The first table below looks at the demand for NGN skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NGN 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 City of London 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
Next Generation Network (NGN)
Rank 201 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing NGN 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.242% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £381 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £400 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
825 1008 997
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 12.93% 12.82% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 686 637
Average daily rate £400 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £256 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 38 76
Average hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+98.86% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
NGN
London

NGN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London NGN Jobs Demand Trend

NGN
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London NGN Daily Rate Trend

NGN
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing NGN 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 NGN.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture

NGN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing NGN 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 NGN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco