The first table below looks at the demand for VRRP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VRRP over the 3 months to 21 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 East of England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VRRP 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.092% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.513% - -
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
390 525 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.89% 17.88% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 173 128
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 51 83
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
VRRP
England

VRRP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England VRRP Jobs Demand Trend

VRRP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VRRP across the East of England region.

East of England VRRP Daily Rate Trend

VRRP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VRRP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
VRRP
England

VRRP
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VRRP 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 VRRP.

1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP

VRRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VRRP 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 VRRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint