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The table below looks at the demand for Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) 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 IPX over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)
Location
3 months to
7 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£329£375
% change on same period last year-12.40 %
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-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads802847
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.140 %0.855 %
Daily rates quoted414365
Average minimum daily rate£364£395
Average daily rate£382£409
% change on same period last year-6.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£423
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted5857
Average minimum hourly rate£21.02£21.94
Average hourly rate£22.74£23.44
% change on same period last year-2.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.45£24.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
IPX LondonIPX
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.

IPX
Demand Trend

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

City of London IPX Demand Trend

IPX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IPX across the City of London region.

City of London IPX Daily Rate Trend

IPX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IPX across the City of London region.

City of London IPX Hourly Rate Trend

IPX
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing IPX 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 IPX.

12 (100.00 %)Solaris
12 (100.00 %)ISO9001
12 (100.00 %)DHCP
12 (100.00 %)RIP
12 (100.00 %)SNMP
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)CiscoWorks
12 (100.00 %)Nokia
12 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
12 (100.00 %)Tivoli NetView
12 (100.00 %)OSPF
12 (100.00 %)BGP
12 (100.00 %)EIGRP
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)VLAN
12 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
12 (100.00 %)Network Security

IPX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing IPX 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 IPX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)DHCP
12 (100.00 %)RIP
12 (100.00 %)SNMP
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)OSPF
12 (100.00 %)BGP
12 (100.00 %)EIGRP
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)VLAN
12 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
12 (100.00 %)Network Security
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Network Security Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Security Engineer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (100.00 %)ISO9001
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (100.00 %)CiscoWorks
12 (100.00 %)Tivoli NetView
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Nokia
12 (100.00 %)CheckPoint