPv6 over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 109 136 119
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -17
Contract jobs citing IPv6 2 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.100% 0.154% 0.279%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.685% 0.931% 2.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
Average daily rate - £450 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +55.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £388 £290
% change year-on-year
-25.16% +33.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £52.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-39.04% +87.50%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
292 537 380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.53% 16.55% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 276 154
Average daily rate £353 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.87% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £265 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 38 54
Average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.93 £18.95 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.10 £42.50 £41.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West 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 West region.

South West IPv6 Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wiltshire -1 2 - -
IPv6
England

IPv6
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCDP
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCDP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
Swindon, Wiltshire
A good understanding of WAN technologies including Ethernet. * Previous experience in IP networking and routing including OSPF, ISIS and BGP. * Previous experience of VPNs using MPLS and IPSec. *...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013