The first table below looks at the demand for PPP 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 PPP 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
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Rank 517 557 566
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +9
Contract jobs citing PPP 1 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.009% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.016% 0.060% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
Average daily rate - £388 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -16.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 - £450
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
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%
PPP
UK

PPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England PPP Jobs Demand Trend

PPP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England PPP Daily Rate Trend

PPP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England PPP Hourly Rate Trend

PPP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PPP 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 +31 1 - -
PPP
UK

PPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) CCNP
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) MPLS
2 5 (62.50%) BGP
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
3 4 (50.00%) VoIP
3 4 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (50.00%) VPN
3 4 (50.00%) EIGRP
4 3 (37.50%) CCNA
4 3 (37.50%) SNMP
4 3 (37.50%) WLAN
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
4 3 (37.50%) Blue Coat
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (37.50%) SolarWinds
4 3 (37.50%) Network Management
4 3 (37.50%) HSRP
5 2 (25.00%) TDMA
5 2 (25.00%) HSUPA
5 2 (25.00%) OFDM
5 2 (25.00%) HSPA
5 2 (25.00%) LTE
5 2 (25.00%) HSDPA
5 2 (25.00%) Handset
5 2 (25.00%) CDMA

PPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
1 5 (62.50%) BGP
1 5 (62.50%) Wireless
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) VoIP
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (50.00%) VPN
2 4 (50.00%) EIGRP
3 3 (37.50%) SNMP
3 3 (37.50%) WLAN
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (37.50%) HSRP
4 2 (25.00%) TDMA
4 2 (25.00%) HSUPA
4 2 (25.00%) OFDM
4 2 (25.00%) HSPA
4 2 (25.00%) LTE
4 2 (25.00%) HSDPA
4 2 (25.00%) CDMA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Handset
1 2 (25.00%) ASIC
2 1 (12.50%) IPTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) Network Management
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) CCIE
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Blue Coat
2 3 (37.50%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
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