The first table below looks at the demand for Frame Relay skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Frame Relay over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Frame Relay
Rank 383 379 435
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +56
Contract jobs citing Frame Relay 2 27 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.101% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.070% 0.737% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 2
Average daily rate £275 £363 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.13% -34.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £405 £260
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +55.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2861 3664 3392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.25% 13.68% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1759 2236 1957
Average daily rate £400 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £243 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 145 211
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.95 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Frame Relay
England

Frame Relay
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Frame Relay Jobs Demand Trend

Frame Relay
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Frame Relay Daily Rate Trend

Frame Relay
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Frame Relay Hourly Rate Trend

Frame Relay
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Frame Relay within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London -1 1 - -
Frame Relay
England

Frame Relay
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Frame Relay 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 Frame Relay.

1 6 (66.67%) ATM
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 5 (55.56%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) MPLS
2 5 (55.56%) OSPF
2 5 (55.56%) BGP
2 5 (55.56%) EIGRP
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
3 4 (44.44%) Network Design
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) SAN
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 3 (33.33%) PMI
4 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (22.22%) IGRP
5 2 (22.22%) IBM
5 2 (22.22%) RIP
5 2 (22.22%) CCIE
5 2 (22.22%) CCNP
5 2 (22.22%) Solaris
5 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
5 2 (22.22%) UMTS
5 2 (22.22%) GPRS
5 2 (22.22%) ISDN
5 2 (22.22%) CRM
5 2 (22.22%) Data Mining

Frame Relay
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Frame Relay 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 Frame Relay. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) ATM
2 5 (55.56%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) MPLS
2 5 (55.56%) OSPF
2 5 (55.56%) BGP
2 5 (55.56%) EIGRP
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 3 (33.33%) SAN
5 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
5 2 (22.22%) IGRP
5 2 (22.22%) UMTS
5 2 (22.22%) GPRS
5 2 (22.22%) ISDN
5 2 (22.22%) RIP
5 2 (22.22%) Wireless
5 2 (22.22%) IP Telephony
5 2 (22.22%) GGSN
5 2 (22.22%) SGSN
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (11.11%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Mining
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) IP Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Solaris
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Network Design
2 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Network Management
3 2 (22.22%) Network Planning
3 2 (22.22%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) CCIE
2 2 (22.22%) CCNP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco IPCC
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Avaya
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) VMware