The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 23 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 Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 32 44 35
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -9
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 7 11 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.913% 1.669% 3.982%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.48% 18.33% 18.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
Average daily rate £350 £325 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +27.45%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.35% +4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-23.80% -16.00%
All Communications & Networking
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
61 60 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 16.67% 9.105% 21.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 33
Average daily rate £350 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £140 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £400 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 13
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TCP/IP across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Sussex TCP/IP Jobs Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TCP/IP across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex TCP/IP Daily Rate Trend

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Crawley - 4 - -
Worthing +1 2 £335 +2.68%
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 20 (100.00%) DNS
1 20 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 19 (95.00%) DHCP
3 18 (90.00%) Juniper
3 18 (90.00%) Firewall
4 16 (80.00%) CheckPoint
5 15 (75.00%) SAN
6 13 (65.00%) HP
7 11 (55.00%) NetApp
7 11 (55.00%) LAN
7 11 (55.00%) Clustering
7 11 (55.00%) ProCurve
8 10 (50.00%) WSUS
8 10 (50.00%) Backup Exec
8 10 (50.00%) VPN
8 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
8 10 (50.00%) Blackberry
9 9 (45.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 9 (45.00%) Finance
10 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (40.00%) HP SIM
10 8 (40.00%) Cisco
10 8 (40.00%) WAN
11 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
11 7 (35.00%) ITIL
11 7 (35.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 7 (35.00%) WebSphere
12 6 (30.00%) Telecoms
12 6 (30.00%) XenApp

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 7 (35.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (10.00%) Web Services
2 2 (10.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (45.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 4 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (20.00%) IIS
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (10.00%) Zimbra
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (10.00%) Apache
4 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Office
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) DNS
2 19 (95.00%) DHCP
3 18 (90.00%) Firewall
4 15 (75.00%) SAN
5 11 (55.00%) LAN
6 10 (50.00%) VPN
7 8 (40.00%) WAN
8 4 (20.00%) VLAN
8 4 (20.00%) Wireless
8 4 (20.00%) IPsec
8 4 (20.00%) SSL
9 2 (10.00%) IP Telephony
9 2 (10.00%) VPLS
9 2 (10.00%) Junos
9 2 (10.00%) tcpdump
9 2 (10.00%) Wireless Security
9 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (10.00%) EIGRP
9 2 (10.00%) Internet
9 2 (10.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (10.00%) MySQL
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (15.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Network Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Support Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Support Team Leader
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (5.000%) IT Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Administrator
6 1 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Clustering
2 10 (50.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (10.00%) IVR
3 2 (10.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (30.00%) Linux
3 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (10.00%) UNIX
5 2 (10.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Management
5 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) MCSE
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (25.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (35.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (30.00%) XenApp
3 4 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 4 (20.00%) vSphere
3 4 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (10.00%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 10 (50.00%) WSUS
1 10 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 8 (40.00%) HP SIM
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco IPCC
3 2 (10.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (90.00%) Juniper
3 16 (80.00%) CheckPoint
4 13 (65.00%) HP
5 11 (55.00%) NetApp
5 11 (55.00%) ProCurve
6 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (40.00%) Cisco
8 6 (30.00%) F5
8 6 (30.00%) Citrix
9 4 (20.00%) Altiris
9 4 (20.00%) Avaya
10 2 (10.00%) PlateSpin
10 2 (10.00%) Riverbed
10 2 (10.00%) Verint
10 2 (10.00%) Dell
10 2 (10.00%) Nortel
10 2 (10.00%) CA
10 2 (10.00%) CommVault
10 2 (10.00%) Sophos
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