The first table below looks at the demand for Gigabit Ethernet skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Gigabit Ethernet 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 West Midlands 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
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Gigabit Ethernet 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £248 £300
% change year-on-year
- -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- -24.13%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
241 290 271
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.37% 12.69% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 105 115
Average daily rate £283 £275 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.72% -11.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £147 £150 £157
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £421 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 43
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.85 £12.50 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Gigabit Ethernet
England

Gigabit Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Gigabit Ethernet across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands Gigabit Ethernet Jobs Demand Trend