FTP Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for FTP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FTP over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Rank 363 415 442
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +27
Contract jobs citing FTP 174 163 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.375% 0.280% 0.238%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.566% 1.791% 1.850%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 66 71
Average daily rate £339 £325 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.30% -21.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £154 £190 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £431 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £463
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -29.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -23.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
-25.00% -29.20%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6782 9103 7893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.62% 15.62% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3331 4145 3588
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 606 785
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%

FTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

FTP Daily Rate Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FTP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

FTP Daily Rate Histogram

FTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

FTP Hourly Rate Trend

FTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FTP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

FTP Hourly Rate Histogram

FTP
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 FTP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +65 172 £339 +4.30%
London +57 80 £500 +53.84%
South East +26 39 £196 -32.32%
City of London +28 25 £428 +0.58%
Berkshire +23 19 £188 +21.95%
Yorkshire +6 16 £250 -28.57%
East of England +1 15 £325 +71.05%
Surrey +23 11 £220 -20.00%
North West +19 10 £341 -10.63%
Reading +15 9 £125 +51.51%
Hampshire -4 8 £394 -5.12%
West Midlands +13 7 £263 -
South Yorkshire +2 7 £150 -
Manchester +14 6 £341 -10.63%
Staines +1 6 - -
Essex 0 5 £325 +109.67%
Maidenhead -4 5 £350 -
Hertfordshire -13 5 - -
Bedfordshire - 5 £325 -
Slough - 5 £188 -
Luton - 5 £325 -
East Midlands +5 4 - -
Basingstoke -15 4 £475 -
Buckinghamshire +12 3 £154 -
Hemel Hempstead +7 3 - -
West Yorkshire +2 3 £250 -16.66%
Coventry - 3 £250 -
Brentwood - 3 £325 -
Lancashire - 3 £330 -
South West +10 2 £300 -20.00%

FTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 152 (44.84%) Windows
2 94 (27.73%) SQL
3 87 (25.66%) Microsoft
4 82 (24.19%) .NET
5 77 (22.71%) SQL Server
6 72 (21.24%) Web Services
6 72 (21.24%) Finance
7 68 (20.06%) MS Office
8 67 (19.76%) IIS
8 67 (19.76%) HTTP
9 61 (17.99%) HTML
10 58 (17.11%) TCP/IP
11 57 (16.81%) JavaScript
12 54 (15.93%) Oracle
13 50 (14.75%) Banking
14 49 (14.45%) ASP.NET
14 49 (14.45%) DNS
15 48 (14.16%) Linux
16 45 (13.27%) Windows Server 2003
17 44 (12.98%) UNIX
18 40 (11.80%) Windows XP
19 39 (11.50%) XML
20 38 (11.21%) DHCP
20 38 (11.21%) Firewall
21 37 (10.91%) jQuery
21 37 (10.91%) VBScript
22 36 (10.62%) Telecoms
23 34 (10.03%) Investment Banking
24 32 (9.440%) Citrix
25 31 (9.145%) Internet

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 82 (24.19%) .NET
2 72 (21.24%) Web Services
3 61 (17.99%) HTML
4 49 (14.45%) ASP.NET
5 39 (11.50%) XML
6 37 (10.91%) jQuery
7 27 (7.965%) Ajax
8 26 (7.670%) ADO.NET
8 26 (7.670%) DHTML
8 26 (7.670%) WinForms
9 25 (7.375%) SOAP
9 25 (7.375%) .NET Framework
10 24 (7.080%) CSS
11 17 (5.015%) WebSphere
12 15 (4.425%) ADSI
13 14 (4.130%) J2EE
14 11 (3.245%) Middleware
14 11 (3.245%) HTML5
15 10 (2.950%) JDBC
15 10 (2.950%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 67 (19.76%) IIS
2 29 (8.555%) Apache
3 12 (3.540%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (3.245%) CMS
5 9 (2.655%) Tomcat
6 7 (2.065%) IBM HTTP Server
6 7 (2.065%) Oracle Application Server
6 7 (2.065%) ESB
7 6 (1.770%) WebSphere MQ
7 6 (1.770%) MQSeries
7 6 (1.770%) MS Exchange
8 5 (1.475%) SharePoint
8 5 (1.475%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (1.475%) nginx
9 4 (1.180%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (1.180%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.885%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.885%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.885%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 3 (0.885%) Umbraco
Applications
1 68 (20.06%) MS Office
2 27 (7.965%) MS Excel
3 17 (5.015%) MS PowerPoint
4 16 (4.720%) Photoshop
5 6 (1.770%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.885%) InDesign
7 2 (0.590%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.590%) Fireworks
8 1 (0.295%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.295%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.295%) SPSS
8 1 (0.295%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.295%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.295%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 7 (2.065%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.475%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.180%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.885%) Remedy AR System
4 3 (0.885%) Kondor+
5 2 (0.590%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.590%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.295%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.295%) HFM
6 1 (0.295%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.295%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.295%) Cognos Planning
Communications & Networking
1 67 (19.76%) HTTP
2 58 (17.11%) TCP/IP
3 49 (14.45%) DNS
4 38 (11.21%) DHCP
4 38 (11.21%) Firewall
5 31 (9.145%) SMTP
5 31 (9.145%) Internet
6 27 (7.965%) VPN
7 22 (6.490%) SSL
8 20 (5.900%) SAN
9 18 (5.310%) WAN
10 17 (5.015%) SSH
11 16 (4.720%) NAS
12 13 (3.835%) Cisco IPT
12 13 (3.835%) HTTPS
13 10 (2.950%) Ethernet
14 8 (2.360%) SMS
14 8 (2.360%) BIG-IP
14 8 (2.360%) IPsec
15 7 (2.065%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (22.71%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.260%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 26 (7.670%) DTS
4 12 (3.540%) MySQL
5 11 (3.245%) DB2
6 7 (2.065%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.475%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (1.475%) TOAD
8 3 (0.885%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (0.590%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.590%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.590%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (0.590%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.590%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.295%) MS Access
10 1 (0.295%) DataStage
10 1 (0.295%) Oracle OWB
10 1 (0.295%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (4.130%) Subversion
2 7 (2.065%) JIRA
2 7 (2.065%) Eclipse
3 5 (1.475%) LoadRunner
4 4 (1.180%) ClearCase
4 4 (1.180%) Trac
5 3 (0.885%) Maven
5 3 (0.885%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.590%) JUnit
6 2 (0.590%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (0.590%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.590%) Git (software)
7 1 (0.295%) JProfiler
7 1 (0.295%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.295%) Firebug
7 1 (0.295%) JProbe
7 1 (0.295%) Introscope
7 1 (0.295%) Ant
General
1 72 (21.24%) Finance
2 50 (14.75%) Banking
3 36 (10.62%) Telecoms
4 34 (10.03%) Investment Banking
5 16 (4.720%) Retail
6 11 (3.245%) Publishing
7 9 (2.655%) Marketing
8 8 (2.360%) Billing
8 8 (2.360%) Legal
8 8 (2.360%) Back Office
9 4 (1.180%) Front Office
9 4 (1.180%) Games
9 4 (1.180%) Advertising
10 3 (0.885%) Electronics
10 3 (0.885%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.590%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.590%) Automotive
11 2 (0.590%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.295%) Music
12 1 (0.295%) Law
Job Titles
1 82 (24.19%) Developer
1 82 (24.19%) Analyst
2 35 (10.32%) Project Manager
3 33 (9.735%) Business Analyst
4 29 (8.555%) Web Developer
5 27 (7.965%) Support Analyst
6 19 (5.605%) Applications Support
6 19 (5.605%) Technical Analyst
7 18 (5.310%) Technical Business Analyst
8 17 (5.015%) Support Engineer
9 16 (4.720%) Applications Support Analyst
10 15 (4.425%) Wintel Engineer
11 14 (4.130%) Administrator
11 14 (4.130%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (4.130%) Consultant
12 11 (3.245%) Front-End Developer
13 10 (2.950%) Architect
14 8 (2.360%) .NET Developer
14 8 (2.360%) Java Developer
15 6 (1.770%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.310%) Clustering
2 13 (3.835%) Blackberry
3 9 (2.655%) W3C
4 8 (2.360%) Computer Science
4 8 (2.360%) Open Source
5 6 (1.770%) Social Media
5 6 (1.770%) Client/Server
5 6 (1.770%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.180%) EFT
6 4 (1.180%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 4 (1.180%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.885%) Psychology
7 3 (0.885%) Streaming Media
7 3 (0.885%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.885%) Data Conversion
7 3 (0.885%) Data Integration
7 3 (0.885%) NHS
7 3 (0.885%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (0.885%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.590%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 152 (44.84%) Windows
2 48 (14.16%) Linux
3 45 (13.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 44 (12.98%) UNIX
5 40 (11.80%) Windows XP
6 17 (5.015%) Windows Server 2008
7 15 (4.425%) Windows 7
7 15 (4.425%) Windows 2000
7 15 (4.425%) Windows NT
8 14 (4.130%) Solaris
9 11 (3.245%) AIX
9 11 (3.245%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.475%) Windows Vista
11 4 (1.180%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (1.180%) CentOS
12 3 (0.885%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.885%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.885%) Debian
12 3 (0.885%) Gentoo
13 2 (0.590%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (7.965%) Project Management
2 26 (7.670%) Migration
3 24 (7.080%) User Acceptance Testing
4 17 (5.015%) ITIL
5 15 (4.425%) Configuration Management
6 14 (4.130%) OO
7 12 (3.540%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (2.950%) Fault Management
9 9 (2.655%) E-Commerce
9 9 (2.655%) Incident Management
10 8 (2.360%) Matrix Management
10 8 (2.360%) Data Modelling
10 8 (2.360%) SOA
10 8 (2.360%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (2.360%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (2.360%) Risk Management
10 8 (2.360%) SEO
11 7 (2.065%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (2.065%) OOP
11 7 (2.065%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 94 (27.73%) SQL
2 57 (16.81%) JavaScript
3 37 (10.91%) VBScript
4 30 (8.850%) T-SQL
5 28 (8.260%) VB.NET
6 27 (7.965%) Java
7 26 (7.670%) VB
8 18 (5.310%) Perl
8 18 (5.310%) PowerShell
9 14 (4.130%) PHP
9 14 (4.130%) C
10 13 (3.835%) C#
10 13 (3.835%) Python
11 10 (2.950%) C++
12 9 (2.655%) Bash shell
13 7 (2.065%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.475%) Korn
14 5 (1.475%) VC++
15 4 (1.180%) Embedded C
16 3 (0.885%) Jython
Qualifications
1 20 (5.900%) Degree
2 6 (1.770%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.180%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (0.885%) MCSE
4 3 (0.885%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.885%) BC Cleared
4 3 (0.885%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.590%) MCP
5 2 (0.590%) MBA
5 2 (0.590%) CCNP
5 2 (0.590%) ISEB
6 1 (0.295%) CCIE
6 1 (0.295%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.295%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.295%) ACCA
6 1 (0.295%) CIMA
6 1 (0.295%) CFA
6 1 (0.295%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.720%) QA
2 14 (4.130%) SLA
3 3 (0.885%) WAI
3 3 (0.885%) HL7
4 2 (0.590%) WCAG
5 1 (0.295%) GCP
5 1 (0.295%) CDISC
5 1 (0.295%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.295%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (6.195%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (5.605%) Active Directory
3 17 (5.015%) vSphere
4 15 (4.425%) XenApp
4 15 (4.425%) VMware ESX
4 15 (4.425%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 10 (2.950%) NFS
6 7 (2.065%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.590%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.590%) Samba
7 2 (0.590%) XenServer
7 2 (0.590%) Varnish
7 2 (0.590%) Postfix
7 2 (0.590%) SRDF
8 1 (0.295%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.295%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.295%) Snort
Systems Management
1 23 (6.785%) SCOM
2 15 (4.425%) NetBackup
2 15 (4.425%) Backup Exec
2 15 (4.425%) Legato
3 9 (2.655%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.885%) Sysprep
4 3 (0.885%) Puppet
4 3 (0.885%) Control-M
4 3 (0.885%) Nagios
4 3 (0.885%) SCCM
5 2 (0.590%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.590%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.295%) Cacti
6 1 (0.295%) PureDisk
6 1 (0.295%) HP SiteScope
6 1 (0.295%) WSUS
6 1 (0.295%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 1 (0.295%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 87 (25.66%) Microsoft
2 54 (15.93%) Oracle
3 32 (9.440%) Citrix
4 31 (9.145%) VMware
5 26 (7.670%) HP
6 25 (7.375%) Cisco
6 25 (7.375%) IBM
7 19 (5.605%) BMC
8 18 (5.310%) McAfee
9 16 (4.720%) Sophos
9 16 (4.720%) Veritas
10 15 (4.425%) Dell
10 15 (4.425%) Adobe
10 15 (4.425%) PlateSpin
10 15 (4.425%) Leostream
11 12 (3.540%) Red Hat
12 11 (3.245%) F5
13 9 (2.655%) Blue Coat
14 6 (1.770%) Remedy
15 5 (1.475%) Juniper
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