The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Redback products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Redback over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Berkshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Redback Networks, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Redback
Rank 116 83 128
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +45
Contract jobs citing Redback 5 55 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.214% 1.735% 0.066%
As % of the Vendors category 0.434% 3.609% 0.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £350 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1153 1524 1565
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 49.25% 48.08% 51.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 532 552
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £495 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 75 90
Average hourly rate £23.50 £27.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.96% +1.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.75 £10.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Redback
South East

Redback
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Redback across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Berkshire Redback Jobs Demand Trend

Redback
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Redback Daily Rate Trend

Redback
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Redback within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Reading -15 5 - -
Redback
South East

Redback
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Redback 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 Redback.

1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) 3G
2 4 (80.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) SMTP
2 4 (80.00%) DHCP
2 4 (80.00%) SNMP
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) Juniper
2 4 (80.00%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (80.00%) Back Office
3 3 (60.00%) OpenView
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) CiscoWorks
3 3 (60.00%) MPLS
3 3 (60.00%) HP NNM
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (20.00%) FWSM
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Check Point Certification

Redback
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Redback 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 Redback. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) 3G
2 4 (80.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) SMTP
2 4 (80.00%) DHCP
2 4 (80.00%) SNMP
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (60.00%) MPLS
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) FWSM
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IP Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Check Point Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE
1 1 (20.00%) CCSP
1 1 (20.00%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) OpenView
1 3 (60.00%) CiscoWorks
1 3 (60.00%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Juniper
3 3 (60.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
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