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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHCP over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkDynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank294205276
Rank change year-on-year
Down-89Up+71
Matching contract IT job ads207265401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.431 %0.670 %0.488 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category3.793 %4.444 %3.734 %
Daily rates quoted6863107
Average daily rate£325£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£165£161
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£416£427£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£315£281
% change year-on-year
+3.170 %+12.00 %
Hourly rates quoted427376
Average hourly rate£16.25£24.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.29 %-4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.25£15.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.25£42.50£35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.50£28.00£20.50
% change year-on-year
-44.64 %+36.58 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5458596310740
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.37 %15.07 %13.07 %
Daily rates quoted210915092824
Average daily rate£350£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5286201509
Average hourly rate£22.50£23.62£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.740 %-9.150 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %

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.

DHCP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DHCP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

DHCP Demand Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DHCP within the UK.

DHCP Daily Rate Trend

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

DHCP Daily Rate Histogram

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DHCP within the UK.

DHCP Hourly Rate Trend

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

DHCP Hourly Rate Histogram

DHCP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-62200£325+8.33 %
LondonDown-63105£325+8.33 %
South EastDown-1335£325+4.83 %
South WestUp+522£325-16.12 %
City of LondonDown-6520£313-16.10 %
East of EnglandUp+714£380-5.00 %
North WestDown-2413£165-45.27 %
WiltshireUp+1812£325-
BerkshireUp+119--
SurreyDown-89£338+125.00 %
OxfordshireDown-169--
ManchesterDown-147£165-
HertfordshireUp+146--
SwindonNew entry-6£325-
ReadingUp+75--
BuckinghamshireDown-115--
YorkshireUp+94--
LeedsUp+84--
HampshireUp+74£300-
CambridgeshireUp+64£300-
UxbridgeNo change04£200-42.02 %
Milton KeynesDown-34--
West YorkshireDown-34--
East MidlandsDown-74--
OxfordDown-74--
North EastUp+113--
AbingdonNo change03--
West MidlandsDown-33£288-
CheshireDown-173--
ScotlandDown-273£265-

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DHCP 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 DHCP.

1439 (92.42 %)DNS
2328 (69.05 %)Windows
3270 (56.84 %)Active Directory
4201 (42.32 %)Windows Server 2003
5172 (36.21 %)Microsoft
5172 (36.21 %)TCP/IP
6142 (29.89 %)Firewall
7133 (28.00 %)MS Exchange
8119 (25.05 %)Citrix
9117 (24.63 %)Cisco
10109 (22.95 %)VMware
11107 (22.53 %)Windows Server 2008
1294 (19.79 %)Security Cleared
1389 (18.74 %)Windows XP
1487 (18.32 %)SAN
1585 (17.89 %)WAN
1684 (17.68 %)LAN
1684 (17.68 %)Linux
1778 (16.42 %)SQL Server
1875 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2003
1962 (13.05 %)Windows Vista
2060 (12.63 %)UNIX
2159 (12.42 %)HP
2257 (12.00 %)ITIL
2257 (12.00 %)SC Cleared
2356 (11.79 %)IIS
2455 (11.58 %)SQL
2455 (11.58 %)Windows 2000
2554 (11.37 %)VPN
2653 (11.16 %)Microsoft Certification

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DHCP 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 DHCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (4.000 %).NET
214 (2.947 %)XML
214 (2.947 %)WMI
311 (2.316 %)Application Packaging
49 (1.895 %)HTML
55 (1.053 %)ASP.NET
64 (0.842 %)AJAX
73 (0.632 %)J2EE
73 (0.632 %)Middleware
81 (0.211 %)WebSphere
81 (0.211 %).NET Framework
81 (0.211 %)Spring
81 (0.211 %)LAMP
81 (0.211 %)WSH
81 (0.211 %)ADSI
81 (0.211 %)JMS
81 (0.211 %)Web Services
81 (0.211 %)ASP
81 (0.211 %)X-Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1133 (28.00 %)MS Exchange
275 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2003
356 (11.79 %)IIS
450 (10.53 %)Exchange Server 2007
517 (3.579 %)Exchange Server 2000
613 (2.737 %)Lotus Notes
712 (2.526 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
89 (1.895 %)SharePoint
97 (1.474 %)Exchange Server 5.5
105 (1.053 %)Lotus Domino
114 (0.842 %)GroupWise
114 (0.842 %)Apache
123 (0.632 %)Tomcat
132 (0.421 %)Office Communications Server
141 (0.211 %)CMS
141 (0.211 %)EPiServer
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
146 (9.684 %)MS Office
231 (6.526 %)MS Excel
34 (0.842 %)MS Visio
43 (0.632 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.632 %)MS Project
52 (0.421 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.211 %)PrintSoft PReS
61 (0.211 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.053 %)SoftGrid
23 (0.632 %)3000 Xtra
31 (0.211 %)Line 50
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1439 (92.42 %)DNS
2172 (36.21 %)TCP/IP
3142 (29.89 %)Firewall
487 (18.32 %)SAN
585 (17.89 %)WAN
684 (17.68 %)LAN
754 (11.37 %)VPN
851 (10.74 %)Internet
943 (9.053 %)Wireless
1030 (6.316 %)VoIP
1129 (6.105 %)LDAP
1228 (5.895 %)MPLS
1326 (5.474 %)VLAN
1326 (5.474 %)Network Security
1425 (5.263 %)3G
1523 (4.842 %)OSPF
1622 (4.632 %)3GPP
1718 (3.789 %)SSL
1817 (3.579 %)Wireshark
1916 (3.368 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (16.42 %)SQL Server
234 (7.158 %)SQL Server 2005
321 (4.421 %)SQL Server 2000
413 (2.737 %)SQL Server 2008
511 (2.316 %)MySQL
61 (0.211 %)Oracle 11g
61 (0.211 %)RDBMS
61 (0.211 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.211 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (6.526 %)ClearCase
224 (5.053 %)ClearQuest
35 (1.053 %)TestDirector
41 (0.211 %)Atlassian Bamboo
41 (0.211 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.211 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
137 (7.789 %)Finance
137 (7.789 %)Banking
226 (5.474 %)Government
317 (3.579 %)Telecoms
412 (2.526 %)Investment Banking
511 (2.316 %)Law
610 (2.105 %)Legal
79 (1.895 %)Insurance
79 (1.895 %)Education
79 (1.895 %)Front Office
84 (0.842 %)Back Office
93 (0.632 %)Local Government
93 (0.632 %)Health
93 (0.632 %)Manufacturing
93 (0.632 %)Financial Institution
102 (0.421 %)Billing
102 (0.421 %)Marketing
102 (0.421 %)Auditing
111 (0.211 %)Games
111 (0.211 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1103 (21.68 %)Analyst
244 (9.263 %)Support Engineer
339 (8.211 %)Support Analyst
438 (8.000 %)Administrator
527 (5.684 %)Consultant
625 (5.263 %)Server Engineer
722 (4.632 %)Infrastructure Specialist
722 (4.632 %)Network Analyst
820 (4.211 %)Network Engineer
820 (4.211 %)Infrastructure Analyst
919 (4.000 %)3rd Line Support
919 (4.000 %)Architect
919 (4.000 %)Linux Engineer
1018 (3.789 %)Software Engineer
1018 (3.789 %)Systems Administrator
1117 (3.579 %)Desktop Support
1117 (3.579 %)Security Analyst
1216 (3.368 %)Test Engineer
1315 (3.158 %)Systems Engineer
1315 (3.158 %)Server Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
151 (10.74 %)Clustering
227 (5.684 %)Blackberry
227 (5.684 %)PKI
310 (2.105 %)Firmware
310 (2.105 %)Thin Client
310 (2.105 %)Fat Client
49 (1.895 %)PDA
58 (1.684 %)DTV
58 (1.684 %)Replication
67 (1.474 %)Client/Server
76 (1.263 %)STB
85 (1.053 %)German Language
94 (0.842 %)Russian Language
103 (0.632 %)Device Driver
103 (0.632 %)Smartcard
103 (0.632 %)Video Conferencing
112 (0.421 %)Cloud Computing
112 (0.421 %)Amazon EC2
112 (0.421 %)Open Source
112 (0.421 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1328 (69.05 %)Windows
2201 (42.32 %)Windows Server 2003
3107 (22.53 %)Windows Server 2008
489 (18.74 %)Windows XP
584 (17.68 %)Linux
662 (13.05 %)Windows Vista
760 (12.63 %)UNIX
855 (11.58 %)Windows 2000
941 (8.632 %)Red Hat Linux
1039 (8.211 %)Windows 2000 Server
1121 (4.421 %)Solaris
1216 (3.368 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1315 (3.158 %)Windows 7
148 (1.684 %)Windows NT
157 (1.474 %)Embedded Linux
166 (1.263 %)AIX
166 (1.263 %)Windows Mobile
174 (0.842 %)uClinux
174 (0.842 %)NetWare
182 (0.421 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
157 (12.00 %)ITIL
233 (6.947 %)Migration
330 (6.316 %)Configuration Management
418 (3.789 %)Test Automation
514 (2.947 %)Requirements Analysis
613 (2.737 %)Capacity Planning
613 (2.737 %)Load Balancing
712 (2.526 %)Software Testing
811 (2.316 %)User Acceptance Testing
811 (2.316 %)Change Management
910 (2.105 %)Project Management
107 (1.474 %)Service Management
107 (1.474 %)Performance Management
116 (1.263 %)Video Processing
116 (1.263 %)Disaster Recovery
116 (1.263 %)Logistics
125 (1.053 %)Problem Management
125 (1.053 %)Test Scripting
125 (1.053 %)PRINCE2
125 (1.053 %)Service Delivery
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
155 (11.58 %)SQL
252 (10.95 %)C
334 (7.158 %)Perl
424 (5.053 %)PowerShell
523 (4.842 %)VBScript
618 (3.789 %)VB
716 (3.368 %)Tcl
813 (2.737 %)VB.NET
813 (2.737 %)C#
912 (2.526 %)Bash shell
1011 (2.316 %)C++
116 (1.263 %)Shell Script
116 (1.263 %)PHP
116 (1.263 %)Assembly Language
123 (0.632 %)Korn
123 (0.632 %)Embedded C
123 (0.632 %)Embedded C++
123 (0.632 %)Java
131 (0.211 %)Ruby
131 (0.211 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
194 (19.79 %)Security Cleared
257 (12.00 %)SC Cleared
353 (11.16 %)Microsoft Certification
442 (8.842 %)MCSE
442 (8.842 %)Cisco Certification
525 (5.263 %)DV Cleared
622 (4.632 %)CCNA
721 (4.421 %)CCNP
820 (4.211 %)MCP
913 (2.737 %)Degree
108 (1.684 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
117 (1.474 %)MCITP
126 (1.263 %)MCSA
126 (1.263 %)Network+ Certification
135 (1.053 %)CCVP
135 (1.053 %)CCIE
144 (0.842 %)CCSA
153 (0.632 %)MCTS
153 (0.632 %)CCSE
153 (0.632 %)MOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (3.158 %)SLA
28 (1.684 %)QA
32 (0.421 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1270 (56.84 %)Active Directory
251 (10.74 %)VMware Infrastructure
342 (8.842 %)VMware ESX
421 (4.421 %)Citrix Presentation Server
518 (3.789 %)Hyper-V
617 (3.579 %)XenApp
617 (3.579 %)ISA Server
713 (2.737 %)Terminal Server
810 (2.105 %)NFS
97 (1.474 %)MetaFrame
97 (1.474 %)Veritas File System
106 (1.263 %)DFS Replication
115 (1.053 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
123 (0.632 %)VMware Workstation
123 (0.632 %)NDS
123 (0.632 %)Veritas Cluster Server
123 (0.632 %)XenDesktop
132 (0.421 %)XenServer
132 (0.421 %)vSphere
132 (0.421 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
134 (7.158 %)SCCM
229 (6.105 %)NetBackup
328 (5.895 %)MOM
426 (5.474 %)WSUS
523 (4.842 %)SCOM
622 (4.632 %)Backup Exec
721 (4.421 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
811 (2.316 %)Norton AntiVirus
96 (1.263 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
105 (1.053 %)EMC NetWorker
105 (1.053 %)Legato
114 (0.842 %)McAfee ePO
114 (0.842 %)OpenView Configuration Management
123 (0.632 %)CiscoWorks
123 (0.632 %)MSI
123 (0.632 %)Tivoli
132 (0.421 %)Nagios
132 (0.421 %)ARCserve
132 (0.421 %)MIMEsweeper
141 (0.211 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1172 (36.21 %)Microsoft
2119 (25.05 %)Citrix
3117 (24.63 %)Cisco
4109 (22.95 %)VMware
559 (12.42 %)HP
635 (7.368 %)Red Hat
635 (7.368 %)CheckPoint
732 (6.737 %)Symantec
821 (4.421 %)NetApp
920 (4.211 %)Blue Coat
920 (4.211 %)Nokia
1019 (4.000 %)Veritas
1118 (3.789 %)EMC
1118 (3.789 %)IBM
1118 (3.789 %)SolarWinds
1217 (3.579 %)NetHawk
1316 (3.368 %)McAfee
1414 (2.947 %)Lotus
1513 (2.737 %)Juniper
1611 (2.316 %)Dell