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The table below looks at the demand for Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ICMP over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£173-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads39145552
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.274 %5.555 %
Daily rates quoted15541854
Average minimum daily rate£355£380
Average daily rate£376£398
% change on same period last year-5.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£398£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted301468
Average minimum hourly rate£23.94£25.40
Average hourly rate£25.29£27.31
% change on same period last year-7.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.65£29.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.69£28.50
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
ICMP EnglandICMP
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ICMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ICMP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London ICMP Demand Trend

ICMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ICMP Daily Rate Trend

ICMP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ICMP 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 ICMP.

11 (100.00 %)VBScript
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)HTTP
11 (100.00 %)SNMP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Reuters
11 (100.00 %)Bloomberg
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
11 (100.00 %)VMware
11 (100.00 %)VLAN

ICMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ICMP 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 ICMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)HTTP
11 (100.00 %)SNMP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)VLAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Server Support
11 (100.00 %)3rd Line Support
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)VBScript
11 (100.00 %)VB
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Reuters
11 (100.00 %)Bloomberg
11 (100.00 %)VMware