The first table below looks at the demand for INAP 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 INAP over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP)
Rank 514 528 576
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +48
Contract jobs citing INAP 18 17 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.042% 0.032% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.288% 0.206% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 0
Average daily rate £263 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-50.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6247 8269 7531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.44% 15.61% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3225 3820 3506
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £499 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 564 756
Average hourly rate £24.00 £24.38 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
INAP
UK

INAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England INAP Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

England INAP Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing INAP across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England INAP Daily Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing INAP within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +34 15 £303 +0.83%
London - - - -
INAP
UK

INAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing INAP 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 INAP.

1 15 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (45.00%) SS7
2 9 (45.00%) Digital Media
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Configuration Management
4 6 (30.00%) SIGTRAN
5 5 (25.00%) ISUP
6 4 (20.00%) Cisco
6 4 (20.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 4 (20.00%) Test Strategy
7 3 (15.00%) LTE
7 3 (15.00%) MGW
7 3 (15.00%) SNMP
7 3 (15.00%) LDAP
7 3 (15.00%) 3G
8 2 (10.00%) Project Management
8 2 (10.00%) GPRS
8 2 (10.00%) GSM
8 2 (10.00%) Packet Switching
8 2 (10.00%) 3GPP
8 2 (10.00%) VoIP
8 2 (10.00%) Ericsson
8 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
8 2 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (10.00%) Capacity Management
8 2 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (5.000%) Test Scripting
9 1 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (5.000%) HP
9 1 (5.000%) Network Design

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing INAP 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 INAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) SS7
2 6 (30.00%) SIGTRAN
3 5 (25.00%) ISUP
4 3 (15.00%) LTE
4 3 (15.00%) MGW
4 3 (15.00%) SNMP
4 3 (15.00%) LDAP
4 3 (15.00%) 3G
5 2 (10.00%) GPRS
5 2 (10.00%) GSM
5 2 (10.00%) Packet Switching
5 2 (10.00%) 3GPP
5 2 (10.00%) VoIP
5 2 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (5.000%) Wireshark
6 1 (5.000%) Wireless
General
1 15 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
1 5 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Core Network Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Design Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Design Leader
3 2 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (30.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (5.000%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.000%) Network Design
5 1 (5.000%) Service Management
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco
1 4 (20.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 2 (10.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (5.000%) HP
3 1 (5.000%) NetHawk
3 1 (5.000%) Agilent