South West TCP/IP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Cramlington Crawley Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torfaen Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	49	67
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	106	114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.141 %	0.115 %
As % of the category below	15.73 %	13.97 %
Daily rates quoted	16	13
Average minimum daily rate	£291	£265
Average daily rate	£330	£273
% change on same period last year	+21.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£281
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£310
% change on same period last year	+1.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	32
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.92	£25.17
Average hourly rate	£26.00	£26.41
% change on same period last year	-1.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.08	£27.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.03	£25.94
% change on same period last year	-11.20 %
Communications & Networking South West
Matching contract IT job ads	674	816
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.898 %	0.826 %
Daily rates quoted	200	168
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£328
Average daily rate	£339	£345
% change on same period last year	-1.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	106	131
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.71	£25.53
Average hourly rate	£26.55	£27.48
% change on same period last year	-3.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.39	£29.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
TCP/IP England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

TCP/IP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TCP/IP across the South West region.

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the South West region.

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	+4	28	£325	-
Bristol	+17	19	£275	+8.55 %
Gloucestershire	+6	14	£372	-
Devon	+11	10	£325	-
Somerset	+7	9	-	-
Dorset	-5	5	-	-

TCP/IP England

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP.

1 86 (48.04 %) Windows 2 42 (23.46 %) LAN 3 41 (22.91 %) WAN 3 41 (22.91 %) MS Office 4 40 (22.35 %) Active Directory 5 34 (18.99 %) Citrix 5 34 (18.99 %) C 6 33 (18.44 %) DNS 7 29 (16.20 %) Telecoms 8 28 (15.64 %) Lotus 8 28 (15.64 %) UNIX 8 28 (15.64 %) Lotus Notes 9 27 (15.08 %) Microsoft 10 25 (13.97 %) Cognos Impromptu 10 25 (13.97 %) Oracle

10 25 (13.97 %) InterBase 11 24 (13.41 %) MS Exchange 12 23 (12.85 %) DHCP 13 22 (12.29 %) Linux 13 22 (12.29 %) Cisco 14 21 (11.73 %) Security Cleared 15 20 (11.17 %) Firewall 16 19 (10.61 %) C++ 16 19 (10.61 %) Perl 17 17 (9.497 %) Exchange Server 2003 17 17 (9.497 %) Solaris 17 17 (9.497 %) MPLS 18 16 (8.939 %) OSPF 18 16 (8.939 %) Microsoft Certification 18 16 (8.939 %) Windows XP

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing TCP/IP 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 TCP/IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (5.028 %) CSS 2 5 (2.793 %) MFC 3 2 (1.117 %) .NET 4 1 (0.559 %) HTML 4 1 (0.559 %) ADO 4 1 (0.559 %) XML 4 1 (0.559 %) Middleware 4 1 (0.559 %) WinForms 4 1 (0.559 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 28 (15.64 %) Lotus Notes 2 24 (13.41 %) MS Exchange 3 17 (9.497 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 11 (6.145 %) IIS 5 6 (3.352 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 4 (2.235 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 3 (1.676 %) SharePoint 8 2 (1.117 %) Documentum 8 2 (1.117 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 1 (0.559 %) Office Communications Server 9 1 (0.559 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 41 (22.91 %) MS Office 2 10 (5.587 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.676 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.559 %) Simulink	Business Applications 1 5 (2.793 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 42 (23.46 %) LAN 2 41 (22.91 %) WAN 3 33 (18.44 %) DNS 4 23 (12.85 %) DHCP 5 20 (11.17 %) Firewall 6 17 (9.497 %) MPLS 7 16 (8.939 %) OSPF 8 15 (8.380 %) Ethernet 9 14 (7.821 %) VPN 10 13 (7.263 %) SAN 11 12 (6.704 %) DSL 12 10 (5.587 %) BGP 12 10 (5.587 %) SMTP 12 10 (5.587 %) ADSL 13 9 (5.028 %) SDH 13 9 (5.028 %) VoIP 14 8 (4.469 %) SNMP 15 7 (3.911 %) PBX 16 6 (3.352 %) PPP 16 6 (3.352 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (13.97 %) Cognos Impromptu 1 25 (13.97 %) InterBase 2 7 (3.911 %) SQL Server 2005 2 7 (3.911 %) SQL Server 3 2 (1.117 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.559 %) GIS 4 1 (0.559 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 7 (3.911 %) PVCS 2 5 (2.793 %) ClearCase 3 4 (2.235 %) LabVIEW 4 2 (1.117 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (0.559 %) ClearQuest	General 1 29 (16.20 %) Telecoms 2 6 (3.352 %) Aerospace 3 5 (2.793 %) Government 4 4 (2.235 %) Electronics 5 3 (1.676 %) Law 5 3 (1.676 %) Military 5 3 (1.676 %) Electric 6 2 (1.117 %) Marketing 6 2 (1.117 %) Finance 7 1 (0.559 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.559 %) Health 7 1 (0.559 %) Education 7 1 (0.559 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 38 (21.23 %) Analyst 2 24 (13.41 %) Software Engineer 3 18 (10.06 %) Network Engineer 4 13 (7.263 %) NOC Engineer 5 12 (6.704 %) Support Analyst 6 11 (6.145 %) 2nd Line Support 6 11 (6.145 %) Helpdesk Analyst 7 10 (5.587 %) Administrator 8 9 (5.028 %) 1st Line Support 9 8 (4.469 %) 3rd Line Support 9 8 (4.469 %) Network Support 10 7 (3.911 %) Service Analyst 10 7 (3.911 %) Service Desk Analyst 11 6 (3.352 %) Consultant 11 6 (3.352 %) Systems Administrator 11 6 (3.352 %) Systems Engineer 11 6 (3.352 %) UNIX Engineer 12 5 (2.793 %) PC Support 12 5 (2.793 %) Embedded Software Engineer 12 5 (2.793 %) Developer	Miscellaneous 1 10 (5.587 %) Clustering 2 5 (2.793 %) Client/Server 3 4 (2.235 %) Multithreading 4 2 (1.117 %) Computer Science 4 2 (1.117 %) PKI 4 2 (1.117 %) Firmware 4 2 (1.117 %) HACMP 5 1 (0.559 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.559 %) DTV 5 1 (0.559 %) STB 5 1 (0.559 %) Thin Client 5 1 (0.559 %) MPEG 5 1 (0.559 %) NHS 5 1 (0.559 %) IPTV 5 1 (0.559 %) PDA 5 1 (0.559 %) Physics 5 1 (0.559 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 86 (48.04 %) Windows 2 28 (15.64 %) UNIX 3 22 (12.29 %) Linux 4 17 (9.497 %) Solaris 5 16 (8.939 %) Windows XP 6 13 (7.263 %) Windows Server 2003 7 12 (6.704 %) HPUX 8 9 (5.028 %) Windows 2000 9 6 (3.352 %) Windows NT 9 6 (3.352 %) VxWorks 10 3 (1.676 %) Windows CE 10 3 (1.676 %) Windows Vista 11 2 (1.117 %) AIX 12 1 (0.559 %) NetWare 12 1 (0.559 %) Windows Mobile 12 1 (0.559 %) Nucleus RTOS 12 1 (0.559 %) Embedded Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (11.73 %) Security Cleared 2 13 (7.263 %) DV Cleared 3 9 (5.028 %) Service Management 4 8 (4.469 %) Network Design 5 5 (2.793 %) UML 5 5 (2.793 %) Configuration Management 6 4 (2.235 %) Release Management 6 4 (2.235 %) SC Cleared 6 4 (2.235 %) Agile Software Development 7 3 (1.676 %) Data Protection 7 3 (1.676 %) Change Management 8 2 (1.117 %) Disaster Recovery 8 2 (1.117 %) ITIL 8 2 (1.117 %) Software Engineering 9 1 (0.559 %) Requirements Management 9 1 (0.559 %) Load Balancing 9 1 (0.559 %) Integration Testing 9 1 (0.559 %) Test Scripting 9 1 (0.559 %) Data Migration 9 1 (0.559 %) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages 1 34 (18.99 %) C 2 19 (10.61 %) C++ 2 19 (10.61 %) Perl 3 12 (6.704 %) SQL 4 10 (5.587 %) C# 4 10 (5.587 %) Shell Script 5 9 (5.028 %) Embedded C 6 3 (1.676 %) Tcl 6 3 (1.676 %) VC++ 6 3 (1.676 %) VBScript 6 3 (1.676 %) VB 7 2 (1.117 %) Korn 8 1 (0.559 %) VB.NET 8 1 (0.559 %) Delphi 8 1 (0.559 %) Java 8 1 (0.559 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 16 (8.939 %) Microsoft Certification 2 14 (7.821 %) MCSE 3 12 (6.704 %) Cisco Certification 4 9 (5.028 %) CCNP 4 9 (5.028 %) CCNA 5 7 (3.911 %) MCSA 6 4 (2.235 %) MCP 6 4 (2.235 %) Degree 7 3 (1.676 %) Citrix Certification 8 2 (1.117 %) CCA 8 2 (1.117 %) HNC 9 1 (0.559 %) HND 9 1 (0.559 %) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (3.352 %) SLA	System Software 1 40 (22.35 %) Active Directory 2 12 (6.704 %) NFS 3 11 (6.145 %) Backup Exec 4 4 (2.235 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 4 (2.235 %) Terminal Services 5 3 (1.676 %) VMware ESX 6 2 (1.117 %) Samba 7 1 (0.559 %) Terminal Server 7 1 (0.559 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 5 (2.793 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 3 (1.676 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (1.676 %) Tivoli 2 3 (1.676 %) Tivoli Remote Control 3 1 (0.559 %) MIMEsweeper 3 1 (0.559 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 34 (18.99 %) Citrix 2 28 (15.64 %) Lotus 3 27 (15.08 %) Microsoft 4 25 (13.97 %) Oracle 5 22 (12.29 %) Cisco 6 14 (7.821 %) HP 7 10 (5.587 %) VMware 8 8 (4.469 %) Alcatel 9 7 (3.911 %) IBM 10 6 (3.352 %) Dell 11 5 (2.793 %) Lucent 12 4 (2.235 %) Redback 12 4 (2.235 %) Agilent 12 4 (2.235 %) Fujitsu 13 3 (1.676 %) McAfee Security 13 3 (1.676 %) VERITAS 13 3 (1.676 %) Ericsson 13 3 (1.676 %) Avaya 13 3 (1.676 %) Intel 14 2 (1.117 %) Symantec