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The table below looks at the demand for Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CHAP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkChallenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads806841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.135 %0.850 %
Daily rates quoted412363
Average minimum daily rate£365£395
Average daily rate£383£409
% change on same period last year-6.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted6056
Average minimum hourly rate£22.18£22.00
Average hourly rate£23.90£23.47
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.61£24.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
CHAP LondonCHAP
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CHAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CHAP across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

City of London CHAP Demand Trend

CHAP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CHAP 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 CHAP.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)ISDN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)Ethernet
11 (100.00 %)FTP
11 (100.00 %)HTTP
11 (100.00 %)RIP
11 (100.00 %)SNMP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)Disaster Recovery

CHAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CHAP 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 CHAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)ISDN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)Ethernet
11 (100.00 %)FTP
11 (100.00 %)HTTP
11 (100.00 %)RIP
11 (100.00 %)SNMP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Disaster Recovery