The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 21 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 Worcestershire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 11 - 11
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 12 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 13.33% - 3.279%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 60.00% - 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £168 - £163
UK excluding London average daily rate £268 £301 £300
% change year-on-year
-10.98% +0.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £21.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-26.19% -20.75%
All Communications & Networking
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 22.22% 10.71% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 3
Average daily rate £168 £350 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.14% +100.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
Average hourly rate £19.50 - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
TCP/IP
West Midlands

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Redditch - 7 £250 -
Kidderminster - 2 £168 -
TCP/IP
West Midlands

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) Solaris
2 8 (53.33%) Sun
2 8 (53.33%) Compaq
2 8 (53.33%) Dell
2 8 (53.33%) DNS
3 7 (46.67%) SNMP
3 7 (46.67%) SMTP
4 6 (40.00%) LAN
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (40.00%) SAN
5 5 (33.33%) Red Hat
5 5 (33.33%) Service Management
5 5 (33.33%) Firewall
5 5 (33.33%) Linux
5 5 (33.33%) MySQL
5 5 (33.33%) Oracle
5 5 (33.33%) ITIL
5 5 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (33.33%) NAS
6 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
6 4 (26.67%) UNIX
6 4 (26.67%) Internet
7 3 (20.00%) WAN
8 2 (13.33%) WLAN
8 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
9 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (6.667%) Active Directory

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) DNS
2 7 (46.67%) SNMP
2 7 (46.67%) SMTP
3 6 (40.00%) LAN
3 6 (40.00%) SAN
4 5 (33.33%) Firewall
4 5 (33.33%) NAS
5 4 (26.67%) Internet
6 3 (20.00%) WAN
7 2 (13.33%) WLAN
8 1 (6.667%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) MySQL
General
1 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
1 5 (33.33%) Systems Support
1 5 (33.33%) Administrator
1 5 (33.33%) Data Centre Technician
2 3 (20.00%) Data Centre Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Support Technician
4 1 (6.667%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Data Centre Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Linux Support
4 1 (6.667%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Network Support
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Solaris
3 5 (33.33%) Linux
3 5 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (26.67%) UNIX
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Service Management
1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) Sun
2 8 (53.33%) Compaq
2 8 (53.33%) Dell
3 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (33.33%) Red Hat
4 5 (33.33%) Oracle
5 1 (6.667%) HP
5 1 (6.667%) VMware
Redditch, West Midlands
Cisco, Networking, data centre, TCP/IP, support, installation, PC's, server, Windows, 24x7 Support) Global organisation are looking for a Data Centre Engineer / Support Technician to work in...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Rate: £17 - £19 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
Cisco, Networking, data centre, TCP/IP, support, installation, PC's, server, Windows, 24x7 Support) Global organisation are looking for a Data Centre Engineer / Support Technician to work in...
Streamline Connections
Rate: £17 - £19 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013