The first table below looks at the demand for EIGRP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EIGRP over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
Rank 477 465 512
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +47
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 41 97 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.099% 0.182% 0.107%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.672% 1.156% 0.815%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 62 33
Average daily rate £315 £400 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.25% +3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £239 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £449 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.64% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
Average hourly rate - £26.25 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -17.96%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £31.72
% change year-on-year
- -29.06%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6103 8393 7485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.70% 15.72% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3062 3926 3458
Average daily rate £350 £366 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.29% +4.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 565 757
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.24
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
EIGRP
UK

EIGRP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England EIGRP Jobs Demand Trend

EIGRP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England EIGRP Daily Rate Trend

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EIGRP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England EIGRP Daily Rate Histogram

EIGRP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EIGRP across the England region.

England EIGRP Hourly Rate Trend

EIGRP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London -3 21 £395 -4.24%
South East +10 9 £265 -20.89%
East Midlands +3 3 £313 +31.57%
Yorkshire -1 3 £325 +10.63%
East of England +18 2 £325 -23.52%
North West +10 2 - -
EIGRP
UK

EIGRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing EIGRP 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 EIGRP.

1 94 (87.04%) Cisco
2 88 (81.48%) BGP
3 84 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (62.04%) OSPF
5 63 (58.33%) MPLS
6 62 (57.41%) CCNP
7 57 (52.78%) WAN
7 57 (52.78%) Firewall
8 55 (50.93%) VPN
8 55 (50.93%) LAN
9 50 (46.30%) CCNA
10 49 (45.37%) TCP/IP
11 36 (33.33%) Telecoms
12 35 (32.41%) Wireless
13 34 (31.48%) Cisco ASA
14 29 (26.85%) Migration
14 29 (26.85%) CheckPoint
14 29 (26.85%) Ethernet
15 25 (23.15%) DHCP
16 23 (21.30%) ITIL
16 23 (21.30%) Cisco Nexus
17 22 (20.37%) WLAN
17 22 (20.37%) IP Telephony
18 20 (18.52%) HSRP
18 20 (18.52%) F5
19 19 (17.59%) DNS
19 19 (17.59%) CCIE
19 19 (17.59%) Internet
20 18 (16.67%) RIP
20 18 (16.67%) VoIP

EIGRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing EIGRP 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 EIGRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.852%) CSS
2 1 (0.926%) SOAP
2 1 (0.926%) XML
2 1 (0.926%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 8 (7.407%) MS Exchange
2 7 (6.481%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.926%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.926%) IIS
4 1 (0.926%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.704%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.778%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.852%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 88 (81.48%) BGP
2 67 (62.04%) OSPF
3 63 (58.33%) MPLS
4 57 (52.78%) WAN
4 57 (52.78%) Firewall
5 55 (50.93%) VPN
5 55 (50.93%) LAN
6 49 (45.37%) TCP/IP
7 35 (32.41%) Wireless
8 34 (31.48%) Cisco ASA
9 29 (26.85%) Ethernet
10 25 (23.15%) DHCP
11 23 (21.30%) Cisco Nexus
12 22 (20.37%) WLAN
12 22 (20.37%) IP Telephony
13 20 (18.52%) HSRP
14 19 (17.59%) DNS
14 19 (17.59%) Internet
15 18 (16.67%) RIP
15 18 (16.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.926%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (0.926%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.926%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (1.852%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 36 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 10 (9.259%) Banking
2 10 (9.259%) Finance
3 3 (2.778%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.852%) Legal
5 1 (0.926%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.926%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 40 (37.04%) Network Engineer
2 23 (21.30%) Analyst
3 17 (15.74%) Network Analyst
4 16 (14.81%) Network Support
5 13 (12.04%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (9.259%) Architect
7 9 (8.333%) Support Engineer
8 8 (7.407%) Support Analyst
8 8 (7.407%) Network Support Analyst
8 8 (7.407%) Network Support Engineer
8 8 (7.407%) Network Architect
9 7 (6.481%) Security Engineer
9 7 (6.481%) Firewall Engineer
9 7 (6.481%) Cisco Security Engineer
10 6 (5.556%) Technical Specialist
10 6 (5.556%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 5 (4.630%) Network Manager
12 4 (3.704%) Systems Engineer
12 4 (3.704%) Consultant
12 4 (3.704%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.556%) EqualLogic
2 4 (3.704%) Data Integration
2 4 (3.704%) IVR
3 3 (2.778%) SecurID
3 3 (2.778%) Statistics
3 3 (2.778%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.852%) NHS
4 2 (1.852%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.852%) Handset
5 1 (0.926%) Clustering
5 1 (0.926%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.926%) PKI
5 1 (0.926%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.926%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.11%) Windows
2 7 (6.481%) Linux
3 4 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (2.778%) UNIX
5 2 (1.852%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.852%) Solaris
6 1 (0.926%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (26.85%) Migration
2 23 (21.30%) ITIL
3 17 (15.74%) Network Management
4 15 (13.89%) Project Management
5 12 (11.11%) Network Design
6 11 (10.19%) Service Delivery
7 10 (9.259%) PRINCE2
7 10 (9.259%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (5.556%) Software Deployment
9 5 (4.630%) Incident Management
9 5 (4.630%) Network Architecture
10 4 (3.704%) Change Management
10 4 (3.704%) Data Architecture
10 4 (3.704%) Load Balancing
10 4 (3.704%) Performance Management
11 3 (2.778%) TOGAF
11 3 (2.778%) Agile Software Development
11 3 (2.778%) Network Planning
11 3 (2.778%) Software Engineering
11 3 (2.778%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.926%) SQL
1 1 (0.926%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 84 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 62 (57.41%) CCNP
3 50 (46.30%) CCNA
4 19 (17.59%) CCIE
5 9 (8.333%) Security Cleared
5 9 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (7.407%) MCSE
6 8 (7.407%) SC Cleared
7 7 (6.481%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (5.556%) CCDP
9 5 (4.630%) Degree
10 4 (3.704%) CCIP
11 3 (2.778%) CCSE
11 3 (2.778%) BC Cleared
12 2 (1.852%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.852%) CISSP
12 2 (1.852%) GIAC
12 2 (1.852%) CCSA
12 2 (1.852%) CCVP
12 2 (1.852%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.630%) PCI DSS
1 5 (4.630%) SLA
2 3 (2.778%) QA
3 2 (1.852%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.852%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.852%) COBIT
System Software
1 11 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.704%) vSphere
4 3 (2.778%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.852%) Nmap
6 1 (0.926%) Snort
6 1 (0.926%) Xen
6 1 (0.926%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 9 (8.333%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (4.630%) Cisco IPCC
3 3 (2.778%) CiscoWorks
4 2 (1.852%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.926%) BladeLogic
5 1 (0.926%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 94 (87.04%) Cisco
2 29 (26.85%) CheckPoint
3 20 (18.52%) F5
4 17 (15.74%) Juniper
5 14 (12.96%) Microsoft
5 14 (12.96%) HP
5 14 (12.96%) VMware
6 9 (8.333%) SolarWinds
7 7 (6.481%) Nokia
8 6 (5.556%) Zeacom
8 6 (5.556%) Dell
8 6 (5.556%) Altiris
8 6 (5.556%) Blue Coat
9 4 (3.704%) Avaya
9 4 (3.704%) Infoblox
9 4 (3.704%) Mitel
10 3 (2.778%) Brocade
10 3 (2.778%) Riverbed
10 3 (2.778%) Nortel
10 3 (2.778%) McAfee
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