The first table below looks at the demand for NGN 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 NGN over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Next Generation Network (NGN)
Rank 375 - 440
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing NGN 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% - 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.071% - 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £381 - £538
UK excluding London average daily rate - £400 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2816 3693 3382
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.00% 13.71% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1707 2249 1938
Average daily rate £400 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -3.12%
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 132 145 221
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 £14.27 £14.90 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
NGN
England

NGN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London NGN Jobs Demand Trend

NGN
Daily Rate Trend

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

London NGN Daily Rate Trend

NGN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London NGN Hourly Rate Trend

NGN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NGN within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 2 £381 -
NGN
England

NGN
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing NGN 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 NGN.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP

NGN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing NGN 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 NGN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Commissioning Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco