Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 19 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 for the Wales region.

 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank434355
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+12
Matching contract IT job ads2819
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales0.380 %1.600 %1.763 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category2.778 %12.90 %13.97 %
Daily rates quoted030
Average daily rate-£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£313
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted0212
Average hourly rate-£11.75£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--66.42 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£18.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
+1.330 %-30.55 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7262136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales13.66 %12.40 %12.62 %
Daily rates quoted241633
Average daily rate£325£330£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.510 %-12.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£259£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£460£521£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted41124
Average hourly rate£15.00£13.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-61.42 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£9.85£27.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.50£22.74£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
TCP/IP UKTCP/IP
UK

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 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
South WalesUp+32--
TCP/IP UKTCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

13 (37.50 %)C#
13 (37.50 %)C++
13 (37.50 %)SQL
13 (37.50 %).NET
13 (37.50 %)Oracle
13 (37.50 %)Visual Studio
13 (37.50 %)Windows
13 (37.50 %)Linux
13 (37.50 %)OO
13 (37.50 %)SC Cleared
13 (37.50 %)Security Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Computer Science
22 (25.00 %)QA
22 (25.00 %)IGMP
22 (25.00 %)RTSP
22 (25.00 %)Korn
22 (25.00 %)Degree
22 (25.00 %)Test Management
22 (25.00 %)Wireless
22 (25.00 %)Aerospace
22 (25.00 %)Education
22 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
22 (25.00 %)UML
22 (25.00 %)Web Services
22 (25.00 %)Perl
22 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
22 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
22 (25.00 %)Client/Server
22 (25.00 %)Shell Script
31 (12.50 %)CMMI

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (37.50 %).NET
22 (25.00 %)Web Services
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (12.50 %)MS Excel
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)IGMP
12 (25.00 %)RTSP
12 (25.00 %)Wireless
21 (12.50 %)Firewall
21 (12.50 %)Internet
21 (12.50 %)BSS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
12 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server
21 (12.50 %)Crystal Reports
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)Visual Studio
21 (12.50 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (12.50 %)LoadRunner
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Aerospace
12 (25.00 %)Education
21 (12.50 %)Telecoms
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Software Engineer
22 (25.00 %)QA Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Quality Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Tester
31 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Systems Manager
31 (12.50 %)Test Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Business Systems Manager
31 (12.50 %)Software Development Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Business Manager
31 (12.50 %)IT Manager
31 (12.50 %)Network Engineer
31 (12.50 %)OSS Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Development Engineer
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)Computer Science
12 (25.00 %)Client/Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)Windows
13 (37.50 %)Linux
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)OO
22 (25.00 %)Test Management
22 (25.00 %)UML
31 (12.50 %)CMMI
31 (12.50 %)E-business
31 (12.50 %)ERP
31 (12.50 %)Business Intelligence
31 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)C#
13 (37.50 %)C++
13 (37.50 %)SQL
22 (25.00 %)Korn
22 (25.00 %)Perl
22 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
22 (25.00 %)Shell Script
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (37.50 %)SC Cleared
13 (37.50 %)Security Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (12.50 %)ISEB
31 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (12.50 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (12.50 %)MCSE
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (25.00 %)QA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (12.50 %)Netcool
11 (12.50 %)Netcool/Proviso
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (37.50 %)Oracle
21 (12.50 %)CheckPoint
21 (12.50 %)Cognos
21 (12.50 %)Cramer
21 (12.50 %)Amdocs