West Sussex TCP/IP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) skills within the West Sussex region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Cumbria Cwmbran Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Thames Valley Torfaen Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	32	46
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	13	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	22.81 %	10.20 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£130	£160
Average daily rate	£130	£160
% change on same period last year	-18.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£130	£160
UK excluding London average daily rate	£304	£292
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.75	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£26.75	£28.00
% change on same period last year	-4.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.75	£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.14	£27.30
% change on same period last year	-18.87 %
Communications & Networking West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads	57	49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.077 %	0.048 %
Daily rates quoted	9	20
Average minimum daily rate	£194	£299
Average daily rate	£206	£303
% change on same period last year	-32.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£219	£308
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.97	£22.00
Average hourly rate	£25.08	£23.92
% change on same period last year	+4.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.19	£25.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£28.54
% change on same period last year	-9.93 %
TCP/IP South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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 West Sussex region.

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 West Sussex region.

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Crawley	0	5	£133	-16.66 %
Chichester	-	3	-	-
Gatwick	+2	2	£125	-21.87 %

TCP/IP South East

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 18 (85.71 %) Windows 2 14 (66.67 %) Windows XP 3 12 (57.14 %) Windows Server 2003 4 11 (52.38 %) Active Directory 5 10 (47.62 %) Microsoft 6 9 (42.86 %) MS Exchange 7 8 (38.10 %) LAN 8 7 (33.33 %) MS Office 8 7 (33.33 %) WAN 9 5 (23.81 %) Firewall 9 5 (23.81 %) Cisco 9 5 (23.81 %) Citrix 9 5 (23.81 %) Linux 9 5 (23.81 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 4 (19.05 %) Windows 2000

10 4 (19.05 %) MS Excel 10 4 (19.05 %) Windows NT 10 4 (19.05 %) UNIX 10 4 (19.05 %) Novell 10 4 (19.05 %) VPN 10 4 (19.05 %) DNS 10 4 (19.05 %) Backup Exec 10 4 (19.05 %) ISA Server 11 3 (14.29 %) Intranet 11 3 (14.29 %) Internet 11 3 (14.29 %) Legal 11 3 (14.29 %) DHCP 11 3 (14.29 %) CCNA 11 3 (14.29 %) VERITAS 11 3 (14.29 %) Interwoven

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development 1 1 (4.762 %) HTML 1 1 (4.762 %) CSS 1 1 (4.762 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 9 (42.86 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (23.81 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (4.762 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 1 (4.762 %) CMS
Applications 1 7 (33.33 %) MS Office 2 4 (19.05 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 8 (38.10 %) LAN 2 7 (33.33 %) WAN 3 5 (23.81 %) Firewall 4 4 (19.05 %) VPN 4 4 (19.05 %) DNS 5 3 (14.29 %) Intranet 5 3 (14.29 %) Internet 5 3 (14.29 %) DHCP 5 3 (14.29 %) VoIP 6 2 (9.524 %) SNMP 6 2 (9.524 %) Broadband 7 1 (4.762 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (9.524 %) SQL Server 2 1 (4.762 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (4.762 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (4.762 %) MySQL	General 1 3 (14.29 %) Legal 2 1 (4.762 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 7 (33.33 %) Support Engineer 2 5 (23.81 %) 1st Line Support 3 4 (19.05 %) Helpdesk Support 4 3 (14.29 %) Desktop Support 4 3 (14.29 %) 3rd Line Support 4 3 (14.29 %) Analyst 5 2 (9.524 %) 2nd Line Support 5 2 (9.524 %) Administrator 5 2 (9.524 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 5 2 (9.524 %) Network Administrator 6 1 (4.762 %) IT Support Engineer 6 1 (4.762 %) Network Support 6 1 (4.762 %) Senior Support Engineer 6 1 (4.762 %) Infrastructure Support Engineer 6 1 (4.762 %) 3rd Line Support Analyst 6 1 (4.762 %) Developer 6 1 (4.762 %) Network Analyst 6 1 (4.762 %) Infrastructure Engineer 6 1 (4.762 %) Web Developer 6 1 (4.762 %) Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (9.524 %) Japanese Language 2 1 (4.762 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 18 (85.71 %) Windows 2 14 (66.67 %) Windows XP 3 12 (57.14 %) Windows Server 2003 4 5 (23.81 %) Linux 5 4 (19.05 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (19.05 %) Windows NT 5 4 (19.05 %) UNIX 6 1 (4.762 %) SUSE 6 1 (4.762 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (9.524 %) Asset Management 2 1 (4.762 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (4.762 %) JavaScript 1 1 (4.762 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 3 (14.29 %) CCNA 1 3 (14.29 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (4.762 %) Degree
System Software 1 11 (52.38 %) Active Directory 2 4 (19.05 %) ISA Server 2 4 (19.05 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (9.524 %) Novell eDirectory 4 1 (4.762 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 3 (14.29 %) WSUS 2 2 (9.524 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 1 (4.762 %) ZENworks
Vendors 1 10 (47.62 %) Microsoft 2 5 (23.81 %) Citrix 2 5 (23.81 %) Cisco 3 4 (19.05 %) Novell 4 3 (14.29 %) VERITAS 4 3 (14.29 %) Interwoven 5 2 (9.524 %) HP 5 2 (9.524 %) Apple 5 2 (9.524 %) Symantec 5 2 (9.524 %) VMware 5 2 (9.524 %) Mitel