The first table below looks at the demand for RIP 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 RIP over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
Rank 382 402 404
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +2
Contract jobs citing RIP 5 16 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.059% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.174% 0.428% 0.870%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 10
Average daily rate £375 £419 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £325 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £428 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-17.80% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -30.00%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2871 3739 3333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.05% 13.68% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1749 2268 1921
Average daily rate £400 £399 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.25% +1.65%
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 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 153 215
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.48 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
RIP
England

RIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London RIP Jobs Demand Trend

RIP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London RIP Daily Rate Trend

RIP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RIP across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London RIP Daily Rate Histogram

RIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London RIP Hourly Rate Trend

RIP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RIP within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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 +9 2 £500 +29.03%
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
RIP
England

RIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RIP 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 RIP.

1 10 (100.00%) OSPF
2 9 (90.00%) EIGRP
3 8 (80.00%) BGP
3 8 (80.00%) Cisco
3 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (70.00%) CCNP
5 6 (60.00%) CCNA
6 5 (50.00%) VRRP
6 5 (50.00%) CCIE
6 5 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (40.00%) HSRP
7 4 (40.00%) LAN
7 4 (40.00%) SNMP
7 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
7 4 (40.00%) MPLS
7 4 (40.00%) Firewall
7 4 (40.00%) TACACS
7 4 (40.00%) IPsec
8 3 (30.00%) Wireless
8 3 (30.00%) VPN
8 3 (30.00%) WAN
8 3 (30.00%) UNIX
8 3 (30.00%) VPLS
9 2 (20.00%) COBIT
9 2 (20.00%) Nmap
9 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
9 2 (20.00%) GCIA
9 2 (20.00%) GCIH
9 2 (20.00%) Banking
9 2 (20.00%) Blue Coat

RIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RIP 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 RIP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) OSPF
2 9 (90.00%) EIGRP
3 8 (80.00%) BGP
4 5 (50.00%) VRRP
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (40.00%) HSRP
5 4 (40.00%) LAN
5 4 (40.00%) SNMP
5 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 4 (40.00%) MPLS
5 4 (40.00%) Firewall
5 4 (40.00%) TACACS
5 4 (40.00%) IPsec
6 3 (30.00%) Wireless
6 3 (30.00%) VPN
6 3 (30.00%) WAN
6 3 (30.00%) VPLS
7 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
7 2 (20.00%) LDAP
7 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Support
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Forensic Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Market Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (20.00%) Information Security
1 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (10.00%) Security Management
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Network Management
2 1 (10.00%) Change Control
2 1 (10.00%) Network Design
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 6 (60.00%) CCNA
4 5 (50.00%) CCIE
5 2 (20.00%) GCIA
5 2 (20.00%) GCIH
5 2 (20.00%) MCSE
5 2 (20.00%) CISSP
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (20.00%) GIAC
6 1 (10.00%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) COBIT
1 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (20.00%) HIPAA
1 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Nmap
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) ProxySG
2 1 (10.00%) Snort
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Remedy
3 1 (10.00%) McAfee
3 1 (10.00%) BT
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper
3 1 (10.00%) F5
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