Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank10272
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-30
Matching contract IT job ads5351551
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.557 %2.015 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category11.19 %14.96 %
Daily rates quoted189382
Average daily rate£300£325
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£196£170
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£325
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
Hourly rates quoted89258
Average hourly rate£17.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-15.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.95£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.50£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£20.00
% change on same period last year+2.500 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
478210368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.92 %13.47 %
Daily rates quoted12982833
Average daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£473£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£335
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Hourly rates quoted5221234
Average hourly rate£24.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+6.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£23.00
% change on same period last year+8.690 %

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.

TCP/IP
Demand Trend

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

TCP/IP Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

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

TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

TCP/IP Daily Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TCP/IP Hourly Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

TCP/IP Hourly Rate Histogram

TCP/IP
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 TCP/IP within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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-26503£300-7.69 %
LondonDown-1220£315-3.07 %
South EastDown-14117£300-
City of LondonUp+1169£330-12.11 %
BerkshireDown-549£300-9.09 %
South WestUp+1042£275-18.51 %
YorkshireUp+838£333+2.30 %
HampshireUp+2037£270-26.53 %
West YorkshireUp+2631£340+6.66 %
LeedsUp+1929£338+5.88 %
North WestDown-2325£238-47.22 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4721£275-10.56 %
East of EnglandDown-3020£285-21.91 %
ScotlandUp+2618£165-53.84 %
West MidlandsUp+116£195-30.66 %
ReadingUp+515£275-26.66 %
BristolUp+1714£275-15.38 %
EdinburghUp+1913--
North EastUp+1313£225+30.43 %
ManchesterDown-513£275-38.88 %
East MidlandsUp+2811£300-
Milton KeynesUp+2711£440+43.08 %
GloucestershireUp+1511--
SloughUp+1810--
Tyne and WearUp+1410£208+20.28 %
PortsmouthUp+610£260-10.34 %
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+119£208+20.28 %
WalesUp+218£146-43.49 %
MiddlesexUp+208£340-
CambridgeshireDown-78£285+2.70 %

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1601 (52.31 %)Windows
2331 (28.81 %)Active Directory
3321 (27.94 %)Windows Server 2003
4277 (24.11 %)Microsoft
5275 (23.93 %)Cisco
6270 (23.50 %)Firewall
7260 (22.63 %)DNS
8237 (20.63 %)LAN
9222 (19.32 %)WAN
10221 (19.23 %)UNIX
11186 (16.19 %)Windows XP
12183 (15.93 %)Linux
13169 (14.71 %)MS Exchange
14162 (14.10 %)MS Office
15158 (13.75 %)DHCP
16150 (13.05 %)Security Cleared
17149 (12.97 %)HP
18126 (10.97 %)SQL
19120 (10.44 %)Cisco Certification
20119 (10.36 %)VMware
21114 (9.922 %)Solaris
22113 (9.835 %)VPN
23111 (9.661 %)Finance
24110 (9.574 %)Telecoms
25106 (9.225 %)SAN
2699 (8.616 %)Windows 2000
2796 (8.355 %)SQL Server
2796 (8.355 %)Banking
2894 (8.181 %)Citrix
2993 (8.094 %)Oracle

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
142 (3.655 %).NET
229 (2.524 %)HTML
328 (2.437 %)XML
422 (1.915 %)WebSphere
422 (1.915 %)Software Packaging
521 (1.828 %)ASP
620 (1.741 %)WSH
719 (1.654 %)J2EE
814 (1.218 %)SOAP
814 (1.218 %).NET Framework
910 (0.870 %)WebServices
109 (0.783 %)ASP.NET
118 (0.696 %)CSS
118 (0.696 %)Middleware
118 (0.696 %)FIX Protocol
118 (0.696 %)LAMP
127 (0.609 %).NET Remoting
127 (0.609 %)Flash
127 (0.609 %)JSP
136 (0.522 %)STL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1169 (14.71 %)MS Exchange
285 (7.398 %)Exchange Server 2003
376 (6.614 %)IIS
445 (3.916 %)Exchange Server 2007
537 (3.220 %)Apache
633 (2.872 %)SharePoint
728 (2.437 %)Lotus Notes
819 (1.654 %)Tomcat
917 (1.480 %)Rendezvous
1013 (1.131 %)WebSphere MQ
1111 (0.957 %)GroupWise
1210 (0.870 %)Exchange Server 2000
139 (0.783 %)SAS
147 (0.609 %)WebLogic
147 (0.609 %)MQSeries
147 (0.609 %)Exchange Server 5.5
155 (0.435 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
155 (0.435 %)Lotus Domino
164 (0.348 %)BizTalk Server
164 (0.348 %)iPlanet
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1162 (14.10 %)MS Office
287 (7.572 %)MS Excel
322 (1.915 %)MS Visio
418 (1.567 %)MS Project
55 (0.435 %)Acrobat
64 (0.348 %)Photoshop
64 (0.348 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (0.261 %)MATLAB
82 (0.174 %)InfoPath
82 (0.174 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (1.131 %)RMDS
25 (0.435 %)Sophis VALUE
25 (0.435 %)Capstone
34 (0.348 %)BusinessWorks
34 (0.348 %)SAP R/3
34 (0.348 %)TIBCO iProcess
43 (0.261 %)Microsoft CRM
43 (0.261 %)Global One
43 (0.261 %)SoftGrid
43 (0.261 %)Tesseract
43 (0.261 %)Minerva
43 (0.261 %)Sentinel
51 (0.087 %)Summit
51 (0.087 %)Movex
51 (0.087 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.087 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1270 (23.50 %)Firewall
2260 (22.63 %)DNS
3237 (20.63 %)LAN
4222 (19.32 %)WAN
5158 (13.75 %)DHCP
6113 (9.835 %)VPN
7106 (9.225 %)SAN
892 (8.007 %)Internet
970 (6.092 %)VoIP
1059 (5.135 %)Ethernet
1150 (4.352 %)FTP
1150 (4.352 %)BGP
1249 (4.265 %)OSPF
1249 (4.265 %)SMTP
1249 (4.265 %)VLAN
1342 (3.655 %)Wireless
1441 (3.568 %)MPLS
1535 (3.046 %)Cisco PIX
1634 (2.959 %)HTTP
1730 (2.611 %)3G
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (8.355 %)SQL Server
225 (2.176 %)MySQL
318 (1.567 %)SQL Server 2005
416 (1.393 %)RDBMS
515 (1.305 %)SQL Server 2000
69 (0.783 %)Oracle 9i
77 (0.609 %)Oracle 10g
86 (0.522 %)Oracle 8/8i
95 (0.435 %)DB2
95 (0.435 %)Crystal Reports
95 (0.435 %)EDRMS
95 (0.435 %)SQL Server 7
104 (0.348 %)GIS
104 (0.348 %)BusinessObjects
104 (0.348 %)Informix
112 (0.174 %)OLAP
112 (0.174 %)Datawarehouse
112 (0.174 %)DTS
112 (0.174 %)InterBase
112 (0.174 %)Firebird
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (1.480 %)StarTeam
27 (0.609 %)Visual Studio
36 (0.522 %)ClearCase
45 (0.435 %)Eclipse
54 (0.348 %)ClearQuest
63 (0.261 %)NUnit
63 (0.261 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (0.261 %)LoadRunner
72 (0.174 %)RequisitePro
72 (0.174 %)Subversion
72 (0.174 %)MSI
81 (0.087 %)InstallShield
81 (0.087 %)AdminStudio
81 (0.087 %)JProbe
81 (0.087 %)InterDev
81 (0.087 %)SilkTest
81 (0.087 %)FrontPage
81 (0.087 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.087 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.087 %)WinRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1111 (9.661 %)Finance
2110 (9.574 %)Telecoms
396 (8.355 %)Banking
468 (5.918 %)Government
537 (3.220 %)Investment Banking
624 (2.089 %)Front Office
722 (1.915 %)Education
820 (1.741 %)Health
917 (1.480 %)Games
1013 (1.131 %)Retail
1111 (0.957 %)Financial Institution
1210 (0.870 %)Law
139 (0.783 %)Legal
148 (0.696 %)Manufacturing
148 (0.696 %)Local Government
157 (0.609 %)Electronics
157 (0.609 %)Aerospace
166 (0.522 %)Publishing
166 (0.522 %)Retail Banking
175 (0.435 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1246 (21.41 %)Analyst
2114 (9.922 %)Support Analyst
3113 (9.835 %)Support Engineer
492 (8.007 %)Network Engineer
587 (7.572 %)Administrator
674 (6.440 %)Developer
773 (6.353 %)Desktop Support
856 (4.874 %)Architect
950 (4.352 %)3rd Line Support
1045 (3.916 %)Systems Administrator
1143 (3.742 %)Consultant
1238 (3.307 %)Technical Support
1336 (3.133 %)2nd Line Support
1336 (3.133 %)Network Analyst
1431 (2.698 %)Service Analyst
1431 (2.698 %)Service Desk Analyst
1431 (2.698 %)Desktop Engineer
1431 (2.698 %)Network Support
1530 (2.611 %)Software Engineer
1628 (2.437 %)Security Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
158 (5.048 %)Clustering
234 (2.959 %)Blackberry
330 (2.611 %)NHS
418 (1.567 %)Tandem
517 (1.480 %)Equities
517 (1.480 %)iSeries
615 (1.305 %)PKI
714 (1.218 %)Thin Client
714 (1.218 %)Fat Client
813 (1.131 %)Multithreading
813 (1.131 %)Client/Server
813 (1.131 %)Mainframe
813 (1.131 %)PDA
813 (1.131 %)Replication
911 (0.957 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
911 (0.957 %)Video Conferencing
911 (0.957 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1010 (0.870 %)Derivative
117 (0.609 %)Firmware
126 (0.522 %)CLARiiON
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1601 (52.31 %)Windows
2321 (27.94 %)Windows Server 2003
3221 (19.23 %)UNIX
4186 (16.19 %)Windows XP
5183 (15.93 %)Linux
6114 (9.922 %)Solaris
799 (8.616 %)Windows 2000
864 (5.570 %)Windows Vista
948 (4.178 %)Red Hat Linux
1047 (4.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
1144 (3.829 %)Windows Server 2008
1233 (2.872 %)Windows NT
1327 (2.350 %)HPUX
1423 (2.002 %)AIX
1521 (1.828 %)OpenVMS
1614 (1.218 %)zOS
1712 (1.044 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1811 (0.957 %)MVS
199 (0.783 %)VMS
207 (0.609 %)VxWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
187 (7.572 %)ITIL
272 (6.266 %)Network Design
336 (3.133 %)Configuration Management
431 (2.698 %)Project Management
530 (2.611 %)Migration
530 (2.611 %)Load Balancing
620 (1.741 %)Service Management
719 (1.654 %)Service Delivery
719 (1.654 %)Information Security
817 (1.480 %)Data Management
817 (1.480 %)Disaster Recovery
916 (1.393 %)Change Management
916 (1.393 %)Fault Management
1013 (1.131 %)Incident Management
1112 (1.044 %)Validation
1112 (1.044 %)UML
1112 (1.044 %)OO
1211 (0.957 %)Ethical Hacking
1211 (0.957 %)Network Planning
1310 (0.870 %)Content Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1126 (10.97 %)SQL
263 (5.483 %)Perl
362 (5.396 %)C
461 (5.309 %)C++
550 (4.352 %)Java
638 (3.307 %)Shell Script
735 (3.046 %)VBScript
834 (2.959 %)VB
923 (2.002 %)C#
1012 (1.044 %)JCL
1012 (1.044 %)Korn
1110 (0.870 %)VC++
1110 (0.870 %)Assembly Language
1110 (0.870 %)PHP
129 (0.783 %)JavaScript
129 (0.783 %)Python
129 (0.783 %)Embedded C
138 (0.696 %)AWK
147 (0.609 %)REXX
147 (0.609 %)Tcl
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1150 (13.05 %)Security Cleared
2120 (10.44 %)Cisco Certification
392 (8.007 %)Microsoft Certification
481 (7.050 %)SC Cleared
566 (5.744 %)CCNP
566 (5.744 %)CCNA
664 (5.570 %)MCSE
734 (2.959 %)Degree
832 (2.785 %)DV Cleared
928 (2.437 %)MCP
1021 (1.828 %)CCIE
1021 (1.828 %)CCSE
1118 (1.567 %)CISSP
1214 (1.218 %)CCSA
1313 (1.131 %)MCSA
149 (0.783 %)CCSP
149 (0.783 %)ITIL Certification
158 (0.696 %)CCIP
166 (0.522 %)CCDP
166 (0.522 %)ISEB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (2.698 %)SLA
27 (0.609 %)QA
36 (0.522 %)HL7
36 (0.522 %)DICOM
45 (0.435 %)BS15000
53 (0.261 %)BS7799
53 (0.261 %)COBIT
62 (0.174 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
71 (0.087 %)ISO9000
71 (0.087 %)TickIT
71 (0.087 %)ISO8583
71 (0.087 %)ISO27001
71 (0.087 %)JSP 440
71 (0.087 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1331 (28.81 %)Active Directory
276 (6.614 %)VMware Infrastructure
325 (2.176 %)RACF
424 (2.089 %)NFS
522 (1.915 %)VMware ESX
612 (1.044 %)NetBackup
612 (1.044 %)Backup Exec
711 (0.957 %)Oracle RAC
711 (0.957 %)ISA Server
810 (0.870 %)MetaFrame
99 (0.783 %)Terminal Services
99 (0.783 %)Citrix Presentation Server
108 (0.696 %)Terminal Server
108 (0.696 %)Veritas Volume Manager
116 (0.522 %)Samba
125 (0.435 %)Xen
133 (0.261 %)qmail
133 (0.261 %)XenApp
142 (0.174 %)XenServer
142 (0.174 %)XenDesktop
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (2.524 %)OpenView
227 (2.350 %)OpenView Configuration Management
326 (2.263 %)CiscoWorks
425 (2.176 %)SCCM
519 (1.654 %)ZENworks
613 (1.131 %)Tivoli
78 (0.696 %)MOM
78 (0.696 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
78 (0.696 %)Norton AntiVirus
87 (0.609 %)HP NNM
87 (0.609 %)BMC PATROL
87 (0.609 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
96 (0.522 %)Unicenter
96 (0.522 %)CONTROL-M
96 (0.522 %)MIMEsweeper
96 (0.522 %)Data Guard
105 (0.435 %)Legato
114 (0.348 %)EMC NetWorker
123 (0.261 %)ARCserve
123 (0.261 %)TIBCO Hawk
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1277 (24.11 %)Microsoft
2275 (23.93 %)Cisco
3149 (12.97 %)HP
4119 (10.36 %)VMware
594 (8.181 %)Citrix
693 (8.094 %)Oracle
783 (7.224 %)CheckPoint
858 (5.048 %)Nokia
947 (4.091 %)Red Hat
1045 (3.916 %)Dell
1139 (3.394 %)EMC
1238 (3.307 %)Sun
1336 (3.133 %)IBM
1432 (2.785 %)NetApp
1531 (2.698 %)Juniper
1629 (2.524 %)Veritas
1629 (2.524 %)Lotus
1727 (2.350 %)Reuters
1826 (2.263 %)Altiris
1924 (2.089 %)TIBCO