The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP 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 Suffolk 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
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 27 22 32
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +10
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 2 17 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.258% 6.746% 1.604%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 22.67% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
Average daily rate - £325 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +85.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £273 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.38% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £11.50 £33.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.67% +78.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £21.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-25.88% -15.00%
All Communications & Networking
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
14 75 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 8.805% 29.76% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 33 6
Average daily rate £133 £313 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.60% -0.79%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
Average hourly rate £11.75 £37.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.66% +100.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £22.88 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £47.50 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Suffolk TCP/IP Jobs Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Suffolk 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
Bury St Edmunds - 2 - -
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 3 (75.00%) MS Office
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) BSS
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) BSS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
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