The first table below looks at the demand for FTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FTP over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Rank 26 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing FTP 6 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 2.281% 1.533% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.64% 8.889% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £150 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £320 £463
% change year-on-year
-1.17% -30.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £23.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
-34.78% -20.68%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
44 45 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 16.73% 17.24% 18.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 26 26
Average daily rate £360 £360 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +30.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £28.50 £48.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.36% -40.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.00 £33.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £35.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
FTP
Yorkshire

FTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Rotherham +2 1 £143 -
FTP
Yorkshire

FTP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 9 (81.82%) IIS
3 2 (18.18%) XML
4 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) ActionScript
4 1 (9.091%) Linux
4 1 (9.091%) Cognos
4 1 (9.091%) EDI
4 1 (9.091%) ERP
4 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
4 1 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (9.091%) Firewall
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
4 1 (9.091%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (9.091%) Software Deployment

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) XML
3 1 (9.091%) EDI
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) IIS
2 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
1 1 (9.091%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Support
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) EDI Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) EDI Business Analyst
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) ERP
1 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (9.091%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
1 1 (9.091%) ActionScript
1 1 (9.091%) ActionScript 2.0
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle
1 1 (9.091%) Cognos