The first table below looks at the demand for RIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RIP 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 North West 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
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
Rank - - 130
Contract jobs citing RIP 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - 0.065%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
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 - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -30.00%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
292 562 479
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.71% 17.75% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 229 247
Average daily rate £308 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.82% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £461 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 45
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.86 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.92% -39.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
RIP
England

RIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West RIP Daily Rate Trend

RIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West RIP Hourly Rate Trend