The first table below looks at the demand for MGCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MGCP over the 3 months to 24 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 Aberdeen 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MGCP 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.429% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £295 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20 29 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 14.29% 14.87% 21.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 13
Average daily rate £330 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £156 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £328 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 10
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +3.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £32.50 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
MGCP
Scotland

MGCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen MGCP Jobs Demand Trend

MGCP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MGCP across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MGCP Daily Rate Trend

MGCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MGCP 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 MGCP.

1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) VoIP
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) CCIE
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 7 (100.00%) H.323
1 7 (100.00%) Wireless
1 7 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 7 (100.00%) Time Management
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 7 (100.00%) Riverbed
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (85.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) SAP CCM
2 6 (85.71%) SAP GTS
2 6 (85.71%) Data Management
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) Remedy
2 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 6 (85.71%) SAP
3 5 (71.43%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Finance

MGCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MGCP 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 MGCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (85.71%) SAP CCM
1 6 (85.71%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) VoIP
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 7 (100.00%) H.323
1 7 (100.00%) Wireless
1 7 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Time Management
2 6 (85.71%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCIE
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
3 5 (71.43%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Riverbed
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) Remedy
2 6 (85.71%) SAP