The first table below looks at the demand for MGW 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 MGW 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Media Gateway (MGW)
Rank - 409 428
Contract jobs citing MGW 0 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.004% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.027% 0.203%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £263 £350
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2809 3686 3446
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.98% 13.69% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1711 2238 1978
Average daily rate £400 £395 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.26% +1.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 148 221
Average hourly rate £21.34 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.17% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.34 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
MGW
England

MGW
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London MGW Jobs Demand Trend

MGW
Daily Rate Trend

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

London MGW Daily Rate Trend