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The table below looks at the demand for Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited EIGRP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank87121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.326 %0.872 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£265£300
Average daily rate£295£300
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£269
% change on same period last year+44.09 %
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£36.50£36.83
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads258344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.415 %0.369 %
Daily rates quoted5655
Average minimum daily rate£281£302
Average daily rate£299£317
% change on same period last year-5.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted3857
Average minimum hourly rate£22.90£15.63
Average hourly rate£24.21£16.36
% change on same period last year+48.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.53£17.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
EIGRP UKEIGRP
UK

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.

EIGRP
Demand Trend

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

Scotland EIGRP Demand Trend

EIGRP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland EIGRP Daily Rate Trend

EIGRP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowNew entry-4£295-
AberdeenNo change02--
EIGRP UKEIGRP
UK

EIGRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing EIGRP 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 EIGRP.

112 (100.00 %)Cisco
112 (100.00 %)BGP
29 (75.00 %)Cisco PIX
38 (66.67 %)CCNP
38 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
38 (66.67 %)MPLS
47 (58.33 %)VoIP
56 (50.00 %)CiscoWorks
56 (50.00 %)Internet
56 (50.00 %)Firewall
56 (50.00 %)IPCC
56 (50.00 %)VLAN
65 (41.67 %)RIP
65 (41.67 %)TCP/IP
74 (33.33 %)DNS
74 (33.33 %)DHCP
74 (33.33 %)Ethernet
74 (33.33 %)CCVP
74 (33.33 %)FDDI
83 (25.00 %)MGCP
83 (25.00 %)Q.931
83 (25.00 %)WAN
83 (25.00 %)Windows
83 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
83 (25.00 %)Windows NT
83 (25.00 %)ATM
83 (25.00 %)LAN
83 (25.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
92 (16.67 %)Billing
92 (16.67 %)CCDA

EIGRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing EIGRP 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 EIGRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (100.00 %)BGP
29 (75.00 %)Cisco PIX
38 (66.67 %)MPLS
47 (58.33 %)VoIP
56 (50.00 %)Internet
56 (50.00 %)Firewall
56 (50.00 %)IPCC
56 (50.00 %)VLAN
65 (41.67 %)RIP
65 (41.67 %)TCP/IP
74 (33.33 %)DNS
74 (33.33 %)DHCP
74 (33.33 %)Ethernet
74 (33.33 %)FDDI
83 (25.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
83 (25.00 %)MGCP
83 (25.00 %)Q.931
83 (25.00 %)WAN
83 (25.00 %)ATM
83 (25.00 %)LAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Billing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
25 (41.67 %)Cisco Engineer
33 (25.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
42 (16.67 %)Cisco Specialist
42 (16.67 %)Voice Specialist
51 (8.333 %)Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Technical Administrator
51 (8.333 %)Administrator
51 (8.333 %)Network Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Network Administrator
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)Windows
13 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
13 (25.00 %)Windows NT
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (66.67 %)CCNP
18 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
24 (33.33 %)CCVP
32 (16.67 %)CCDA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (50.00 %)CiscoWorks
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Cisco