The first table below looks at the demand for VRRP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VRRP over the 3 months to 20 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 Belfast 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VRRP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £428 £294
% change year-on-year
+5.14% +45.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.63 - £20.00
All Communications & Networking
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
16 23 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 7.619% 14.56% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 13
Average daily rate £425 £260 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+63.46% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £260 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £265 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
Average hourly rate - - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
VRRP
County Antrim